Senior Data Scientist – Payments

🕒 August 14

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $179k - $210k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📊 Data Scientist

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Airbnb

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 2007

✈️ Travel

📦 Logistics

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2020-12

Travel • Logistics • eCommerce

Airbnb is a global online marketplace that connects people looking for accommodation with hosts offering unique and diverse lodging options, often in residential properties. Users can book spaces ranging from one-bedroom apartments to entire homes and boutique hotels. Airbnb also offers experiences, allowing guests to book activities hosted by locals, providing an authentic travel experience.

📋 Description

• Lead quantitative measurement efforts to drive decision-making across Airbnb’s payment experience • Generate hypotheses, develop causal inference frameworks, and develop and evaluate models for payment strategies • Focus on payments fraud mitigation and loss optimization to improve platform safety • Develop and apply experimental, econometric regression, and quasi-experimental causal inference methods • Build robust evaluation methods for ML/AI model efficiency and performance • Identify use cases and develop predictive models to classify, segment, and interpret user behavior • Support evaluation and optimization of agentic and LLM-based systems • Develop methodologies to simulate new interventions and build data products that optimize product and operational strategies • Deliver research reports and data visualizations • Collaborate with stakeholders, present findings, identify opportunities, and drive impact • Improve and scale brand measurement and customer insights

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of industry experience in a quantitative analysis role with a Master’s degree in a quantitative field, or 3+ years of experience with a PhD degree • Strong knowledge of causal inference, experimentation, applied statistical modeling, and end-to-end ML development • Skilled in statistical programming with Python or R • Database usage with SQL • Demonstrated track record of owning a business or technical domain end-to-end • Ability to set a roadmap, act as an accountable expert, and drive problems to resolution • Proven ability to communicate clearly and effectively to audiences with varying technical levels • Ability to work independently, set a roadmap, and drive cross-functional alignment • Payments fraud/risk domain expertise is a strong plus • Familiarity with evaluating agentic or LLM-based systems is a plus • Must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus eligibility • Equity eligibility • Benefits • Employee Travel Credits • Occasional attendance at company offsites • Disability-inclusive application and interview process • Reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities