Zillow · 4 months ago
AI Applied Scientist - PhD Intern, Foundational IQ
United States
Internship
Remote
Intern
$104K/yr - $166K/yrZillow is a leading real estate company dedicated to making home a reality for many people. As a PhD Research Intern on the Foundational IQ team, you will help train and adapt large models to improve user experiences and contribute to innovative AI solutions at Zillow.
MarketplaceOnline PortalsPropTechReal Estate
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Experience in one or more of the following: Multimodal learning (image + text; familiarity with audio or geospatial a plus)
Experience in one or more of the following: Representation learning with limited labels (self/semi/weakly-supervised)
Experience in one or more of the following: User modeling for personalization systems
Experience in one or more of the following: Reinforcement learning or sequential decision‑making
Experience in one or more of the following: 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
Company
Zillow
Zillow is an online real estate marketplace for finding and sharing information about homes, real estate, and mortgages. It is a sub-organization of Zillow Group.
Founded in 2005
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$96.63MKey Investors
Legg MasonPAR Capital Management
2016-08-01Post Ipo Equity
2014-04-01Post Ipo Equity
2012-12-12Post Ipo Equity· $4.13M
Leadership Team
Lloyd Frink
Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chair
Rich Barton
Co-founder and Co-Executive Chair
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