Sr Data Scientist, Spotlight Listings at Realtor.com Careers
Austin, TX
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Jul 15, 2026
Austin, TX
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor data science role focused entirely on a single paid listing-promotion product. The work centers on building and owning its measurement framework, KPI dashboards, and revenue reporting; designing causal experiments around pricing and packaging; and maintaining an inventory capacity model that sets market-level limits. Suits a quantitative analyst with deep causal-inference experience and a background in two-sided marketplace settings.
Senior level · 5+ years · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 15 people in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 9–20
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $130,161 (middle half $87,666–$165,113).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The role sits at the boundary between Data Science (15-2051) and Operations Research/Analytics (15-2031). The title is 'Senior Data Scientist' and the work involves causal inference, experimental design, and statistical modeling, but a substantial portion of the responsibilities are commercial analytics, KPI frameworks, revenue reporting, and BI dashboards — more characteristic of 15-2031. 15-2051 was chosen as primary given the explicit title and the emphasis on causal inference and experimental design in a marketplace setting.
Snowflake and dbt are listed in the requirements section but qualified with 'strongly preferred', making them preferred rather than hard gates.
The degree requirement is a Bachelor's in a quantitative field (Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or related); an advanced degree is noted as 'a plus' only.
The role requires 3+ days per week in the Austin, TX headquarters — it is not fully remote.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
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