Senior Data Scientist — Remote Product Analytics Leader

Zillow Group Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 141,200 - 237,400; Full time

Job summary

Zillow Group Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead analytics across our product portfolio, driving insights for better business decisions and customer experiences.

The role focuses on end-to-end data science projects, segmentation models, and collaboration with data engineers and ML engineers to deploy in production. You will design experiments, translate business problems into analytical work, and communicate findings to senior leaders.

Qualifications

• 4–7+ years of experience in data science or related field.
• Strong foundation in statistics, machine learning, and experimentation; apply methods to business problems.
• Proficient in Python (pandas, scikit-learn, PySpark) and SQL; comfortable with large datasets.
• Experience building segmentation and performance models and translating outputs into business insights.

Responsibilities

• Independently scope and deliver end-to-end data science projects, from problem framing through model development, validation, and productionization.
• Build and maintain industry performance and customer segmentation models, applying clustering, regression, tree-based methods, ensuring robustness and interpretability.
• Partner with Data Engineering and ML Engineering to deploy models in production with feature development, scoring, and monitoring.
• Design and analyze experiments and observational studies (A/B testing, causal inference) to evaluate product features and initiatives.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into well-defined analytical approaches with clear metrics.
• Provide data-driven recommendations to senior leaders, communicating trade-offs and impact clearly.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on goals, KPIs, and deliver insights.
• Contribute to scalable data assets and dashboards enabling self-service analytics.
• Mentor junior teammates and contribute to team best practices.

Skills

Statistics

Machine learning

Python

SQL

Data analysis

Experimentation

Communication

Tools

Snowflake

Spark

Airflow

dbt

Model deployment

Job description

Zillow Group Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead analytics across our product portfolio, driving insights for better business decisions and customer experiences.

The role focuses on end-to-end data science projects, segmentation models, and collaboration with data engineers and ML engineers to deploy in production. You will design experiments, translate business problems into analytical work, and communicate findings to senior leaders.