Description
Join the Global Markets team at Airbnb, focusing on evolving guest and host experiences for global markets to accelerate international growth. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will partner closely with product managers, designers, engineers, and operations across regions to build and optimize products that resonate with Airbnb guests and hosts worldwide.
A typical day involves working closely with cross-functional stakeholders to define product scopes, evaluating impact, and setting roadmap priorities. You will architect and implement rigorous measurement plans, using A/B tests and quasi-experimental methods to assess product success and inform strategic bets. Additionally, you will interpret unexpected outcomes, identify bias in experiments, and drive solutions to ensure measurement quality.
Your expertise in causal inference and experimentation will be crucial in developing scalable frameworks, models, and systems that enable product features to be more refined and tailored to the needs of local markets. You will actively present data findings and ideas to stakeholders at different levels, turning proposals into actions and tangible results for the business and our customers.
Key responsibilities include:
- Working closely with cross-functional stakeholders to define product scopes, evaluate impact, and set roadmap priorities
- Architecting and implementing rigorous measurement plans, using A/B tests and quasi-experimental methods to assess product success and inform strategic bets
- Interpreting unexpected outcomes, identifying bias in experiments, and driving solutions to ensure measurement quality
- Conducting in-depth research into customer behaviors and preferences across markets to unlock opportunities for international business growth
- Developing scalable frameworks, models, and systems that enable product features to be more refined and tailored to the needs of local markets
Requirements include:
- 5+ years of industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment with a BS/Master's in a technical field related to mathematics, computer science, statistics, economics, machine learning, or 2+ years of relevant experience and a PhD in similar fields
- Strong knowledge of causal inference and experimentation
- Expertise in SQL, Python, or R
- Ability to solve business problems using appropriate methods and models
- Strong stakeholder communication skills and the ability to translate complex analyses into compelling narratives and business actions
This position is remote eligible, with occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager.