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

USA (Remote)

$140/hr – $150/hrSenior Level5+ years expContract

Posted 6 months ago

Job Summary

Drive advanced measurement and MMM/AIS-enabled prototyping to optimize Airbnb’s marketing ROI.

  • Primary ownership: MMM, geo experiments, and scalable measurement infrastructure.
  • Must-have: 5+ years in quantitative analysis (or 2+ with PhD) and production MMM experience.
  • Standout: AI-accelerated prototyping and end-to-end measurement pipelines for fast iteration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Marketing Mix Modeling: Design, build, and maintain MMM models that estimate incremental channel contributions, including prior elicitation, adstock/saturation modeling, validation, and sensitivity analysis.
  • Geo-Based Measurement: Develop and analyze geo-experiments (synthetic control, difference-in-differences) to measure marketing incrementality and validate MMM outputs.
  • Measurement Infrastructure: Build and maintain data pipelines and automated measurement systems ensuring reproducibility and scale.
  • AI-Accelerated Prototyping: Use AI agent workflows to rapidly develop v0 prototypes and spec-driven model implementations — compressing weeks of iteration into days.
  • Productionalization: Refine research prototypes into production-grade systems with proper unit testing, data validation, and code review standards.
  • Insight Communication: Translate complex measurement findings into clear narratives and confident budget recommendations for Marketing and Finance stakeholders.

Requirements

  • 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.
  • Proficiency in Python and R for statistical modeling, and SQL for data manipulation.
  • Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to stakeholders at varying technical levels.
  • Proven track record of solving business problems through data science methods.

Preferred

  • Passion for marketing and consumer science, with a desire to stay informed about the latest advances in the field.
  • Familiarity with Bayesian modeling and its applications in marketing.
  • 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.

Benefits

  • Employee Travel Credits
  • Bonus eligibility
  • Equity eligibility
  • Benefits (health, dental, etc.)
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Airbnb

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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, experiences and services that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

Founded in 2007
San Francisco, California, USA
64K employees (7,318 in marketing)
82% recommend to a friend
91% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$140/hr – $150/hr

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Funding

Total Funding
$6.4B
Last Raise
$1B
Debt Financing, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2020
    Debt Financing • $1B
  • Apr 2020
    Private Equity • $1B
  • Dec 2019
    Secondary Market • $25M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
85M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.8%
Direct
65.5%
Referral
2.6%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~64.5K

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