Staff Analytics Engineer

Staff Analytics Engineer - Foundational Data

Airbnb

Location:
United States

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

194000.00 - 240000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Our mission in the Foundational Data team is to build and maintain high quality datasets frequently used across all of Airbnb. We set company-wide standards that decide how locations are grouped into regions, visitors are measured based upon site traffic, bot traffic is separated from organic traffic, and cloud costs are attributed to Airbnb services. This data is used to build public financial reports, drive strategic marketing decisions, and manage operational costs. By collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will have the opportunity to drive significant business impact.

Job Responsibility:

Develop high quality data assets to satisfy a wide range of use-cases
Develop frameworks and tools to scale insight generation to meet critical business and infrastructure requirements
Collaborate and build strong partnerships with other data practitioners throughout Airbnb
Influence the trajectory of data in decision making
Improve trust in our data by championing for data quality across the stack
Influence event logging instrumentation best practices and participate in architecture designs

Requirements:

9+ years of experience with a BS/Masters or 6+ years with a PhD
Fluent in SQL and proficient in at least one data engineering language, such as Python or Scala
Expertise using business intelligence and reporting tools like Superset and Tableau
Expertise in large-scale distributed data processing frameworks like Presto or Spark
Expertise in data modeling for data warehouses and/or metrics repositories
Experience with an ETL framework like Airflow
Clear and mature communication skills: ability to distill complex ideas for technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to provide technical leadership and mentorship, guiding teams on best practices and contributing to the development of analytic engineering strategies
Experience exploring and leveraging LLM AI’s in every-day tasks (coding, documentation, etc…)
Strong capability to forge trusted partnerships across working teams

Nice to have:

Scaling data tasks via automation
Previous experience in large-scale cloud-based software engineering or system architecture
Experience with AB experimentation
Familiarity with AI/ML algorithms, including their dependencies on data, as well as their respective strengths and limitations.
Designing and/or leveraging high quality data visualization tools

What we offer:

bonus
equity
benefits
Employee Travel Credits

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 22, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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