Senior Staff Data Scientist, Guest & Host Marketplace AI
Core
Lead innovation in AI and causal inference to understand user behavior, detect intent, and build data products for personalized guest discovery in Airbnb's marketplace.
Role type
Senior Staff Data Scientist (Strategy & Technical Leadership)
Builds
Data products, AI toolkits, and data frameworks for personalized content discovery
Domain
Travel marketplace, user behavior analytics, causal inference
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Causal inference, marketplace experience, advanced statistical modeling, Python or R, SQL, hypothesis testing, experimental design, technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Search/UX discovery domain expertise, personalized evidence systems, LLMs, dynamic systems
Technologies
Python, R, SQL, AI toolkits
Responsibilities
Develop deep understanding of guest navigation via analysis of granular user action and sequence datasets; Partner with product and engineering to drive technical frameworks for detecting revealed preferences and quantifying online frictions; Write code for prototypes to detect and quantify taxonomy of guest preferences; Assess assumptions and efficacy of derived guest preferences via measurement and validating hypotheses; Regularly present findings and recommendations to leadership audiences to inform strategy
