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Realtor.com Senior Data Scientist, Pricing in Austin, Texas
At Realtor.com®, we have among the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of real estate listings and the most engaged users across all the online real estate portals. Our mission is to make buying, selling, renting, and living in homes easier and more rewarding for everyone.
Building your career? Build it better at Realtor.com®. Join us and help change the world of real estate, one home at a time.
Are you a data science expert? Are you looking to optimize pricing for customer-facing products? If you want to expand your professional goals at Realtor.com ® , this is the role for you. Join us as our newest Senior Data Scientist, Pricing and continue to Love Your Career at Realtor.com ®
We have the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of real estate listings and the most engaged users across all the online real estate portals. Our mission is to make buying, selling, renting, and living in homes easier and more rewarding for everyone.
Realtor.com is a two-sided platform helping match the consumers on our site and apps to our paying customers. The Customer Data Science & Analytics team at Realtor.com provides trusted data and insights to optimize every aspect of our customer experience. This role will be a key contributor to our new strategic pricing function, focusing on optimizing pricing for our customer-facing products. This is a key role, reporting directly to the Director, Strategic Pricing. The ideal candidate will leverage their expertise in data science and advanced analytics to develop and implement sophisticated pricing models and strategies. This role requires strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of statistical methods, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
What you’ll do:
Develop, validate, and maintain advanced pricing models using statistical and machine learning techniques.
Analyze large datasets to identify pricing trends, patterns, and opportunities for optimization.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather data requirements and ensure the accuracy of pricing models.
Conduct A/B testing and other experimental methods to evaluate pricing strategies.
Communicate complex analytical findings to non-technical stakeholders through clear, concise reports and presentations.
Continuously monitor the performance of pricing models and adjust them as necessary to improve accuracy and effectiveness.
What you’ll bring:
Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field with 5+ years of experience; or a Master’s Degree with 3+ years of experience.
Proven experience in building and implementing pricing models using statistical and machine learning techniques. Preferred experience doing this in a B2B marketplace.
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, as well as SQL.
Strong understanding of statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and data visualization.
Experience designing an executing A/B tests, ideally experience with experiments testing pricing models
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex analytical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
About Realtor.com
At realtor.com®, we believe that everyone deserves a home of their own. We’re a community of nearly 2,000 employees who work hard to ensure that from the moment someone starts dreaming about a new home, to the moment they walk in the door and beyond, we’re there to lend a helping hand. Every month, over 85 million people trust us with their journey home by visiting our site and mobile apps, and we’d love to have you join our team to help.
We’ve got great offices in the U.S. and Canada with lots of sweet jobs to choose from, so we’re hoping you’ll join us on our journey to make buying, selling, renting, and living in homes easier and more rewarding for everyone.
Let’s make a difference, together. For Real.
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.
