Staff Data Scientist

Summary

Join Airbnb's Guest & Host Experience Data Science team as a Staff Data Scientist! You'll be instrumental in shaping the strategy to drive user engagement and satisfaction through a cohesive user experience. A typical day involves measuring notification fatigue, building models to optimize notification delivery, analyzing product effectiveness, and presenting findings to stakeholders. This role requires an advanced degree in a related field and 9+ years of experience. The position is US-remote eligible with occasional office work. Compensation includes a competitive salary, bonus, equity, benefits, and employee travel credits.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (PhD or Masters) in Data Science, Econometrics, Statistics, or a related field
• 9+ years of relevant industry experience (6+ with a PhD)
• Proven ability to effectively communicate and influence at various altitudes to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working with XFN partners in product, engineering, and design to enable data-driven product development with a focus on the user experience
• Experience with causal inference and machine learning techniques, ideally in a multi-sided platform setting

Responsibilities

• Research and develop metrics to measure notification fatigue, and leverage causal inference techniques to estimate the cost of sending too many messages
• Partner with Engineering teams to develop and evaluate models to optimize the timing, channel and priority of external notifications (ex: emails, push notifications)
• Perform a deep-dive analysis of the effectiveness of various product experiences across marketing channels and user states, using insights to inform cross-channel personalization strategies
• Regularly present findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical partners to inform strategy and cross-functional roadmaps

Preferred Qualifications

Prior experience in notifications and/or marketing

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits