Staff Data Scientist, Search

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.

At Realtor.com, we’re on a mission to revolutionize the way people find and secure their dream homes. Every day, we process terabytes of data to power intelligent search and personalized recommendations that serve millions of home buyers, renters, and real estate professionals. Our core search experience sits at the heart of this journey—helping users discover the right home faster, with greater confidence.

We’re looking for a Senior Data Scientist to help redefine how search works in real estate. You’ll play a key role in shaping the intelligence behind our search experience: from the user experience to the ranking and relevance models under the hood. You will leverage data science & analytics techniques to educate how users interact with our platform. If you’re passionate about consumer experiences, applied AI, big data, and shaping cutting-edge ML solutions that have real-world impact, we’d love to hear from you!

Three Reasons to Apply:

1. The opportunity to surface critical and impactful insights about the consumer search experience


2. This role offers strong ownership and the opportunity to directly influence the Search roadmap


3. This role will work on high-impact, cross-functional projects serving millions of potential home buyers daily

What You’ll Do:

• Dive Deep Into Search – Surface insights about our consumers’ experience, developing foundational views of their preferences, behaviors, and intent through descriptive, statistical, and predictive analytics.


• Develop Self-Service Reporting – Design and build the reporting tools and views that enable our cross-functional teams to explore, measure, and report on our performance each day.


• Measure and Analyze ML Models – Partner directly with the ML Engineering team that powers our core search ranking and relevance systems to measure model performance and efficacy.


• Collaborate Across Teams – Work closely with product, engineering, marketing, ML and data teams to optimize our search-driven experiences and support rapid development of search & exploration solutions.

How We Work:

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

What You’ll Bring:

• Expertise in Data Science & Search –MS/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. Experience in ML algorithms, information retrieval, search ranking, or recommendation systems is a plus.


• Extensive Technical Skills – Proficiency in SQL, Python, Tableau, and Amplitude (or similar analytics tools). Experience with Spark, TensorFlow/PyTorch is a plus.


• Strong Creative Thinking & Problem-Solving Skills – Passion for tackling complex analytical problems, improving user experience, experimentation, and driving measurable impact.


• Excellent Communication – Ability to articulate insights from data, statistical or ML concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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.

This is your opportunity to make a tangible impact on how millions of people discover and purchase homes. If you’re excited about building world-class search experiences powered by AI, join us and shape the future of real estate search!

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. People are our foundation—the core that drives us passionately forward. 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.