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Staff Machine Learn Engineer

AT Realtor.com
Realtor.com

Staff Machine Learn Engineer

Austin, TX

At Realtor.com®, we have among the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of real estate listings and the most engaged users across all the online real estate portals. Our mission is to make buying, selling, renting, and living in homes easier and more rewarding for everyone.

Building your career? Build it better at Realtor.com®. Join us and help change the world of real estate, one home at a time.

Who We Are:

We seek a highly seasoned Lead Machine Learning Engineer to join our team and help take it to the next level. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for the development of innovative concepts, research, predictive modeling, and machine learning algorithms. You will serve as a mentor for the junior members on the team and provide guidance on their individual projects in addition to serving as an expert for any algorithms that you develop or help develop.

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What you'll do:
  • Understand the business and data models to effectively query data
  • Effectively partner with product and engineering teams to build new data driven and machine learning based features for enriching the consumer experience of home shoppers, renters and sellers.
  • Perform exploratory analysis on http://Realtor.com 's wealth of data.
  • Develop predictive, explanatory models and machine learning algorithms.
  • Create automated learning systems that gracefully scale to increasing complexity and drive revenue growth, customer retention and support strategic decision making.
  • Mentor a team of machine learning engineers on data exploration, machine learning and developing data-oriented products.
  • Work with a sense of ownership and urgency, advocate for experimentation based, agile culture.
  • Drive a project forward given just a problem and mission statement.
How we work:

We balance creativity and innovation on a foundation of in-person collaboration. For most roles, our employees work three or more days in our offices, where they have the opportunity to collaborate in-person, adding richness to our culture and knitting us closer together.

What you'll bring:
  • PhD/MS in computer science, statistics, mathematics, operations research or related fields.
  • 4+ years of relevant experience in data science, machine learning or applied statistics.
  • Experience with Machine Learning, NLP, and data mining tools and underlying algorithms.
  • Experienced in Python or other languages and frameworks appropriate for large scale analysis of structured and unstructured data.
  • Working experience with relational databases (SQL) and large scale distributed systems.
  • Familiarity with deep learning tools and packages like Jax, TensorFlow, pyTorch etc
  • Experience with experiment design and A/B and multivariate tests.
  • Strong creative thinking and problem solving skills.
  • Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.

Do the best work of your life at Realtor.com®

Here, you'll partner with a diverse team of experts as you use leading-edge tech to empower everyone to meet a crucial goal: finding their way home. And you'll find your way home too. People are our foundation-the core that drives us passionately forward. At Realtor.com®, you'll bring your full self to work as you innovate with speed, serve our consumers, and champion your teammates. In return we'll provide you with a warm, welcoming, and inclusive culture; intellectual challenges; and the development opportunities you need to grow.

Diversity is important to us, therefore, Realtor.com® is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Realtor.com® will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.

Client-provided location(s): Austin, TX, USA
Job ID: realtorcom-2368
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Work-From-Home Stipend
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Snacks
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Performance Bonus
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Mentor Program
    • Internship Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Unconscious Bias Training