# Staff Data Scientist

**Company:** [Airbnb](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/airbnb)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Data Science
**Salary:** $200k – $242k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Causal Inference, Experimentation, Econometrics, Quasi-Experimental Methods, Python, R, Scala, Java, C++, Data Science
**Posted:** 2026-07-02

> Develop and improve frameworks for estimating long-term causal impact of product changes at Airbnb, connecting short-term metrics to long-term outcomes using advanced causal inference methods. Requires advanced quantitative degree and 6-8+ years in experimentation/causal inference.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop causal estimates for long-term impact of short-term metric movements.
- Build frameworks for estimating how the impact of product changes evolves over time.
- Create frameworks and tooling to evaluate the heterogeneous impact of product changes.
- Develop and apply causal inference methods, including experimental, econometric regressions, and quasi-experimental methods to measure a wide-range of platform/product impacts.

## Requirements
- Advanced degree in a quantitative field, e.g. Operations Research, Economics, Mathematics, Physics.
- Proven ability to design analytical solutions to complex problems with real world applications.
- Familiarity with recent developments in causal inference.
- 6+ years (with Ph.D) or 8+ yrs (with Masters) of experience of working or doing research in one or more experimentation / causal inference domains.
- Strong programming (R, Python / Scala / Java / C++ or equivalent) skills.
- Versatility to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Publications or presentations in recognized Data Science journals/conferences.

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