Expedia is the global leader in travel. From the practical matters of booking flights, cars, hotels, packages, local activities, or vacation rentals to the realization of dreams and bucket lists, we cover the entire breadth of this deep and varied relationship. We team up with our partners to provide outstanding offers to our customers. Some of our partners are huge brands, and some are individuals with a studio apartment to rent. Our customers are diverse, and we seek to deliver value and a great experience. Our technical challenges are endlessly complex and yet meaningful and exciting.
As a Data Scientist, you will join the core data science team that powers marketplace design and yield management for Expedia Group (Expedia, Hotels.com, VRBO, Travelocity, Orbitz, Wotif and others). Our mission spans many areas that are core to our business, including search and sort, pricing, revenue management and geography. Your work will impact millions of our customers and will have a direct impact on our business results.
We are looking for highly capable profiles to utilize machine learning, advanced analytical and statistical techniques to frame challenging business problems into sophisticated data-driven solutions. This is an applied research role – your models will be deployed to our production systems and your results will be measured objectively via A|B testing.
Expedia has deep and rich data sets, many still untapped, and your passion for the craft of statistics and machine learning has the power to unlock tangible growth for our business.
What you’ll do:
You will apply solid scientific skills, strong analytical and innovative thinking to quickly learn new domains and turn innovative ideas into working solutions
You will build end-to-end design of one step models based on detailed understanding of business requirements, including approach, choice of algorithm and data sources.
You will seek relevant academic papers and experience to point out strengths and weaknesses of current models and recommends more sophisticated designs when needed
You will manipulate large data sets to build the next Expedia ML/AI capabilities
You will collaborate with business owners and engineers / developers to design and deploy complete solutions that comprise model building, runtime scoring and performance monitoring
You will communicate a compelling rationale and narrative to peers and partners.
You will evaluate and document models trough sophisticated experimentations such as backtesting and A|B test
You will write code that is clean, maintainable, optimized, modular in a way that enables efficient and accurate translation into a data pipeline.
Who you are:
PhD or MS in computer science or equivalent quantitative fields with background in both machine and software development.
3+ years industry experience and hands on experience building machine learning models.
Have significant experience in at least one major ML programming language (Python, Scala…) and familiar with others.
Experience with distributed computing (Hadoop/Spark)
Hands-on experience with deep learning technologies are a plus
Passion for solving exciting and meaningful real-world problems using principled techniques and practices
2+ years’ experience of working with live data (data cleaning, data visualization and modeling)
Collaborates well in a team and sensitive to clients' needs, while developing warm relationships
Experience with documenting, synthesizing, and communicating results.
Willingness to think through ambiguous problems with others
Why join us:
Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people. We are a global travel platform, made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and
creative people in our business. Our brands recognize the power of travel to break down barriers and bring the world within reach – that responsibility inspires us to be the place where exceptional people want to do their best work, and to provide them the tools to do so.
Whether you're applying to work in engineering or customer support, marketing or lodging supply, at Expedia Group we act as one team, working towards a common goal; to bring the world within reach. We relentlessly strive for better, but not at the cost of the customer. We act with humility and optimism, respecting ideas big and small. We value diversity and voices of all volumes. We are a global organization but keep our feet on the ground so we can act fast and stay simple. Our teams also have the chance to give back on a local level and make a difference through our corporate social responsibility program, Expedia Cares.
If you have a hunger to make a difference with one of the most loved brands in the world and to work in the dynamic travel industry, this is the job for you.
Our family of travel brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Egencia®, trivago®, Vrbo®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Hotwire®, Expedia® Media Solutions, CarRentals.com™, Expedia Local Expert®, Expedia Cruises™ and SilverRail Technologies, Inc. For more information, visit www.expediagroup.com.
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