Job Overview
Location
Remote-USA
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Data Science
Date Posted
July 17, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • As a Principal Data Scientist, you will discover and lead large-scale, data-driven opportunities that help define the future of the Rentals Shopping pillar.
- • You will be the primary data science partner for product leadership, co-developing the data strategy and ensuring that data science is a core driver of the cross-functional roadmap.
- • Your work will directly influence how renters search, evaluate, and connect with rental homes, and how we grow Zillow’s Rentals business.
- • Drive the long-term data strategy for the Rentals Shopping pillar, using deep analysis of consumer behavior and market dynamics to identify high-impact growth opportunities and inform the product roadmap.
- • Elevate statistical rigor, modeling, and experimentation practices across Rentals to enable high-confidence decision-making.
- • Partner with product, engineering, and design leaders to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable product and business strategies.
- • Lead analytical and modeling work across critical problem spaces such as rental search relevance, ranking, personalization, or marketplace efficiency.
- • Design and guide robust A/B tests and other experimentation frameworks to measure the impact of new features and optimizations in the rental shopping experience.
- • Apply modern AI (including LLMs and agentic workflows) to increase data science velocity, improve model quality, and scale intelligent user-facing solutions across the Rentals marketplace.
- • Coach and mentor data scientists, providing technical leadership and helping to unblock complex analytical and modeling challenges.
🎯 Requirements
- • Ph.D. or Master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Economics, Computer Science), or equivalent practical experience.
- • Substantial experience (typically 8+ years) in quantitative analysis, advanced modeling, and experimentation at scale in consumer-facing technology environments.
- • Technical skills: Expert in SQL and Python, with experience applying statistical modeling (e.g., causal inference, time series) in big data environments such as Databricks or Snowflake.
- • Product and business impact: Proven track record of shaping long-term product roadmaps and driving meaningful business outcomes through data-driven insights.
- • Leadership and communication: Ability to influence senior cross-functional leaders and turn complex analysis into clear, executive-ready recommendations and action plans.
- • High initiative and ownership: Comfortable leading in a complex business area with significant autonomy, setting direction and driving execution across partners.
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive base salary
- • Eligibility for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance, and location
- • Comprehensive benefits package
- • Opportunity to work with a leading company in the real estate industry
- • Collaborative and inclusive work environment
- • Professional development opportunities
- • Flexible work arrangements
- • *Category:** Data Science
- • *Parent Category:** Data & Analytics
- • *Confidence:** 0.95
- • *Reasoning:** The job title and description clearly indicate that the role is focused on data science and analytics, with a strong emphasis on leading data-driven opportunities and shaping long-term product roadmaps.
- • *Location:**
- • **city:** null
- • **region:** null
- • **country_code:** US
- • **is_remote:** true
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About Zillow Group, Inc.
Zillow Group operates the largest digital real-estate marketplace in the United States, connecting buyers, sellers, renters, landlords and agents through websites and mobile apps. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Seattle, the company provides property listings, valuation estimates via its Zestimate algorithm, comparative market analytics, mortgage origination and title services, and iBuying through its Zillow Instant Offers program. Revenue is generated primarily from Premier Agent advertising, lead generation, and real-estate services. The platform covers more than 110 million U.S. homes and is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker ZG.
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