Senior Machine Learning Scientist

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success. To shape the future of travel, people must come first. We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. Were building a more open world. Private Label Solutions (PLS) is the B2B arm of Expedia Group. These businesses include global financial institutions, corporate managed travel, offline travel agents, global travel suppliers (like major airlines) and many more We are seeking an exceptional Sr. Machine Learning Scientist to join Private Label Solutions (PLS ) applied machine learning team . As a global leader in B2B travel technology, PLS serves thousands of partners across diverse markets and travel segments. This role will be pivotal in developing and implementing cutting-edge ML solutions for personalized recommendations, learning to rank, and relevance optimization. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical skills with deep commercial acumen to drive substantial value for PLS and our partners.
Lead development of advanced ML-powered recommender systems and relevance algorithms at scale.

~ Architect end-to-end ML solutions for high-throughput, low-latency personalized recommendations across partner segments.

~ Collaborate cross-functionally to align ML solutions with business strategy and partner needs.

~ Guide a full-stack ML team, supporting technical growth and implementation.

~ Conduct and present advanced analyses, ensuring models deliver business value and comply with legal and commercial standards.

preferred) or Masters in Computer Science , ML, Mathematics/Statistics, or a related field.

~ You translate business needs into technical solutions with strong commercial acumen.

~ You possess deep knowledge of ML algorithms, especially in recommendation and learning-to-rank, and stay current with emerging techniques.

~ You are experienced in multivariate testing, mentoring junior scientists, and leading technical decisions.

~ You are proficient in Python, Java, Scala, and ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch ), with experience in cloud platforms (AWS), big data (Spark), and deployment tools (Kubernetes, Airflow, Docker).

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