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To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.

We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a global hybrid work setup (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.

Data Scientist II

We're looking for a passionate Data Scientist to provide valuable analytics and decision support to Expedia's Business. This position will mainly partner with various teams in product, engineering, strategy, and other business teams to optimize traffic, conversion, repeat rate & other metrics to improve the user experience.

In this role, the candidate will contribute to many aspects of business development, including product innovation/user behavior, test and learn, machine-learning/algorithm building, opportunity identification, and problem-solving. If you are a self-starter and have demonstrated success in using analytics & data science to drive innovation and user engagement of a product, then this position is for you!

What you'll do:

• Take initiative to identify current and potential problems and determine the best solution. Involve and/or manage the people and resources required

• Produce outstanding results by being proactive and committed. Continually focuses on achieving positive results contributing to the company's business success

• Understand duties and responsibilities, have necessary job knowledge, have necessary technical skills, understand company mission/values, be in command of critical issues

• Communicate well both verbally and in writing, create accurate and punctual reports, deliver presentations, share information and ideas with others, listen carefully, and consider what others have to say, including differing viewpoints

• Structure problems, extract and analyze data, and present the findings to corporate leadership and internal customers

• Assume end to end ownership of key analytical projects

• Proactively and directly engages with partners to assess existing and upcoming project needs and maintains regular communication on progress.

Who you are:

• Demonstrated ability to work through complex business problems and implement suitable solutions

• Solid experience in Data Science, Predictive modeling, exploratory analytics

• Experience in at least one of R or Python or Scala or Spark or similar programming environment/tools

• Proficiency in SQL, Excel

• Excellent verbal, written, and data visualization skills

• Understanding of advanced statistical/predictive modeling, operation research, and optimization techniques

• Ability to prioritize among conflicting demands in a fluid environment

Accommodation requests

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.

We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.

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