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Zillow Group is hiring a Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI – User Understanding

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain data pipelines for LLM (Large Language Model) training and evaluation, curate user-understanding signals (such as intents, preferences, and behavioral features), and ensure data quality, privacy, and proper dataset management.
  • Develop and manage labeling and feedback loops, including heuristics, annotation jobs, and prompt-based labeling, to create high-quality corpora, collaborating with Data Engineering and Applied Science partners to improve data coverage and reduce noise.
  • Design, prototype, and ship to production agentic AI solutions, including multi-agent systems using frameworks like LangGraph, and implement context-aware features in partnership with senior engineers.
  • Implement an evaluation framework to measure model quality on offline test sets (accuracy, bias, safety, user-intent coverage), and build dashboards to track improvements over time.
  • Lead and contribute to experimentation by implementing metrics, A/B tests, and monitoring, helping to harden prototypes for reliable rollouts.
  • Collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional partners to select the right technologies, participate in code reviews, and share best practices (including mentoring interns or new hires as needed).
  • Summarize research findings and model evaluations into clear write-ups and demos for the team and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Stay current on emerging agentic AI paradigms, implement paper-inspired proofs of concept, and contribute insights to the team roadmap.

Requirements

  • A master’s degree or above, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with an emphasis on building products using frontier multimodal LLMs (Large Language Models).
  • Expertise in agentic AI, pretraining, fine-tuning, and reinforcement learning of large language models.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience building large-scale, high-impact solutions, ideally with recent experience in agent-based systems, multi-agent collaboration, or similar paradigms.
  • Experience deploying and scaling AI services capable of handling hundreds of millions of daily interactions with high availability, low latency, and robust fault tolerance.

Nice to Have

  • A track record of writing articles and publishing high-impact research in top AI conferences is a big plus.

Benefits

  • equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location

Team

Structure: lean, customer-focused team comprises scientists and engineers working together to deliver a delightful customer experience.

Additional Information

  • Employees in this role will not be paid below the salary threshold for exempt employees in the state where they reside.
  • 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.
Required Skills
Computer ScienceElectrical Engineeringor a related fieldwith an emphasis on building products usagentic AIpretrainingfine-tuningreinforcement learning of large langagent-based systemsmulti-agent collaborationor similar paradigms. Computer ScienceElectrical Engineeringor a related fieldwith an emphasis on building products usagentic AIpretrainingfine-tuningreinforcement learning of large langagent-based systemsmulti-agent collaborationor similar paradigms.
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Zillow Group
Zillow is the most-visited real estate platform in the U.S., helping customers navigate buying, selling, financing, and renting homes. The company builds innovative, connected, and equitable solutions that support every step of the moving journey.
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Posted 5 months ago