
Data Scientist II
Zillow
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $125,900 - $201,100 per year
About the role
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Design, and Machine Learning (ML) to define and refine metrics that drive improvements across the rental shopping funnel, from search and discovery through contact and conversion.
- Design, run, and analyze A/B tests and other experiments using statistical and causal inference methods to understand renter behavior and measure product impact.
- Work with large-scale behavioral and clickstream datasets to generate insights that inform product strategy and roadmap decisions.
- Translate complex analyses into clear, compelling recommendations that influence product direction and prioritization for cross-functional partners.
- Own analytical projects end-to-end, from problem framing and scoping through methodology selection, execution, and communicating results and tradeoffs.
- Leverage modern AI, internal platforms, and data tooling to automate and streamline workflows, improving efficiency and scaling your impact across the team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Data Science) or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of experience in data science, ideally in a product-focused environment where you’ve influenced roadmap or feature decisions.
- Strong foundation in statistics, experimentation, and causal inference, including hands-on experience designing and analyzing A/B tests.
- Experience working with event or clickstream data (e.g., Google Analytics or similar tools) and large-scale datasets to understand user behavior.
- Proficient in Python and SQL and comfortable building robust analyses in production-scale data environments.
- Ability to independently scope and structure ambiguous problems, delivering clear, impactful insights that help stakeholders make better decisions.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts in an accessible way and build strong, collaborative relationships with cross-functional partners.
Benefits
- equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data sciencestatisticsexperimentationcausal inferenceA/B testingPythonSQLdata analysislarge-scale datasetsbehavioral analysis
Soft Skills
problem framingcommunicationcollaborationindependent thinkinginsight generationinfluencestakeholder engagementclarity in recommendationsadaptabilitycritical thinking