[Hiring] Senior Analytics Engineer @Airbnb

Role Description

Airbnb.org operates like a small startup inside Airbnb. Our data team is lean, the problems are new, and there is no established playbook for most of what we do. That means your ingenuity and autonomy are welcome and you will have the room to decide what to build and how, to experiment, and to shape the way a growing, mission-driven organization uses data.

Analytics Engineers build the data foundation for the whole team - which translates to impact on all stakeholders with insights, analysis and experimentation. As a Senior Analytics Engineer, you will own major projects that build out the data foundation for Airbnb.org:

• Designing and delivering the data models, metrics and dashboards that power our reporting, analysis and experimentation.
• Continuously raising the bar on data quality and reliability for the systems you build.
• Bringing structure to vaguely defined projects by breaking down the work, weighing tradeoffs, and delivering efficient, reliable and simple solutions.

You will partner closely with stakeholders across Marketing, Fundraising, Programs, Product and Engineering to understand their data needs, translate business questions into well-defined metrics and data products, and prioritize your work in line with Airbnb.org's goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant industry experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or a closely related field.
• Experience owning major data projects end to end, including ones that started out loosely defined, from scoping and design through delivery.
• Strong SQL skills and experience optimizing queries on distributed data processing systems (e.g. Spark, Presto, Hive).
• Solid experience in dimensional data modeling, schema design and metric definition.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language for data work (e.g. Python) and experience with an ETL/orchestration framework like Airflow.
• Ability to communicate technical solutions and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical partners, and to adapt to competing priorities.
• Proven ability to succeed in both collaborative and independent work environments.
• Passion for high data quality, attention to detail, and an ownership mindset toward the reliability of what you build.
• Preferred: Minerva and Tableau skills, and an eye for design when it comes to dashboards and visualization tools.

Requirements

• Design, build and launch efficient, reliable and maintainable data models and pipelines that power reporting, analysis and experimentation, in partnership with Data Engineering.
• Design, define and implement metrics and dimensions for Airbnb.org, and document them clearly so they are trusted and used consistently across teams.
• Own data quality for the tables and pipelines you build: implement testing, auditing and validation, respond to data incidents, and follow through on corrective actions that go beyond the immediate fix.
• Identify and improve or deprecate low-quality or duplicative data assets, and plan quality improvements into the team's roadmap.
• Design and develop dashboards and self-serve data products that make data discoverable, trusted and easy to consume.
• Write clear technical designs that lay out benefits, risks and tradeoffs; seek and incorporate peer feedback, and provide constructive input on others' designs and code.
• Understand stakeholder needs across Marketing, Fundraising, Programs, Product, Data Science and Engineering, and prioritize work within your projects to align with Airbnb.org's goals; mentor and share knowledge with fellow data practitioners.

Benefits

• Base pay range: $179,000 — $210,000 USD.
• This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Company Description

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at [email protected].

Airbnb values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.