# Senior Staff Data Scientist, Guest & Host Marketplace AI
**Company:** [Airbnb](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/airbnb)
**Location:** Remote
**Salary:** $224K-$280K
**Experience:** 9+ years
**Skills:** Causal Inference, Python, R, SQL, AI, LLMs, Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Prototyping, Marketplace Analytics
**Posted:** 2026-04-20
> Leads AI-driven innovation to analyze guest behavior, detect preferences, and build personalized discovery products in Airbnb's marketplace. Requires causal inference expertise, 9+ years experience, advanced degree, and strong Python/SQL skills.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities

- Develop deep understanding of guest navigation and re-engagement via analysis, research, and granular user action/sequence datasets.
- Partner with product and engineering to drive technical frameworks and science leadership for detecting preferences and quantifying online frictions.
- Write code for prototypes to detect and quantify guest preferences using AI toolkits, data frameworks, models, and artifacts.
- Assess assumptions and efficacy of guest preferences through measurement, hypothesis validation, experiments, and data feedback loops.
- Present findings and recommendations to leadership to inform strategy and cross-functional deliverables.

## Requirements

- Causal inference expertise with marketplace experience.
- Preferred: domain experience in search, UX discovery, personalized evidence systems.
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Econometrics or related field.
- 9+ years industry experience with PhD (or 12+ years with Masters).
- Strong communication with cross-functional partners in product, engineering, and design for data-driven development focused on user experience.
- Expert in Python or R for data analysis, SQL familiarity, proof-of-concept prototypes.
- Passion for AI, learner's mindset towards LLMs and dynamic systems.
- Proven success in collaborative and independent environments.
- Track record of engagement with technical community.

## Compensation

Base pay range: $224,000—$280,000 USD. Eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
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