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Company

Original Job Post

Airbnb · 3 days ago

Staff Data Scientist - Algorithms, Marketing Technology

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$192K/yr - $243K/yr

9+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Extract signals from large-scale structured, unstructured, and user journey data to generate ML-driven insights for improving the efficiency and performances of Airbnb marketing.

Demonstrate good judgment in selecting and evaluating methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

Design, run, and diagnose experiments to validate hypotheses and performance of data prototypes

Design systems that optimize the marketing engagement with users.

Work closely with ML Engineering team as a science partner on technical projects to understand user preferences

Build data products, model, and identify user intent at various stages of the user product journey

Research, present, and publish internally and externally, to engage and advance Airbnb’s standing in the scientific community.

Qualification

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Machine LearningPythonRSQLSoftware EngineeringData AnalysisStatistical AnalysisTechnical CommunicationProblem-SolvingCommunicationCollaborationCuriosityLarge Language ModelsBERTLaMDAGPT-2/3/4LLaMa

Required

9+ years of relevant industry experience (e.g. ML scientist, tech lead, junior faculty) and a Master’s degree or PhD in a quantitative field

Deep understanding of Machine Learning best practices (eg. training/serving skew minimization, A/B test, feature engineering, feature/model selection) and algorithms (eg. gradient boosted trees, neural networks/deep learning, optimization)

Industry experience building end-to-end Machine Learning infrastructure and/or building and productionizing Machine Learning models

Strong fluency in Python or R for hands-on IC work and advanced data analysis in SQL at scale

Comfort to collaborate with software engineers to understand complex systems and abstracted logs

Proven ability to communicate clearly and effectively to audiences of varying technical levels. Proven mix of strong intellectual curiosity with high level of pragmatism and engagement with the technical community, that demonstrates an eagerness to learn and share

Knowledge of experimentation and statistical biases. Familiarity with multi-sided marketplaces

Preferred

Hands on experience with large language models, i.e. BERT, LaMDA, GPT-2/3/4, LLaMa

Benefits

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Company

Airbnb

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Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the internet.

Founded in 2008

San Francisco, California, USA

5,001-10,000 employees

http://www.airbnb.com

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