Staff Data Scientist, Marketplace Intelligence and Forecasting

The Community You Will Join

You will join the Guest and Host Data Science organization, which powers products and data-driven decisions over Airbnb’s marketplace of Guest and Hosts. You will join a collaborative team of data scientists, analysts, engineers, product managers and designers who build, launch and iterate on our product roadmap to drive growth and deeper sophistication through experimentation, modeling, foundational tools and insights. Our work is core to ensuring that Airbnb’s strategy roadmap stays highly relevant for our users while supporting the long-term health of our marketplace. We work directly with decision makers in engineering and product to develop data-driven frameworks, technical solutions, evaluate product changes and guide the company through rigorous measurement and modeling.

The Difference You Will Make

Marketplace Optimization and Ranking

• Develop models and analytic frameworks that improve listing ranking and recommendation. This includes incorporating marketplace dynamics such as listing availability, supply quality, and long-term ecosystem health into ranking decisions.
• Partner closely with Machine Learning Engineers and Product to launch high-impact search improvements. Design experiments and evaluation frameworks to understand the impact of search and AI-driven product improvements.
• Build scalable data products and modeling pipelines that power ranking features, query understanding, and personalization. Your work will help enable the next generation of AI-powered search experiences at Airbnb.
• Connect marketplace thinking, modeling, and experimentation across teams and set the technical direction for modeling and experimentation in search, ranking and personalization.

Your Expertise

• Causal inference expertise. Experience with machine learning techniques in a marketplace product setting.
• 9+ years of relevant industry experience and a Master’s degree or PhD in a quantitative field.
• Strong coding skills in SQL and either Python or R.
• Comfort with building proof-of-concept prototypes. Passionate about AI and possessing a learner’s attitude.
• Proven ability to be driven and succeed in collaborative environments with cross-functional stakeholders and also in independent work settings. Ability to autonomously set a roadmap for business impact.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly and effectively to audiences of varying technical levels.

Your Location

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity.

Reasonable Accommodations

If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com.