Applied Scientist - Intern, Rentals Analytics
Zillow has streamlined the way people search, tour, apply and pay rent for leased properties. Zillows rental listings offer our customers all property types, from large-scale multifamily communities, to unique, single family homes. Our team of data specialists focuses on helping our valued partners showcase their properties with impactful end-to-end solutions and consumers discover their next home.
About the role
We are seeking an inquisitive Applied Scientist intern who will help us develop creative solutions to the broad business problems we are solving. Our team is at the forefront of solving everyday problems faced by a wide variety of renters and landlords. With your help, we hope to build methods that allow us to better identify and serve our consumers and their unique needs.
As an intern on you will get to:
Collaborate with Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers and Data Engineers to analyze terabytes of data to improve our understanding of how users use Zillow.
Efficiently collect and wrangle data in sophisticated formats from diverse sources to derive new insights
Build interpretable models to predict and explain effects of the real estate market on our Rentals Business
Interact directly with partners to understand problems first-hand
This role has been categorized as a Remote position. Remote employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice which must be identified to the Company. Employees may live in any of the 50 US States, with limited exceptions. In certain cases, an employee in a remote-designated job may need to live in a specific region or time zone to support customers or clients as part of their role.
In Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada and New York City the standard base pay range for this role is $94,000.00 - $140,000.00 Annually. This base pay range is specific to Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada and New York City and may not be applicable to other locations.
Who you are
In the process of completing a Masters or PhD in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Economics, Real Estate or a related field
Interested in working on innovative solutions to problems in the private real estate space
Proficiency in statistics, applied models and forecasting
Proficient in scientific programming, including data manipulation, modeling, and visualization; Python and SQL strongly preferred.
Ability to conduct independent research and apply research methods to real-world problems.
Ability to clearly communicate and present results to both technical and non technical audiences.
Transferable Skills
Here at Zillow - we value the experience and perspective of candidates with non-traditional backgrounds. We encourage you to apply if you have transferable skills or related experiences.
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