The opportunity
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 and experiences…
What you'll do
Co-develop prototypes with Data Scientists, partnering with them to talk: through proposed data models, identify open questions, and plan the most effective ways to answer those questions and showcase the results to various stakeholders.
Choose implementation approaches that strike an appropriate balance between: speed and realism that will enable your prototypes to provide answers with sufficient confidence as quickly as possible
Build APIs that provide data from backend systems for use in your own and in other prototypes
Guide data scientists in building their own prototypes to address their open: questions and demonstrate the value of proposed solutions
+ years of experience in a hands-on web development role, particularly front-end development
Strong understanding of data visualization fundamentals
What they're looking for
- Expertise with TypeScript/JavaScript/React and low-level data visualization frameworks like d3/visx or webgl
- Experience building custom interactions and novel user interface components
- Strong communication skills and experience working closely with data scientists and/or ML engineers
- [Bonus] Prior experience in a prototyping role
