Data Scientist, Platform

Role Overview

Airbnb is seeking an experienced Data Scientist, Platform within MarTech Data Science Measurement. You will act as a technical anchor across two pillars, delivering rigorous causal and experimentation-based measurement to optimize Airbnb’s marketing ROI.

What You’ll Do

• Causal Inference: Apply and develop causal inference methods to estimate the effectiveness of Airbnb’s marketing initiatives.
• Data Analysis: Pull and analyze data, identify trends, and build new features to support measurement.
• Experimentation: Design and analyze experiments to evaluate the impact of marketing campaigns.
• Collaboration: Partner with Marketing, Finance, Engineering, and Product to provide actionable, data-informed recommendations.
• Thought Leadership: Create internal white papers and contribute to Airbnb technical content (e.g., tech blog posts).

Your Expertise

• Education: PhD in Economics/Statistics/Marketing (or related) or a Masters in a similar field with 2+ years experience.
• Method Skills: Strong knowledge of causal inference and experimentation techniques.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Python or R, SQL, and agentic coding.
• Communication: Ability to clearly explain complex ideas to stakeholders with varying technical backgrounds.
• Impact Track Record: Proven ability to solve business problems with data science.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced academic fit: PhD (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.
• Passion for marketing and consumer science, with awareness of recent academic research.
• Familiarity with Bayesian modeling for marketing.
• Experience with causal ML modeling.
• Experience building end-to-end models for data-driven decision-making.

Location / Work Model

• US - Remote Eligible (with state eligibility requirements). The role may include occasional work from an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed with your manager.