Senior Data Scientist - Payments (Inference)
AirbnbShort-term Rentals company
United States$179,000 - $210,000 USDSenior
Sequoia Capital
Greylock Partners
Andreessen Horowitz
Founders Fund
Y Combinator
Silver Lake
Data & AI
About the role
TL;DR
Lead quantitative measurement and scientific approaches for Airbnb's payment experience, focusing on fraud mitigation.
- •Airbnb is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead quantitative measurement efforts and apply novel scientific approaches to enhance the platform's payment experience.
- •This role focuses on fraud mitigation and loss optimization to improve platform safety.
- •Key Responsibilities Develop and apply causal inference methods for platform/product impact measurement.
- •Build and evaluate ML/AI models for user behavior analysis and optimization.
- •Develop methodologies to simulate intervention impacts and optimize strategies.
- •Communicate research findings and data visualizations to stakeholders.
- •Requirements 5+ years of experience in a quantitative analysis role with a Master's degree, or 3+ years with a PhD.
- •Strong knowledge of causal inference, experimentation, statistical modeling, and ML development.
- •Skilled in Python or R and SQL.
- •Demonstrated track record of owning a business or technical domain end-to-end.
- •Proven ability to communicate effectively to diverse audiences.
Required skills
PythonSQLscikit-learn
Nice-to-have skills
R
Domain expertise
travelfintech
Tech stack
PythonRSQLMLflowKubeflowSageMakerVertex AIOpenAI APIAnthropic APIGemini APILangChainHugging Face