Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb is a leading platform in the hospitality industry, and they are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to enhance their marketing measurement capabilities. The role involves developing sophisticated models to quantify the impact of marketing investments and translating complex data insights into actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain MMM models that estimate incremental channel contributions, including prior elicitation, adstock/saturation modeling, validation, and sensitivity analysis
- Develop and analyze geo-experiments (synthetic control, difference-in-differences) to measure marketing incrementality and validate MMM outputs
- Build and maintain data pipelines and automated measurement systems ensuring reproducibility and scale
- Use AI agent workflows to rapidly develop v0 prototypes and spec-driven model implementations — compressing weeks of iteration into days
- Refine research prototypes into production-grade systems with proper unit testing, data validation, and code review standards
- Translate complex measurement findings into clear narratives and confident budget recommendations for Marketing and Finance stakeholders
Skills
- 5+ years of industry experience in a quantitative analysis role with a Master's degree in a quantitative field (computer science, statistics etc.), or 2+ years of experience with a Ph.D
- Deep, hands-on experience building and validating Marketing Mix Models in a production setting
- Strong working knowledge of causal inference methods, including geo-experimentation and observational approaches
- Proficiency in Python and R for statistical modeling, and SQL for data manipulation
- Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to stakeholders at varying technical levels
- Proven track record of solving business problems through data science methods
- Passion for marketing and consumer science, with a desire to stay informed about the latest advances in the field
- Familiarity with Bayesian modeling and its applications in marketing
- Working knowledge of AI coding agents for accelerating prototyping, spec-driven development, and multi-agent workflows
- Experience in developing end-to-end models for data-driven decision-making
Benefits
- This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
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