Senior Data Scientist

News Corp; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Tuition Reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Realtor.com in Austin, TX seeks a Senior Data Scientist to drive data-informed decisions across content and visualization, owning experimentation and analytics and delivering actionable insights that influence the product roadmap. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Finance, and partner data teams to enable rapid innovation and scalable analytics.

Join a team focused on data quality, self-service reporting, and impactful consumer experiences, with a modern analytics stack and

Qualifications

• BS in CS/Stats/Math or related field; 5+ years in data science or analytics.
• Strong SQL, Python, Tableau and Amplitude skills.
• Experience with AI-enabled tools and ETL pipelines (dbt, Airflow).
• Excellent communication to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with A/B testing and experimentation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own experimentation and analytics influencing product roadmap.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Finance, and data teams.
• Lead analyses to size opportunities and trade-offs for product growth.
• Define success metrics and deliver data-driven insights.
• Build self-service AI-enabled reporting for cross-functional teams.
• Improve data quality and tracking; enable scalable solutions.
• Translate findings into actionable recommendations for leadership.

Skills

5+ years data science

Product analytics

Experimentation

Strong communication

Education

BS in CS/Stats/Math

MS/PhD in quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

Tableau

Amplitude

Streamlit

Claude/MCP

n8n

Windsurf

dbt

Airflow

Job description

Senior Data Scientist

Location: Austin, TX, United States

Category: Data Science & Analytics

Job ID: 3125

Description

Recognized as the No. 1 site trusted by real estate professionals, Realtor.com® has been at the forefront of online real estate for over 25 years, connecting buyers, sellers, and renters with trusted insights and expert guidance to find their perfect home. Through its robust suite of tools, Realtor.com® not only makes a significant impact on the real estate industry at large, but for consumers, navigating the biggest purchase they will make in their life, by providing a user experience that is easy to use, easy to understand, and most of all, easy to make decisions.

Join us on our mission to empower more people to find their way home by breaking barriers to entry, making the right connections, and building confidence through expert guidance.

About the Role:

This role serves as a senior analytics partner on consumer product experiences, driving data-informed decision-making across our content and visualization ecosystem. The position owns experimentation, business analytics, and data to deliver actionable insights that directly influence the product roadmap and broader business strategy.

By partnering with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, Finance, and partner data teams, the role ensures alignment on key business objectives, facilitates rapid innovation, and supports scalable solutions through advanced analytics, consumer behavior insights, and performance measurement. The role is critical in surfacing high-impact opportunities, improving data quality, and enabling self-service reporting to empower teams across the organization.

Top Reasons to Apply:

• Industry-Leading AI and Modern Tech Stack: The company is recognized by vendors as a top-tier leader in AI adoption. You will actively champion AI-enabled reporting and work with a cutting-edge stack that includes Python, SQL, Tableau, Amplitude, dbt, Airflow, and advanced tools like Streamlit, MCP, and Windsurf.

• High-Maturity Data Culture: If you care about data quality and maturity, this team champions it at scale. You will have the resources and organizational buy-in to improve tracking, build scalable ETL pipelines, and establish data integrity across the entire company.

What You’ll Do:

• Facilitate both short- and long-term strategic goals across core consumer product initiatives, with a focus on how visual content and media quality drive consumer engagement and lead generation outcomes.

• Lead exploratory analyses to identify and size product development opportunities, balancing trade-offs between feature growth and optimization across the content and visualization ecosystem.

• Drive the creation of learning agendas, design multivariate tests, and translate complex analytical findings into actionable recommendations that shape critical business decisions and influence the product roadmap.

• Define success metrics for strategic initiatives, while delivering high-quality, data-driven analyses that surface impactful insights, particularly around consumer behavior, content engagement, and media quality signals.

• Champion the development of self-service AI-enabled reporting tools, empowering cross-functional teams to independently explore, measure, and monitor performance.

• Drive continuous improvements in tracking and data quality; lead deep-dive analyses to understand product performance and address key strategic questions across content and consumer experience initiatives.

• Provide a unique opportunity to influence product direction by uncovering foundational insights into how consumers engage with visual content, media assets, and emerging product experiences through descriptive, statistical, and predictive analytics.

What You’ll Bring

• BS in computer science, statistics, mathematics, operations research, or related fields, and 5+ years of relevant experience in data science, machine learning, or applied statistics, with a strong background in product analytics or experimentation.

• Extensive technical skills, proficiency in SQL, Python, Tableau, and Amplitude (or similar analytics tools).

• Experience with AI-enabled tools (e.g., Streamlit, Claude/MCP, n8n, Windsurf) is a must.

• Ability to create ETL pipelines using dbt and Airflow.

• Strong creative thinking and problem-solving skills, passion for tackling complex analytical problems, improving user experience, and driving measurable impact.

• Excellent communication skills, ability to articulate insights from data, statistical, or ML concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with A/B testing and causal inference methods (e.g., difference-in-differences, synthetic control, propensity score matching)

• Experience with content analytics, media quality measurement, or marketplace analytics, including measurement frameworks for visual or spatial content.

• Familiarity with partner ecosystem analytics, coverage metrics, or two-sided marketplace dynamics.

• Experience with LLM APIs (e.g., Claude, OpenAI, or similar) for analytical or data product tasks.

• Master's or Ph.D. in a quantitative field.

How We Work:

We balance creativity and innovation on a foundation of in-person collaboration. For most roles, our employees work four 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.

How We Reward You:

Realtor.com is committed to investing in the health and wellbeing of our employees and their families. Our benefits programs include, but are not limited to:

• Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage

• Family forming benefits

• 13 Paid Holidays

• Flexible Time Off

• 8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off

• Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match

• Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs

• 1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions

• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program

• Free snacks and refreshments in each office location

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. 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.