Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb is a global marketplace connecting hosts and guests through stays and experiences. The Senior Data Scientist will lead quantitative measurement, causal inference, machine learning, and optimization efforts for the payments experience, with a focus on fraud mitigation and loss optimization. The role partners with product, engineering, Finance, and Trust stakeholders to deliver insights, models, and recommendations that improve safety and business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Develop and apply causal inference methods, including experimental, econometric regressions, and quasi-experimental methods to measure a wide-range of platform/product impacts
- Build methods for robust evaluation of ML/AI model efficiency and performance. Ability to identify use-cases for and develop predictive models to classify, segment, and interpret our users’ behavior. Support evaluation and optimization of agentic and LLM-based systems
- Develop methodologies to explore/simulate the impact of new interventions and develop data products to optimize product/operational strategies
- Deliver robust research reports and effective data visualizations. Collaborate with and present to stakeholders to identify opportunities and communicate findings, and drive impact
- Think strategically about opportunities to improve and scale our brand measurement and customer insights
Skills
- 5+ years of industry experience in a quantitative analysis role with a Master's degree in a quantitative field (math / economics / statistics, and etc.), or 3+ years of experience with a Phd degree
- Strong knowledge of causal inference, experimentation, applied statistical modeling, and end-to-end ML development
- Skilled in statistical programming (Python or R) and database usage (SQL)
- Demonstrated track record of owning a business or technical domain end-to-end at a prior company: setting your own roadmap, being the accountable expert others escalate to, and driving a problem to resolution
- Proven ability to communicate clearly and effectively to audiences of varying technical levels
- Ability to work independently, set your own roadmap, and drive cross-functional alignment
- This position is US - Remote Eligible
- While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. [Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list](https://careers.airbnb.com/)
- Payments Fraud/Risk Domain expertise is a strong plus
- Familiarity with evaluating agentic or LLM-based systems (e.g., decision-quality measurement, human-in-the-loop calibration) is a plus
Benefits
- Bonus eligibility
- Equity eligibility
- Employee Travel Credits
- US - Remote Eligible
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