Zillow
Zillow is a leading online real estate marketplace covering the whole spectrum of purchasing, owning, and selling a home. In support of flexible work options an
AI Applied Scientist – PhD Intern, Foundational IQ
Location
California + 6 moreAll locations: California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington
Posted
169 days ago
Salary
$104K - $166K / year
Seniority
Entry Level
Job Description
• Research and develop methods for adapting LLMs and foundation models with Zillow’s domain-specific data
• Build and evaluate multimodal models that combine text, images, geospatial and tabular signals for home and user understanding.
• Explore reinforcement learning and sequential decision-making for long‑horizon, user‑centric outcomes
• Prototype agentic workflows; define success metrics and run rigorous offline/online evaluations
• Partner across science, engineering, product, and design; share results via docs, presentations, and publications
Job Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence or a related field with a strong research track record
- Experience in one or more of the following: LLMs: instruction tuning/fine‑tuning, prompting, and evaluation/measurement
- Multimodal learning (image + text; familiarity with audio or geospatial a plus)
- Representation learning with limited labels (self/semi/weakly-supervised)
- User modeling for personalization systems
- Reinforcement learning or sequential decision‑making
- Evaluating generative/agentic systems; privacy‑aware and responsible AI practices (e.g., fair‑housing considerations) are a plus
- Proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face)
- Clear communication and a collaborative mindset; motivated to publish at top venues
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverages
- Parental leave
- Family benefits
- Retirement contributions
- Paid time off
