Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Marketing Technology - AI/ML Innovation for Personalized Marketing Campaigns

Unlock Your Potential as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Airbnb

Join the forefront of marketing technology innovation at Airbnb, where flexibility meets cutting-edge AI/ML solutions. As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in our Marketing Technology team, you'll be pivotal in harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to revolutionize marketing performance. This hybrid role offers the flexibility to work from our remote office or home, providing the perfect balance for your career and personal life.

The Community You'll Be Part Of

Our Marketing Technology team is a dynamic platform team within Airbnb, dedicated to delivering top-tier marketing technology solutions to various stakeholders across the company, including Marketing, Guest Experience, Host, and Policy teams. Our mission is to empower both marketing and product teams to craft highly personalized and relevant marketing campaigns for the Airbnb community, both on-site and off-site. By joining our team, you'll be part of a community that values innovation, collaboration, and making a tangible impact on the company's success.

The Impact You'll Make

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you'll be at the helm of using AI/ML to enhance Airbnb's marketing performance. Your projects will span from developing personalized listing and destination recommendations in marketing campaigns to exploring future strategies on generative AI. Your contributions will not only drive business growth but also be valued with a competitive compensation package.

A Typical Day

• Work with large-scale structured and unstructured data to build and continuously improve cutting-edge Machine Learning models for various Airbnb product, business, and operational use cases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners, including software engineers, product managers, operations, and data scientists to identify opportunities for business impact, understand and refine requirements for machine learning models, drive engineering decisions, and quantify impact.
• Hands-on development, productionization, and operation of Machine Learning models and pipelines at scale, encompassing both batch and real-time use cases.
• Leverage third-party and in-house Machine Learning tools and infrastructure to develop reusable, highly differentiating, and high-performing Machine Learning systems, enabling fast model development, low-latency serving, and ease of model quality upkeep.

Your Expertise

To excel in this role, you'll need:

• 5-9+ years of industry experience, with a BS/Masters degree, or 2+ years with a PhD.
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Scala, Python, Java, or C++ (or equivalent), and data engineering expertise.
• A deep understanding of Machine Learning best practices, including training/serving skew minimization, A/B testing, feature engineering, and feature/model selection, as well as algorithms like gradient boosted trees, neural networks/deep learning, and optimization.
• Industry experience in building end-to-end Machine Learning infrastructure and/or developing and productionizing Machine Learning models.
• Hands-on experience with large language models (e.g., BERT, LaMDA, GPT-2/3/4, LLaMa) is preferred.

Location and Flexibility

This is a US Remote Eligible position, offering the flexibility to work from anywhere within the United States, provided you reside in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. While the role is remote eligible, occasional visits to Airbnb offices or attendance at offsites may be required, as agreed upon with your manager.

Our Commitment to Inclusion & Belonging

At Airbnb, we're dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. We believe that diverse ideas drive innovation and engagement, enabling us to attract creatively led individuals and develop the best products, services, and solutions. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and we strive to provide a disability-inclusive application and interview process. If you require reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].

Career Growth and Benefits

Our job titles may encompass more than one career level, and the actual base pay is determined by factors such as training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. The base pay range for this role is between $185,000 and $221,000 USD. You may also be eligible for bonuses, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Why Join Us?

By joining Airbnb as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Marketing Technology, you'll not only be working on cutting-edge AI/ML projects but also be part of a community that values innovation, collaboration, and diversity. You'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the company's marketing performance and grow your career in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Are you ready to take the next step in your career and be part of Airbnb's success story? Apply now and let's discuss how you can contribute to our mission to deliver the best-in-class marketing technology solutions.

Take the Next Step

If you're ready for this challenge, apply now and let's explore how you can become a vital part of our team.

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