Senior Data Scientist
Overview
AirDNA is a leading provider of data and business intelligence for the travel and vacation rental industry, offering insights and tools for Airbnb hosts and enterprise clients.
Job Description
AirDNA began with a big dream in a balmy California garage in 2015. Since then, the technology startup has grown into the leading provider of data and business intelligence for the billion-dollar travel and vacation rental industry—with offices in Denver and Barcelona. Our self-serve MarketMinder platform eliminates guesswork and equips Airbnb hosts with smart and competitive insights needed to succeed in the ever-evolving short-term rental landscape. We also arm enterprise clients with customized reports and in-depth dashboards to ensure they can scale and invest strategically. These customers include hundreds of top financial institutions, real estate companies, vacation rental managers, and destination marketing organizations around the world. We track the daily performance of over 14 million Airbnb, Vrbo, & Booking.com properties across 120,000 global markets. We also collect data from over thousands partner properties. This marriage of scraped and source data, enhanced by our proprietary algorithms, makes our solutions the most accurate and comprehensive in the world. We’re firm believers that data isn’t the destination; it’s the starting point. The launchpad. The bedrock for any future-forward business.
Responsibilities
- - Guide the strategy for creating or improving ML systems that empower short-term rental hosts to make better decisions
- - Utilize advanced data analysis, statistical modeling, and machine learning techniques to extract actionable insights
- - Work closely with product managers, engineers, and designers to define product requirements
- - Develop predictive models, algorithms, and optimization techniques
- - Drive the implementation and integration of data science models and algorithms
- - Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in data science, machine learning, and software development
- - Create and implement strategies to source and utilize short-term rental training data at scale
- - Create processes to continuously monitor and improve the performance of our models
Required Skills
- - Bachelor''s, Master''s or Ph.D. degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related quantitative field
- - Minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a Data Scientist
- - Proven track record of designing, developing, and deploying successful software solutions
- - Experience in short-term rental investment, revenue management, price optimization, time-series or forecasting is a strong plus
- - Strong expertise in programming languages such as Python
- - Proficiency in SQL and database management systems
- - Expertise working with large data sets in distributed systems such as pyspark and snowflake
- - Experience in ML engineering, cloud-based deployment and model lifecycle management
Benefits
- - Competitive cash compensation and benefits
- - Medical, dental, and vision packages
- - Unlimited vacation policy
- - Eligible for Company''s annual discretionary bonus program
- - 401K with employer match up to 4%
- - Continuing education stipend
- - 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- - New MacBooks for employees
- - Commuter/RTD benefit for Denver Office employees
- - Quarterly team outings
- - In-Office Lunch 3 Days a Week
- - Pet-friendly office
About the company
Reach your short-term rental investment goals with AirDNA's research and revenue optimization tools to guide you. Our intuitive platform empowers you to take charge, make informed decisions, and unlock the hidden potential of your property portfolio.