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.

Expedia Group Data Science and AI organization builds scalable, high performance, high impact AI products and services for the company. We work closely together with our brands/business units across Expedia Group. We work in a start-up fashion, with flat org structure and refreshing culture, valuing integrity, creativity, dedication, and positive energy. We bring AI fueled business value to our company, to our travelers, and partners, and we believe in Data Intelligence, and AI innovation.

As a Data Scientist within our organization, you will work with a dynamic team of product managers and engineers across multiple organizations to deliver sophisticated, next-gen AI Machine Learning solutions. Your diligent STEM training and problem-solving skills are particularly important for this job function.

What you'll do:

• You will apply solid coding skills, strong analytical and innovative thinking, AI/ML experience and quickly learn and turn new ideas into working solutions
• You will drive proof of concepts and pilots to accelerate the on boarding of new technologies and solutions.
• You will partner with multiple teams for end-to-end transactions, booking, payment, security, operation, data services engineering teams to implement platform intelligence
• You will provide the smart experience for our global travelers; and AI powered supply/demand engine.
• You will grow professionally; expand your skills and curiosity; be creative; also help others become their best.

Who you are:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• 2 years of industry experience specific to Data Science.
• Understand the concepts and steps involved when working with real world data.
• Solid understanding and experience in database technologies, including SQL and other relational database, non-SQL, and Time Series database.
• Working experiences with one or more of the following languages: Java, Python, R, XML/JSON.
• Solid knowledge of Machine Learning techniques such as Bayesian methods, clustering, decision trees, random forests, NLP, etc.,
• Excellent grasp of statistical concepts and methods.
• Understanding of distributed file systems, scalable datastores, distributed computing and related technologies (Spark, Hadoop, etc.); implementation experience of MapReduce techniques, in-memory data processing, etc.
• Working experiences on solving problems and finding patterns and insights within structured and unstructured data.
• Knowledge and hands-on practice with Neural Networks.

Why join us:

Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people. We are the world's 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 make people's lives better – 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 consumer 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® Cruise® and SilverRail Technologies, Inc. For more information, visit www.expediagroup.com.

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.