[Remote] AI Applied Scientist - PhD Intern, Next-Gen Agentic and Multi-Modal Home Exploration Experience

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zillow is dedicated to developing the next generation of agentic systems powered by large foundation models. The AI Applied Science team is seeking remote PhD interns to advance customer-facing experiences and interfaces by building AI agents that handle complex interactions while maintaining context. Responsibilities Personalized and Guided Home Exploration: An agentic approach that proactively guides and helps users navigate millions of listings to identify the best homes, the experience should be highly engaging, fun and goal oriented Conversational Optimization: Enhanced multi-turn conversations with effective context management and improved dialogue quality, achieved through organized data from retrieved results Multi-modal Collaboration System: A combination of 3D computer vision (utilizing 3D reconstructions and Gaussian splats) and LLM interfaces, powered by conversational AI Skills Currently enrolled in a PhD program in computer science, NLP, machine learning, or a related field, with solid publication record Background in at least one of the following areas: Human computer interaction (HCI), User behavior research in the context of agentic AI, Agentic AI (tool use, planning, reasoning, decision-making), Conversational AI and dialogue optimization, Multi-modal inference models with focus on combining 3D Computer Vision and LLMs, Multi-agent systems and orchestration, Memory systems and context engineering, Reinforcement learning and reward modeling Familiarity with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers) Strong research mindset, with motivation to publish Interest in applying AI to complex, multi-stakeholder domains Company Overview Zillow is an online real estate marketplace for finding and sharing information about homes, real estate, and mortgages. It is a sub-organization of Zillow Group. It was founded in 2005, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship Zillow has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 179 in 2025, 150 in 2024, 171 in 2023, 256 in 2022, 239 in 2021, 195 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.