Advanced Analyst (contract)

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals in more than 100, 000 cities and towns located in 220+ countries and regions across the globe. Every day, Hosts offer unique stays and one-of-a-kind activities that make it possible for guests to experience the world in a more authentic, connected way.

Airbnb was born with a creative spirit, and it’s one of the most defining parts of our culture. We use our curiosity and imagination to come up with unconventional solutions. These are the ideas at the core of Airbnb:

Our community is based on connection and belonging.

Our creativity allows us to imagine new possibilities for people.

Our responsibility is to all of our stakeholders.

It takes a unified team committed to our core values to embody these ideas, and our fast-moving team is committed to leading as a 21st century company.

Job Description

The Trust Experience and Analytics team is looking for a data analyst with a strong delivery record of working with several data sources for identifying, analyzing, visualizing and interpreting trends for solving high priority business problems. In this role, you will be working within a cross functional team of highly technical stakeholders to drive impactful results for Airbnb, and be involved in the end-to-end project lifecycle right from problem definition to creating dashboards for sharing insights.

You will:

Partner with the business to understand the organization and its goals in order to ensure prioritization of highest impact initiatives.

Define, create and visualize metrics for problem definition for tracking project success/workstream health.

Collaborate with technical owners to deliver on impactful insights.

Create dashboards for weekly reporting.

Build strong relationships and trust with stakeholders, keeping them and their teams engaged in the project

Requirements:

5+ years in a data analyst or similar role

High proficiency in Advanced SQL and Airflow for developing queries and data pipelines

Working knowledge and understanding of Experiments, Causation & Correlation, and Statistical models (eg. regression, Chi-square etc.)

Experience with Superset, Tableau, or similar BI platform to develop reports and dashboards

Ability to work independently with stakeholders, write requirements, and solve analytical problems in fast-paced, ambiguous environments

Able to serve as a liaison between business and technical teams to drive effective, timely solutions, insights to actions, that fulfill both strategic and operational needs

Able to team effectively with others and build relationships at all levels, both within the team and with stakeholders

Highly Preferred:

Experience with Trust & Safety domain, ML models, and metrics

Experience with Big Data/Analytics platforms/languages like Hive, Python, R is a big plus

Strong written and verbal communication

Belonging & Accommodations:

Airbnb is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We believe a diversity of ideas fosters innovation and engagement, and allows us to attract the best people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. If you need assistance, or reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please connect with your talent sourcing partner.

Pay Rate Range: $70-$85/hr

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K.