Airbnb
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SeniorMachineLearningEngineer,Supply&CompetitiveIntelligence
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“Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Supply & Competitive Intelligence at Airbnb. Skills: Machine Learning, ML pipelines, Competitive intelligence, Crawling infrastructure. Design and deploy ML models. Extract competitive intelligence signals”
What You'll Achieve.
Shape competitive landscape understanding; Feed ML models; Feed data products; Inform pricing strategy; Inform supply growth; Inform product decisions
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting
Live in registered state
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5–10 years applied Machine Learning, Python programming proficiency, ML fundamentals and best practices, Advanced algorithms, Modern ML frameworks, Build end-to-end ML pipelines, High-scale software applications, Disciplined approach to software craft, Test-driven development, Incremental delivery, CI/CD deployment practices, Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD
Nice to Have
Experience in Scala, Experience in Java
What You'll Do.
Design and deploy ML models
Extract competitive intelligence signals
Structure competitive intelligence signals
Maintain ML pipelines
Apply entity resolution
Map competitor listings
Map competitor markets
Partner with crawling infrastructure engineer
Partner with data engineers
Partner with product teams
Translate needs into formulations
Define success criteria
Evaluate model quality
Collaborate with stakeholders
Turn model outputs into decisions
Stay current with ML/AI advances
Incorporate new techniques
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Crawling infrastructure engineer; Data engineers; Product teams; Pricing stakeholders; Supply Growth stakeholders; Strategy stakeholders
Process & Methodology
Incremental delivery, CI/CD deployment
Full Job Description
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 that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: Marketplaces Data and AI is a group of passionate machine learning, software, data, and analytics engineers. We are responsible for developing new, cutting-edge AI and data products that leverage Airbnb’s massive datasets across Users, Listings, Pricing, and Supply/Demand. You will be a crucial part of the Guest and Host organization, building the intelligence that powers the web and native apps used by hundreds of millions of guests and hosts globally. The Difference You Will Make: Supply & Competitive Intelligence sits at the intersection of Data/AI and Airbnb's competitive strategy. As the engineer leading crawling infrastructure for the Competitive Intelligence platform, you will build the systems that give Airbnb a real-time, comprehensive view of the global travel market — how competitors price, list, and supply their inventory across every market Airbnb operates in. Your work will directly shape Airbnb's understanding of its competitive landscape, feeding ML models and data products that inform pricing strategy, supply growth, and product decisions for hundreds of millions of guests and hosts around the world. A Typical Day: Design and deploy ML models that extract and structure competitive intelligence signals — supply availability, pricing patterns, and market saturation — from large-scale crawled datasets across global competitors Build and maintain end-to-end ML pipelines spanning feature engineering, offline training, and low-latency online serving, ensuring high data fidelity and resilience to upstream schema drift Apply entity resolution and matching techniques to accu
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