Data Scientist - Market Research

About the role

We are seeking a Data Scientist to bridge the worlds of real estate acquisitions and data science. This role is ideal for someone with hands-on experience in multifamily commercial real estate, including building pro formas, analyzing deals, and leveraging market intelligence from sources such as CoStar, Yardi Matrix, and RealPage Market Analytics.

Responsibilities

• Research and experiment with multifamily datasets to identify opportunities for new product features and insights.
• Partner with product managers and engineers to define requirements and design data-driven capabilities for ApartmentIQ Invest Pro.
• Translate acquisitions workflows into scalable tools and features for institutional investors.
• Apply large language models (LLMs) and other AI techniques to accelerate research, automate workflows, and unlock new insights from structured and unstructured market data.
• Create clear documentation, dashboards, and analyses to communicate findings and product opportunities.
• Stay current on multifamily industry trends, data sources, AI/ML advances, and investment methodologies.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in multifamily commercial real estate, with a strong background in underwriting, deal analysis, and pro forma modeling.
• Proven experience using key market data sources such as CoStar, Yardi Matrix, or RealPage Market Analytics.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with proficiency in SQL.
• Experience applying large language models (LLMs) or AI/ML techniques to accelerate research, automate analysis, or extract insights from data.
• Familiarity with modern data science practices, including model building, experimentation, and validation.
• Experience collaborating across teams (investment, product, engineering, data science).
• Strong business acumen and ability to translate investor workflows into product features.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex data insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: comfortable in a fast-paced, product-building environment.

Bonus Skills

• Proficiency in Python, R, or similar.