[Remote] Senior Staff Data Scientist, Guest & Host Marketplace AI

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb is a global platform connecting hosts and guests through stays and experiences. The Senior Staff Data Scientist will lead AI and causal inference initiatives to understand guest behavior, identify preferences, and improve personalized discovery and engagement across Airbnb’s marketplace. The role partners with product and engineering teams, develops data frameworks and models, evaluates experiments, and influences strategy through data-driven recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Learn: Develop deep understanding of how guests navigate and re-engage with our app via analysis, research, and by leveraging granular user action and sequence datasets
• Partner: With product and engineering, drive technical frameworks and science leadership to explore innovative paradigms for detecting revealed preferences and quantifying online frictions
• Build: Write code for prototypes to detect and quantify taxonomy of guest preferences via iterative development of data frameworks, models and artefacts derived from AI toolkits
• Evaluate: Assess assumptions and efficacy of derived guest preferences via measurement and validating hypotheses linked to online guest action and engagement. Setup experiments and data feedback loops to own a high bar over continuous impact
• Influence: Regularly present findings and recommendations to leadership audiences to inform strategy and cross-functional deliverables
• If you’re passionate about going deep into personalized user experiences, we want to hear from you!

Skills

• Causal inference expertise with marketplace experience
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Econometrics or related field
• 9+ years of industry experience with a PhD (or 12+ years with a Masters)
• Strong in communication with XFN partners in product, engineering, and design to enable data-driven product development with a focus on the user experience
• Expert in at least one programming language for data analysis (Python or R) with familiarity in SQL. Comfort with developing proof-of-concept prototypes. Passionate about AI and possessing a learner's mindset towards LLMs and dynamic systems
• Proven ability to succeed in both collaborative and independent work environments
• Demonstrated willingness and track record of engagement with the technical community
• While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity
• Preferred domain experience in search, UX discovery, personalized evidence systems

Benefits

• Bonus eligibility
• Equity eligibility
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits
• US - Remote Eligible; the role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager

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