Data Scientist at CoStar
Richmond, VA
$71,400–$115,500from the description
Aug 9, 2026
Richmond, VA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role focuses on building and improving machine learning models that enhance data quality and research workflows for a commercial real estate information platform. The data scientist will work across supervised and unsupervised methods, experiment with frontier AI approaches including computer vision and multi-modal models, and collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to deliver deployed solutions. It suits a candidate with solid ML fundamentals and 2+ years of hands-on modeling experience.
Mid level · 2+ years · Richmond, VA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 85 people in the Richmond, VA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 15–130
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $125,204 (middle half $93,032–$173,728). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 11, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The posting requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with no explicit 'or equivalent experience' escape clause, so the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
PyTorch is the only ML library named explicitly ('Python and key ML/data libraries such as PyTorch'); other libraries are implied but unnamed, so only PyTorch is captured.
LLMs, AWS/cloud, computer vision, and multi-modal models all appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
The title carries no seniority level; the 2+ years requirement and scope of responsibilities align with a Mid-level band.
The role is explicitly full-time in-office in Richmond, VA — remote is false.
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