(Contract) Senior Data Scientist, Platform Inference - MarTech DS Measurement

Job description

(Contract) Senior Data Scientist, Platform Inference - MarTech DS Measurement is a contract opportunity with Airbnb in United States. The official employer-authorized posting describes the role's purpose, business context, scope, and expected contribution. Its source-backed duties and applicant criteria are retained separately below. This original STRIDETO summary provides context without replacing the employer's authoritative vacancy. Candidates should review the complete official posting and use its exact application route for current details. Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: MarTech Data Science Measurement empowers Airbnb to optimize marketing ROI by generating data-driven recommendations. We lead the way in defining and advancing best practices for measuring and optimizing marketing impact. We collaborate with Marketing, Finance, and Engineering to provide actionable recommendations and tools based on effective, timely, and granular measurements. Our team’s tenets are: Actionable: Deliver insights that drive confident business decisions. Impactful: Prioritize projects based on their expected value to Airbnb. Balanced: Adapt methods to business questions and data realities, acknowledging limitations. Rigorous: Maintain methodological integrity and quantify the sensitivi

Requirements

• Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
• The Difference You Will Make:  We are seeking an experienced (Contract) Sr.
• The ideal candidate brings strong statistical intuition and hands-on modeling experience to quantify the incremental impact of Airbnb's marketing investments across channels and geographies.
• Your Expertise: 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.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to stakeholders at varying technical levels.
• Proven track record of solving business problems through data science methods.
• 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.

Skills

• Data
• marketing
• Engineering