Airbnb Senior Data Scientist Pricing Inference 

United States 

810428698

The Community You Will Join:

• You will join a cross-functional team of data scientists, analysts, engineers, product managers, and designers who build pricing and data products for Airbnb hosts. You will guide the technical development of next-gen algorithms to improve the Airbnb marketplace for guests and hosts.

The Difference You Will Make:

• You will contribute to the development of a pricing guidance system for hosts, as well as methods (experimental and observational) to measure the impact of pricing feature launches. Your most impactful work will involve (1) foundational modeling for pricing recommendations that balance supply and demand in the marketplace, (2) measuring the impact of new pricing features, and (3) successfully surfacing insights with a strong and coherent data narrative to cross-functional partners, thus driving decision making for future pricing innovation.

A Typical Day:

• Develop a strong relationship with cross-functional partners in Product, Engineering and Analytics.
• Write software (Python, SQL, R) to model, simulate and measure the impact of new pricing features.
• Dive into data to understand the differential effects of pricing feature launches and turn that understanding into clear insights.
• Work hand-in-hand with marketplace data science and algorithms engineering teams to develop, implement, and iterate quickly.
• Communicate learnings and insights to leaders and partners in a simple and lucid way.

Your Expertise:

• 5+ years of experience with BS/masters degree, 2+ years of experience with PhD. Domain experience in pricing or promotions preferred but not required.
• Experience with experimentation and observational causal inference.
• Strong coding skills in SQL and either Python or R.
• Strong oral and written communication skills - an ability to communicate complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience.