Airbnb Senior Web Software Engineer Data Science Prototyping month Contract 

United States 

686631932

A Typical Day:

As a web prototyper, you will create prototypes that enable differentiating and industry-leading product enhancements and introduce the application of advanced and emerging technologies. In this role you will:

• Co-develop prototypes with Data Scientists, partnering with them to talk through proposed data models, identify open questions, and plan the most effective ways to answer those questions and showcase the results to various stakeholders.
• Choose implementation approaches that strike an appropriate balance between speed and realism that will enable your prototypes to provide answers with sufficient confidence as quickly as possible
• Build APIs that provide data from backend systems for use in your own and in other prototypes
• Guide data scientists in building their own prototypes to address their open questions and demonstrate the value of proposed solutions

Your Expertise:

• 6+ years of experience in a hands-on web development role, particularly front-end development
• Strong understanding of data visualization fundamentals
• Expertise with TypeScript/JavaScript/React and low-level data visualization frameworks like d3/visx or webgl
• Experience building custom interactions and novel user interface components
• Strong communication skills and experience working closely with data scientists and/or ML engineers
• [Bonus] Prior experience in a prototyping role