Economist

Zillow is the leading real estate and rental marketplace dedicated to empowering consumers with data, inspiration and knowledge around the place they call home, and connecting them with the best local professionals who can help.

Zillow’s Economic Research team is looking for an applied econometrician and economist with superb technical skills and a real passion for applying economic thinking to turn data into compelling insights.

* You will conduct research and analysis of real estate markets, evolving demographic phenomena, and past and future market patterns and trends on projects that include both periodic market reports of various types as well as specific deep dives on topics of interest to you and Zillow customers. * You get the chance to create predictive statistical, econometric, and machine learning models to power tools and features on Zillow * Combine econometric analysis, data exploration, data visualization, and insightful and clear writing to help consumers make housing related decisions

* You have a Ph.D in economics or other highly quantitative field. * You have deep knowledge of econometrics and statistics and demonstrated research ability applying these skills. * Experience with R statistical software or similar coding language (e.g., Matlab, Stata, GAUSS, SAS). * Since you will be contributing to Zillow's research page, excellent verbal and written communications skills are a requirement. * Experience with data access and manipulation tools (such as SQL) or visualization software (such as Tableau)