Zillow is seeking a Principal Applied Scientist on the Agentic AI team to research and develop advanced, multimodal foundational technologies (CV, NLP, 3D) for next-generation understanding of homes, both indoors and outdoors. They will be hands-on in prototyping ideas, evaluating, and deploying models to Zillow's highly scalable infrastructure platforms.
As a Principal Applied Scientist in the Agentic AI team, you will:
Design, prototype, and develop multi-agent image-forward, voice-assisted experiences.
Improve real estate shopping experience using computer vision tasks such as VLM captioning, object detection and localization, segmentation, and multimodal semantic retrieval
Serve as the focal point for developing a science roadmap, driving alignment across stakeholders on technical capabilities, timelines, and prioritization
Represent the team at conferences, publish in top-tier journals, like CVPR, NeurIPS, ICCV, ACL, and SIGGRAPH, and champion internal best practices
Build innovative solutions that personalize using user behavior, context signals, and real-time environmental data
Distill complex research findings and system designs into actionable insights for diverse audiences
As a Principal Applied Scientist, you are a roll-up-the-sleeves and get-it-done researcher who can marry scientific rigor with large-scale engineering. We are looking for someone who has:
Ph.D. or equivalent experience in Computer Vision, NLP, or related fields, with emphasis on multimodal learning
Deep expertise in developing and scaling perception models that combine imagery, spatial data, and language
Proven science leadership in defining a science roadmap for a team and mentoring other scientists
Track record of publishing high-impact research in top venues like CVPR, NeurIPS, ICCV, ACL, and SIGGRAPH
Experience developing multi-agent dialogue systems with long context multimodal chain of thought reasoning.
Hands-on experience fine-tuning voice-AI models for automatic speech recognition, turn detection, and speech generation is a bonus
Experience with geospatial datasets and 3-D vision techniques, like point clouds, Gaussian splatting, or neural radiance fields, is a plus
Track record of shipping large-scale, high-impact consumer-facing solutions to production and measuring business impact
At Zillow, we’re reimagining how people move—through the real estate market and through their careers. As the most-visited real estate platform in the U.S., we help customers navigate buying, selling, financing and renting with greater ease and confidence. Whether you're working in tech, sales, operations, or design, you’ll be part of a company that's reshaping an industry and helping more people make home a reality.
Zillow is honored to be recognized among the best workplaces in the country. Zillow was named one of FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® in 2025, and included on the PEOPLE Companies That Care® 2025 list, reflecting our commitment to creating an innovative, inclusive, and engaging culture where employees are empowered to grow.
No matter where you sit in the organization, your work will help drive innovation, support our customers, and move the industry—and your career—forward, together.
Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact your recruiter directly.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state and local law.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Join our mission to give the people power to unlock life’s next chapter.
Our homes are the heartbeat of our lives, and we believe that finding a home shouldn’t be so hard in today’s always-on world. That’s why we’re reimagining the traditional rules of real estate to make it easier than ever to move from one home to the next.
Our journey began nearly 15 years ago with a handful of employees and one big idea: to make it radically easier for people to move. We began by helping people understand and track their homes with the Zestimate, our proprietary algorithm, and then with advanced technology and valuable connections with real estate professionals. Today, Zillow has become a household name. People are more likely to search for “Zillow” than “real estate,” and our name is often used as a verb.
While other industries have ushered in a new era of convenience, the time for seamless and convenient real estate experience is now. This is our next chapter as a company.
We’re looking for smart, passionate adventurers to join us as we reimagine the real estate transaction and change the way people buy, sell, rent and finance their homes.
