SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST | DATA SCIENCE | REMOTE, USA

Travelport is a place of opportunity. It's our incredible team that makes our company great - our people drive our winning culture.

What's Travelport?

Travelport is a worldwide travel retail platform that provides easy ways for businesses like airlines, hotels, and car rental companies to connect through personalized content to agencies and travelers. The world is changing, and our industry must change with it. We're leading the change; we are the change.

We are on a mission to power the future of travel.

Come and be part of an organization that is committed to building a culture of inclusivity built upon a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities in which we operate.

What does a great Data Scientist do?

Should be able to lead, research, innovate, develop and deploy machine learning models. Should be able to partner with other data scientists and engineers to scale and deploy machine learning models in production for large scale data sets. Should be hands-on in data wrangling of big data and develop math/statistical models for the business problems. Should be able to communicate and present the findings to various business stakeholders and senior management.

Responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams, develop statistical insights, and build machine learning algorithms and products for various Travelport business problems
• Lead machine learning modeling, development, and analysis from beginning to end
• Design and report on A/B tests for new and modified machine learning algorithms
• Execute analytical experiments methodically to help solve various business problems and make an impact in the business
• Evaluate machine learning algorithms via model training, and develop predictive models to test on data
• Work with big data and engage in data mining and exploratory analyses on large datasets

Who we are looking for in this role:

• MS or PhD degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or any related field
• 2-5 years of experience working in data science programs
• Experience with programming languages and big data technologies for data science like Python, SQL, PySpark, Hadoop, Spark Scala
• Experience processing, filtering, and building machine learning algorithms with large scale data (Millions to Billions of rows)
• Demonstrable track record of dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing needs, and delivering results in a dynamic environment with several ongoing concurrent projects

Our ambition is to hire for potential not just experience, and you're likely to succeed if you:

• Are always ready to give it your all and deliver high quality work
• Are excited to use your creativity and innovative thinking to try new things
• Take responsibility and own your work
• Are courageous and ambitious to challenge what's been done before

Benefits of working at Travelport
We believe all employees contribute to the success of the company and should be able to share in that success, which is why all jobs are eligible to participate in our bonus program with any payouts being subject to individual and company performance. We offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, employer paid Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary life options, a competitive 401(k) match, as well as many other voluntary benefits to fit your specific needs. We make health and wellness a priority and offer a generous paid time off policy as well as contributing to our communities with an annual volunteer day off. We also offer a New Child leave policy, where the birthing parent receives 16 weeks of paid time off, and the non-birthing parent receives 8.

Salary Target/Range: $100,000 - $130,000

The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training.

Interested? We'd love for you to get in touch!

We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.