This role is unique in that it directly improves the safety, trust, and quality of real-world user experiences by advancing Airbnb's ability to understand, interpret and act on content at scale. You will help shape how the platform reasons about listings, profiles, messages and other user-generated content by building the next generation of Trust Content Understanding Models.

The ideal candidate is a motivated and talented 'full-stack' Data Scientist with strong applied ML intuition and a bias toward impact, who can own and drive forward challenging, high-visibility initiatives such as:

• Advance Airbnb's content integrity capabilities by building Natural Language Processing (NLP) and LLM-based models that understand intent, policy compliance, quality and risk across listings, profiles, and user communications

• Develop high-performing models for detecting problematic or misleading content, including text classification, semantic similarity, information extraction and generative model-based reasoning for policy interpretation and enforcement

• Design and optimize human-in-the-loop Machine Learning (ML) systems for content review, labeling, escalation and continuous model improvement

• Build systems to detect emerging content risks and abuse patterns across regions, cohorts and surfaces using statistical, ML and representation-learning approaches

• Design intelligent sampling and evaluation strategies to measure rare events, policy recall, false positives/negatives and model blind spots in large-scale content systems

A Typical Day:

• Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning: Build and deploy production AI/ML systems for content integrity and trust content understanding, including feature engineering, model development and evaluation, thresholding, error analysis and end-to-end model lifecycle management. This includes working with NLP and LLM-based models in real production settings.

• Inference: Partner with inference data scientists to conduct rigorous quantitative analyses, applying working knowledge of causal inference to interpret results, assess impact, and identify gaps and opportunities to improve content quality and trust outcomes.

• Optimization: Develop frameworks to analyze tradeoffs between enforcement accuracy, user experience, operational cost and coverage, and propose strategies to optimize overall system effectiveness.

• Communication & Collaboration: Deliver robust research reports with effective data visualizations, clear storytelling and bullet-proof accuracy to drive forward impact in collaboration with cross-functional partners in product, engineering and operations

• Empowerment: Think strategically about how to scale and evolve Airbnb's content integrity defenses, helping define the long-term vision for the role of AI-driven content understanding across the Trust ecosystem.

Your Expertise:

• 5+ years of industry experience in a quantitative analysis role with a Master’s degree in a quantitative field (computer science, statistics etc.), or 2+ years of experience with a Ph.D.

• State-of-the-art knowledge of AI/ML models

• Hands-on experience building, evaluating, and deploying NLP and LLM-based solutions, including text classification, information extraction, semantic understanding or generative applications.

• Working knowledge of causal inference

• Skilled in statistical programming (Python or R) and database usage (SQL)

• Proven ability to communicate clearly and effectively to audiences of varying technical levels

• Ability to translate complex findings and results into compelling narratives that drive impact

• Excellent project management, communication, and collaboration skills

• Trust & Safety experience is a plus

Your Location:

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

How We'll Take Care of You:

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Pay Range $177,000-$208,000 USD

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The Role

We're looking for a Founding Product Marketer who will serve as editor-in-chief for all external developer messaging while building the systems and orchestrating the execution that transforms how OpenRouter communicates with developers and customers. This is an IC PMM role with significant Founder and leadership exposure, at the intersection of product marketing and content creation. You ensure that every piece of content that leaves OpenRouter is technically accurate, strategically aligned, and resonates with technical audiences.

You will own the strategy and execution for product launches, model releases, feature announcements, and thought leadership. You'll create the templates, positioning frameworks, and processes that enable founders, engineers, and other builders to communicate authentically and consistently across social media, blog posts, and community channels. This role is about systematizing what works and building the messaging infrastructure that amplifies OpenRouter's technical authority through education, and accessible developer on-ramps.

You will use AI extensively to draft, edit, and prototype content and must have demonstrated experience using AI tools and agents as a part of a high-velocity communications calendar.

What You'll Do

• Serve as Editor-in-Chief: Own editorial quality for all external content—ensuring clarity, consistency, technical accuracy, and strategic alignment across everything OpenRouter publishes.

• Orchestrate and Systematize Content Strategy: Coordinate and enable internal builders and executives to communicate effectively, ensuring coverage of key product launches and a cohesive point of view across all channels.

• Own Product Launch Narratives: Develop positioning and messaging for new features, model integrations, and product releases that establish technical authority and differentiation.

• Build AI-Native Content Systems: Design and manage the "system prompts" for AI-assisted content creation—establishing guardrails, quality standards, and brand guidelines that enable scalable, high-quality output.

• Enable Founder-Led Marketing: Support executives with ghostwriting, content strategy, and messaging guidance for personal accounts on Twitter, LinkedIn, and other platforms.

What We're Looking For

• 5-7 years in product marketing or developer marketing, ideally at a technical platform, API-first company, or developer tool.

• Strong technical fluency with API products, developer workflows, and the ability to understand and communicate complex technical concepts clearly.

• Exceptional writing and editing skills with demonstrated ability to create compelling content across formats (blog posts, social media, web copy, positioning documents).

• Systems thinker with strong process design skills—you build frameworks and templates that enable others to execute consistently.

• Deep familiarity with developer communities on Reddit, Discord, and Twitter/X.

• Experience orchestrating content across multiple internal stakeholders and channels without direct management authority.

• Comfort with AI-native workflows—you embrace automation and AI-assisted content creation while maintaining editorial quality and strategic judgment. You have the technical fluency to serve as first-line reviewer of AI-generated content, validating technical accuracy before engineering review.

• Self-directed and comfortable with ambiguity—you can define the work, build the systems, and execute without a playbook.

Nice to Have

• Prior experience in AI/ML, LLM ecosystems, or developer infrastructure products.

• Track record launching technical products or features with strong content-led strategies.

• Experience building and managing content systems, style guides, and brand voice frameworks.

• Strong social media presence or demonstrated ability to create viral, engaging technical content.

• Familiarity with developer communities, technical Twitter, and how developers discover and evaluate infrastructure tools.

Why OpenRouter

• Work at the center of the AI infrastructure stack as enterprises define how they adopt LLMs.

• Build the content and positioning strategy for a product with clear, tangible ROI: cost efficiency, scalability, flexibility, and innovation velocity.

• High ownership and visibility with direct impact on how OpenRouter is perceived in the market.

• Competitive compensation, including base salary and equity.

• Fully remote team with a strong culture of autonomy and trust.

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