Zillow · 1 week ago
AI Applied Scientist - PhD Intern, Next-Gen Agentic and Multi-Modal Home Exploration Experience
United States
Internship
Remote
Intern
$104K/yr - $166K/yr
Start in 2026 SummerZillow is dedicated to developing AI agents for real estate experiences, focusing on enhancing user interactions through advanced technology. The AI Applied Scientist - PhD Intern will leverage expertise in agentic systems and multi-modal reasoning to improve customer-facing experiences in home exploration.
MarketplaceOnline PortalsPropTechReal Estate
Responsibilities
Use expertise in Agentic systems, conversational AI, LLMs, and multi-modal inference to advance customer-facing experiences and interfaces
Help build AI agents capable of handling complex, rich media oriented, multi-turn interactions while maintaining context and taking appropriate actions
Develop the next-generation real estate shopping experience that integrates Agentic and Multi-modal reasoning to transform how users find their ideal homes through pushing research problems including but not limited to: Personalized and Guided Home Exploration, Conversational Optimization, and Multi-modal Collaboration System
Qualification
Required
Currently enrolled in a PhD program in computer science, NLP, machine learning, or a related field, with solid publication record
Background in at least one of the following areas: Human computer interaction (HCI), User behavior research in the context of agentic AI, Agentic AI (tool use, planning, reasoning, decision-making), Conversational AI and dialogue optimization, Multi-modal inference models with focus on combining 3D Computer Vision and LLMs, Multi-agent systems and orchestration, Memory systems and context engineering, Reinforcement learning and reward modeling
Familiarity with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers)
Strong research mindset, with motivation to publish
Interest in applying AI to complex, multi-stakeholder domains
Benefits
Zillow was named one of FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® in 2025
Included on the PEOPLE Companies That Care® 2025 list
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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