Senior Applied Scientist, Agentic AI

📋 Description

• • Join Zillow's pioneering Agentic AI team, a dynamic, cross-functional group dedicated to revolutionizing the real estate industry through cutting-edge AI-powered guidance.
• • Our mission is to transform the home shopping and transaction experience by creating an always-on AI assistant that leverages deep real estate expertise, extensive data access, and sophisticated reasoning capabilities.
• • As a Senior Applied Scientist on the Applied Reasoning team, you will be instrumental in advancing the depth, quality, and domain intelligence of Zillow's AI agents.
• • This role offers a unique opportunity to work on high-value agentic capabilities that demand multi-step reasoning, structured information synthesis, and reliable tool-grounded execution.
• • You will play a key part in ensuring these agents operate effectively and ethically within live customer experiences, aiming to equip Zillow's AI with the reasoning, planning, and acting capabilities of top real estate professionals.
• • You will take a hands-on approach to researching, prototyping, evaluating, and deploying advanced LLM-powered reasoning systems specifically tailored for the complexities of the real estate domain.
• • Your work will directly contribute to developing agents capable of deep, multi-step reasoning, accurate utilization of tools and skills, and context-aware decision-making.
• • A significant focus will be on eliciting advanced reasoning and robust information synthesis from Large Language Models (LLMs) through innovative test-time scaling and targeted post-training techniques.
• • You will be responsible for defining and refining rigorous evaluation frameworks to enhance the reliability, accuracy, and overall quality of agent responses in real-world real estate scenarios.
• • Design, prototype, and build sophisticated agentic systems engineered for highly autonomous, context-aware, and adaptive interactions across a wide spectrum of real estate use cases.
• • Apply state-of-the-art test-time scaling and post-training methodologies to cultivate agents that can effectively reason, collaborate, compete, or negotiate within dynamic, goal-driven environments to precisely fulfill user needs.
• • Define, implement, and continuously refine comprehensive evaluation and experimentation processes specifically designed for LLM-driven applications, ensuring measurable progress and performance.
• • Actively stay at the forefront of agentic AI research and emerging technological innovations, proactively integrating novel techniques into practical applications to significantly influence and shape future product direction.
• • Contribute meaningfully to the broader scientific community by authoring high-impact publications, presenting at leading conferences, and actively participating in internal knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• • Provide mentorship and guidance to junior scientists and engineers, fostering a culture of excellence in applied research, scalable agentic architecture design, and the responsible development of AI systems.
• • This role is fully remote within the USA, offering flexibility and the opportunity to work from a chosen location.
• • You will be part of a company that is reshaping an industry and empowering millions to achieve their homeownership dreams.
• • Contribute to an innovative, inclusive, and engaging culture recognized by FORTUNE and PEOPLE as a top workplace.
• • Your work will directly impact customer experiences and drive innovation within the real estate technology sector.
• • Collaborate with a talented team of applied scientists and engineers, pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI in real estate.
• • Develop and deploy production-grade AI systems that are both technically rigorous and ethically sound.
• • Gain exposure to a wide range of real estate data and complex user needs, translating them into intelligent AI agent behaviors.
• • Opportunity to work with advanced LLM technologies and agentic frameworks.
• • Drive the development of AI that exhibits the judgment and expertise of seasoned real estate professionals.