Software Engineer Intern

Realtor.com® is a leading online real estate platform dedicated to connecting buyers, sellers, and renters with insightful guidance. The Machine Learning Engineer Intern will assist in developing machine learning models to enhance search ranking and recommendation systems, gaining hands-on experience in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing, building, and optimizing machine learning models that power our search ranking and recommendation systems
• Support the development of algorithms to personalize search results based on user behavior, preferences, and intent
• Help create and maintain data pipelines to process large datasets for search and recommendation features
• Apply foundational techniques in NLP, deep learning, or related areas to improve search relevance and recommendations
• Contribute to the development of scalable, fault-tolerant, and easy-to-use distributed systems for search and recommendations
• Create documentation for and test new ML applications
• Improve coding abilities by being introduced to new tools and programming languages
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and data science teams to implement ML-driven solutions

Skills

• Currently pursuing a Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field
• Excellent analytical and mathematical abilities
• Foundational knowledge of machine learning concepts and algorithms
• Programming experience in Python, and familiarity with SQL; experience with embeddings and LLMs is a plus
• Ability to work in teams and communicate technical concepts clearly
• Eagerness to learn and apply new technologies and ML techniques in a real-world setting

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