Senior Lead Applied Data Scientist

Senior / Lead Applied Data Scientist

100% Remote (U.S. Based Only, Select States - See Below)

About the role

We’re looking for aproduct-minded, AI-native Data Scientistwho operates like a mini-founder—someone who doesn’t wait for problems to be handed to them, but instead identifies opportunities, builds solutions, and drives measurable business impact end-to-end.

You’ll own critical areas likesearch, recommendations, and personalization, directly influencing core marketplace metrics likeBooking Conversion Rate and booking volume. You’ll partner with Product and Engineering, but you won’t depend on them to define your roadmap—you’llcreate it, validate it, and ship it.

You’ll spend most of your time:

• Identifying high-impact opportunities
• Rapidly prototyping and experimenting (often using AI tools)
• Deploying ideas into production
• Measuring and iterating based on real business outcomes

If you’re someone who thinks like a PM, executes like a Data Scientist, and uses AI to move 10x faster than traditional teams—this role is for you.

What you’ll do

End-to-end ownership of Search, Recommendations, and Personalization

• Improve ranking, relevance, and discovery across the marketplace
• Drive measurable lift in Booking CVR, rebooking, and engagement

Your own roadmap

• Identify opportunities independently (no waiting for PM direction)
• Prioritize based on business impact, not technical novelty
• Push ideas into live experimentation quickly

Rapid experimentation & iteration

• Design and analyze A/B tests and ot
  
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