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 a product-minded, AI-native Data Scientist who 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 like search, recommendations, and personalization, directly influencing core marketplace metrics like Booking Conversion Rate and booking volume. You’ll partner with Product and Engineering, but you won’t depend on them to define your roadmap—you’ll create 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