Senior Data Scientist - Payments (Inference)
Core
Lead quantitative measurement efforts and causal inference framework development to drive decision-making and fraud mitigation strategies for Airbnb's global payment platform.
Role type
Senior IC data scientist (causal inference & payments fraud)
Builds
Causal inference frameworks, predictive models for user behavior, and evaluation systems for ML/AI and agentic/LLM-based payment solutions.
Domain
Fintech / Payments / Fraud Risk
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
causal inference, experimental design, econometric regression, quasi-experimental methods, applied statistical modeling, end-to-end ML development, Python, SQL
Preferred skills
payments fraud/risk domain expertise, evaluating agentic or LLM-based systems
Responsibilities
Develop and apply causal inference methods to measure platform/product impacts; Build methods for robust evaluation of ML/AI model efficiency and performance; Develop methodologies to simulate the impact of new interventions; Deliver robust research reports and data visualizations to stakeholders.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC