About the job
Founded in 2007, Airbnb has transformed the travel landscape, growing from a humble start with three guests to a vibrant community of over 5 million hosts welcoming more than 2 billion guests worldwide. Every day, our hosts offer distinct stays and experiences, fostering authentic connections between travelers and local communities.
Join Our Collaborative Team:
You will be part of a dynamic group of data scientists, analysts, engineers, product managers, and designers dedicated to developing innovative pricing solutions for Airbnb hosts. Your primary team will include data scientists within the Guest & Host Data Science organization, who create models, essential tools, and insights to enhance the Airbnb marketplace for both guests and hosts.
Your Impactful Contributions:
Play a crucial role in shaping a pricing guidance system for our hosts and employ various methods (both experimental and observational) to evaluate the effectiveness of pricing feature launches. You will spearhead innovative pricing science initiatives, including pioneering 0-to-1 projects that require a blend of scientific rigor and creative business insights.
Your most impactful work will involve:
- Working closely with product and cross-functional teams to develop and implement pricing strategies and guidance for hosts, translating sophisticated modeling into practical recommendations.
- Creating foundational models and experimental frameworks that balance marketplace supply and demand, using empirical methods to evaluate and enhance pricing feature impacts.
- Crafting engaging data narratives to reveal actionable insights, empower data-driven decision-making, and steer the future of Airbnb’s pricing ecosystem.
A Day in Your Role:
- Gaining a comprehensive understanding of host perspectives on pricing and their interactions with our application through analysis and research.
- Building strong relationships with cross-functional partners in Product, Engineering, and Analytics.
- Coding in Python, SQL, and R to model, simulate, and measure the impact of new pricing features.
- Diving into data creatively to assess the varying effects of pricing feature launches, converting these insights into clear recommendations.
- Sharing findings and insights with leadership and partners in a straightforward and impactful manner.

