Senior Web Software Engineer, Data Science Prototyping

Airbnb is a global community-driven travel platform. The company is seeking a Senior Web Software Engineer to partner with Data Scientists and build web prototypes that demonstrate the potential of new data models, support strategic decisions, and explore advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions. The role also involves developing APIs, data visualizations, and novel user interface components.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in a hands-on web development role, particularly front-end development
• Strong understanding of data visualization fundamentals
• 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
• This position is US - Remote Eligible
• While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity
• [Bonus] Prior experience in a prototyping role