Machine Learning Engineer II - Homes.com - Arlington, VA

Visual Lease; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Commuter benefits

Job summary

CoStar Group's Homes.com team in Arlington, VA is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer II to build and scale production-grade ML solutions that improve product experiences. You’ll collaborate with software engineers, product leaders, and stakeholders to deploy models across large datasets on a cloud-based ML platform.

The role focuses on developing scalable models, evaluating performance, and aligning ML work with business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field from an accredited institution.
• 3+ years of professional development experience in ML/DS roles.
• 2+ years of Python programming experience.
• Experience with recommendation systems and computer vision.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to improve CoStar’s cloud-based ML environment.
• Design, build, test and deploy scalable ML models for large datasets.
• Work with engineers, product owners, and leadership to deliver ML solutions.
• Understand the business context to apply ML improvements.

Skills

Python

ML concepts

Supervised learning

Unsupervised learning

Model evaluation

Feature engineering

Deep learning frameworks

Recommendation systems

Computer vision

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Databricks

Amazon Personalize

SageMaker

AWS RDS

DynamoDB

Job description

Machine Learning Engineer II - Homes.com - Arlington, VA

Job Description

CoStar Group is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives. We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers. We’ve continually refined, transformed, and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

Homes.com is already one of the fastest growing real estate portals in the industry, we are driven to be #1. Just ask Brad Bellflower, Chief Change Officer at Apartments.com. After its acquisition in 2014, Apartments.com quickly turned into the most popular place to find a place. Proven success at the highest level - and we’re doing it again with the new Homes.com. Homes.com is a CoStar Group company with 20+ years' experience in leading and growing digital marketplaces. We pride ourselves on continually improving, innovating, and setting the standard for property search and marketing experiences. With Homes.com we’re building a brand on the cusp of defining the industry. We’re looking for big thinkers, brave leaders, and creative advertising wizards ready to influence a new age of homebuying within a tried-and-true, award-winning company. Learn more about Homes.com.

This Machine Learning Engineer role focuses on building and scaling production-grade machine learning solutions that directly enhance CoStar’s products and customer experience. The engineer will work closely with software engineers, product leaders, and business stakeholders to develop, deploy, and optimize ML models across large-scale datasets, while helping evolve CoStar’s cloud-based machine learning platform.

This position is located in Arlington, VA and will have a 4-day onsite schedule Monday-Thursday, with Fridays work from home.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate on the continued improvement of CoStar’s cloud-based machine learning environment
• Design, build, test and deploy scalable, reusable and maintainable models that handle large amounts of data.
• Collaborate with other engineers, product owners, and leadership to create ML solutions that solve practical problems and improves our customer’s experience
• Gain an understanding of the CoStar business and how ML can improve things

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person college/university
• A track record of commitment to prior employers
• 3+ years of professional development experience as Machine Learning Engineer, Data Scientist or related role
• 2+ years of programming experience with Python
• Experience with recommendation systems and (preferably) computer vision
• Strong foundations in ML concepts including supervised/unsupervised learning, model evaluation, feature engineering, and familiarity with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch or TensorFlow)

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Experience with ML cloud tools such as Databricks, Amazon Personalize, SageMaker
• Experience with SQL-based relational databases (e.g. AWS RDS) or document-based databases (e.g. DynamoDB).
• Experience solving streaming and batch data processing problems at scale
• Experience building, deploying and optimizing ML models

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training and tuition reimbursement.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, prepared foods, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

The final salary or hourly rate offered for this role with fall within the range set forth below based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Base Compensation: $126,000.00-$193,000.00 Annually#LI-AV1#Homes.com

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing