Applied Scientist (Economics) Intern
Core
Intern building forecasts and causal models to drive business decisions for Zillow's real estate platform.
Role type
Intern, Applied Scientist (Economics)
Builds
Forecasts, causal models, and actionable insights for business leaders.
Domain
Real estate, housing markets, business forecasting, quantitative finance.
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Probability, statistics, regression analysis, econometrics, time-series analysis, causal analysis, Python, data cleaning, model evaluation, visualization.
Preferred skills
AI tool usage, experience with large datasets, ability to explain findings to non-technical audiences.
Responsibilities
Translate business questions into analytical approaches, explore and validate data, build and compare models, transform observational data into causal models, design experiments, evaluate models, investigate trends and forecast errors, create reproducible analyses and visualizations, share results and recommendations.
Seniority
Intern
