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The Zillow Rich Media (RMX) team is transforming how people experience virtual home tours by building immersive, next-generation features that leverage mobile devices, machine learning, and computer vision. We collaborate across product, research, and engineering to develop innovative ways to capture, process, and present rich media, turning real-world signals into structured, interactive representations of homes within Zillow's products. As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will tackle complex, real-world challenges that directly shape Zillow's virtual touring experiences. You'll have a broad impact by defining and solving ambiguous problems, developing innovative models, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver features that enhance how users explore homes. Your work will drive the next wave of immersive, user-centric experiences at Zillow.
Job Responsibility
Frame and solve complex perception problems using scientific and engineering best practices
Collaborate with product, engineering, and design teams to translate user needs into research questions and solutions
Design, implement, and iterate on machine learning and computer vision models for structured understanding of spaces
Develop robust evaluation pipelines and experiments to measure and improve model performance
Integrate models into production systems, ensuring reliability and scalability
Monitor and improve deployed models based on real-world data and user feedback
Mentor and support team members in modeling, evaluation, and research practices
Communicate findings and technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical partners
Requirements
5+ years of experience as an applied or research scientist working on machine learning or computer vision with real-world data
Proficiency in Python and at least one deep learning framework (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX), with a track record of building and deploying models
Experience shipping production ML systems, including data pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
Strong understanding of probability, statistics, and experimental design, with the ability to apply these to practical evaluation strategies
Demonstrated ability to work with noisy, imperfect datasets and design robust solutions for challenging edge cases
Experience with geometry-heavy or spatial understanding problems, or multi-modal/sensor-fusion challenges, is a plus
Proven ability to communicate complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences, and to collaborate effectively in cross-functional teams
Prior success in ambiguous, evolving problem spaces or zero-to-one environments is valued
Contributions to the broader ML or computer vision community (e.g., publications, patents, open-source) are a plus
Nice to have
Experience with geometry-heavy or spatial understanding problems, or multi-modal/sensor-fusion challenges, is a plus
Contributions to the broader ML or computer vision community (e.g., publications, patents, open-source) are a plus