Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI

Role overview

Zillow is hiring a Machine Learning Engineer to join the Agentic AI → Applied Reasoning team. You will design, build, and productionize domain-specialized AI capabilities that power Zillow’s next-generation real estate experiences, focusing on reliable multi-step reasoning and tool-grounded intelligence at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable AI infrastructure and services for agentic AI applications
• Develop advanced reasoning and agentic capabilities for autonomous, adaptive agent behavior in dynamic environments
• Implement monitoring, evaluation, and optimization to ensure production reliability and responsiveness
• Bring emerging agentic AI techniques into practical, production-ready implementations
• Collaborate with applied scientists, engineers, and product teams to move from prototypes to robust systems
• Contribute to best practices in distributed ML systems, scalable architecture, and responsible AI deployment

Requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science (or related field)
• 2+ years of experience building production ML systems and services
• Experience with AI agent frameworks, orchestration, or multi-step reasoning applications
• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with ML/AI frameworks

Nice to have

• Experience spanning distributed ML systems, scalable architectures, and responsible AI deployment (implied by responsibilities)