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Zillow · 1 day ago

AI Applied Scientist - PhD Intern, Foundational IQ

positionUnited States
timeInternship
remoteRemote
seniorityIntern
money$104K/yr - $166K/yr

Zillow is a leading real estate platform in the U.S. seeking a PhD Research Intern for their AI’s Foundational IQ group. The role involves training and adapting large models to enhance user understanding and improve experiences on Zillow through research and collaboration with various teams.

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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

LLMsMultimodal learningReinforcement learningPythonRepresentation learningUser modelingClear communicationCollaborative mindset

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

Company

Zillow

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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.
dateFounded in 2005
location
Seattle, Washington, USA
people-size5001-10000 employees
web-link
http://www.zillow.com

H1B Sponsorship

Zillow has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (179)
2024 (150)
2023 (171)
2022 (256)
2021 (239)
2020 (195)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$96.63M
Key Investors
Legg MasonPAR Capital Management
2016-08-01Post Ipo Equity
2014-04-01Post Ipo Equity
2012-12-12Post Ipo Equity· $4.13M

Leadership Team

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Lloyd Frink
Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chair
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Rich Barton
Co-founder and Co-Executive Chair
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