Data Scientist

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What Airbnb is looking for in applicants

Airbnb is a mission-driven company dedicated to helping create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. It takes a unified team committed to our core values to achieve this goal. Airbnb's various functions embody the company's innovative spirit and our fast-moving team is committed to leading as a 21st century company.

The Challenge

Airbnb’s mission is to create a world where people can Belong Anywhere. As we grow to achieve that mission. We are rebuilding our Data Engineering practice to enable the company’s success by building a solid data foundation. We are seeking stunning Senior Data Engineers to help us define and realize our vision for trustworthy data across the company. This is a unique opportunity to join Data Engineering for a strong, but high potential, company early in its lifecycle.

The Challenge

* Be a thought leader, partner with your cross-functional partners to foster a data driven payments organization.  * With a focus on Payments compliance and keeping our platform safe, anticipate and

detect new fraud trends and regulatory requirements.

* Define and evaluate key metrics. Build the data foundation you need, in partnership with the data engineering team.  * Deliver actionable user-insights to build the best products and models  * Design experiments to measure the impact of new payments features  * Empower the product and engineering teams to make data-driven decisions

What you need to succeed

* 6+ years industry experience in a quantitative analysis role. Experience in Payments a

strong plus

* Fluent in SQL and proficiency in analytical tools such as Python, R, etc.  * Background in statistics and experience with experimentation  * Solid understanding of product analytics  * Experience or willingness to learn tools to create data pipelines using Airflow/Minerva  * Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to cross functional partners of varying technical levels