Staff Data Scientist, Marketplace Intelligence and Forecasting

The role

You will develop models and analytic frameworks to improve listing ranking and recommendation. You will partner with Machine Learning Engineers and Product to launch search improvements and build scalable data products.

What you will do

• Develop models and analytic frameworks that improve listing ranking and recommendation
• Partner 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 for ranking features, query understanding, and personalization
• Set the technical direction for modeling and experimentation in search, ranking and personalization

Required qualifications

• Causal inference expertise
• Experience with machine learning techniques in a marketplace product setting
• 9+ years of relevant industry experience
• 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
• Ability to autonomously set a roadmap for business impact
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to audiences of varying technical levels

Nice to have

• Passionate about AI and possessing a learner’s attitude

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits

Before you apply

• You must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity

About the company

Airbnb was born in 2007 and has grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe.