About this role
About the Role Senior Staff Data Scientist in the Guest & Host Marketplace AI team will lead innovation to identify and evaluate guest preferences across the discovery funnel, shaping data strategy to drive conversion and engagement across Airbnb's Homes, Experiences and Services verticals. The role blends cutting-edge AI with rigorous analysis to deliver personalized, delightful experiences and close collaboration with Product to optimize in-app UX. What You'll Do
- Learn: Develop deep understanding of how guests navigate and re-engage with our app via analysis, research, and leveraging granular user action and sequence datasets.
- Partner: With product and engineering, drive technical frameworks and in-product optimizations; shape UX architecture to guide how guests navigate from surface to surface.
- Lead: Identify in-product optimizations and shape data products needed to provide compelling, personalized experiences; build methodologies to identify and evaluate preferences across the discovery funnel.
- Build: Leverage AI and causal inference to understand user behavior and detect underlying intent; drive business impact through personalization. What We're Looking For
- Domain expert with granular user behavior and sequence datasets in a marketplace setting.
- Strong alignment with customer experience and business success, with a passion for AI and causal inference, and ability to translate insights into data products.
- Ability to collaborate with Product and Engineering to identify in-product optimizations and influence UX design.
- Leadership and cross-functional collaboration experience; comfort with ambiguity and a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with Airbnb-style marketplaces or relevant domain is a plus. Nice to Have
- Experience spanning Homes, Experiences and Services verticals at Airbnb is a plus.