Machine Learning Scientist, Expedia Group
Meta bidding
$173-192.5k
OTE
Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $220,000, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. Salary is benchmarked on Seattle, US rates and may vary in other locations
Online travel shopping company
Job no longer available
Online travel shopping company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$173-192.5k
OTE
Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $220,000, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. Salary is benchmarked on Seattle, US rates and may vary in other locations
1001+ employees
Company mission
Expedia's mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years demonstrated experience in machine learning, building datasets, selecting and engineering features, building and optimising algorithms
- Great programming practices, able to write readable, performant code
- Significant experience in at least one major machine learning programming language (Python, Scala…) and familiar with others
- Significant experience with statistics/machine learning packages such as Spark MLlib, Python (scikit-learn, pandas, numpy, scipy, Matplotlib), Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch etc
- Great data manipulation skills required including cleaning and managing data
- Intellectual curiosity and desire to learn new things, techniques and technologies
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Machine Learning Scientist III to use Machine Learning to help optimize hundreds of millions of dollars of Marketing spend and to help increase customer long-term value through relevant and engaging interactions
- This exciting opportunity would allow you to solve a broad range of high-impact, complex problems using some of the latest Data Science techniques
- This role will be particularly focused on optimising our bidding strategy within Acquisition channels
- This is a very complex & high impact modelling problem that involves dealing with data scarcity, rapidly changing trends, auction dynamic changes etc
- Working closely with our Bidding Operations and Meta teams, you will support our bidding strategy for some of our partners, such as Trivago or Google. This will entail implementing and evaluating new model variants offline & online to continuously improve the overall efficiency of our bidding process
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Expedia is an online travel agency. They enable users to access a wide range of services including airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and various attractions and services via the world wide web and telephone travel agents. Its primary web businesses include Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, and Egencia.com.
Between 2021 and 2022, Expedia has been selling and merging a list of its sub-brands in a bid to simplify its operations, including Egencia and Classic Vacations. Due to plummeting share prices, mostly in the case of its sub-brands, Expedia has been leveraging its subsidiaries' customer base and merging them into the company’s core brand. Contrasting this move, Expedia has also been partnering with tech start-ups in a bid to make travel more accessible to underserved groups. Becoming Rentable, a travel company for the disabled is one of 12 startups that are part of Expedia Group’s new Open World Accelerator Programme.
What this indicates is Expedia’s shift from buying other travel companies and a move towards enhancing the experience of its preexisting customer base. This move is aiding in a long-term plan for greater long-term traveler loyalty, utilizing Expedia’s vast amounts of data, not just from reviews, but from check-in, cleanliness, communication, cancelations, etc to inform how guests experience a property.
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Company
Company benefits
- Leisure Travel Reimbursement
- Travel Discounts
- Family & Friends Discount
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Reimbursement
- Global Service Awards
- Business Travel Medical Insurance
- Matching Gifts
- Expert Medical Opinion
- New Parent Benefit
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Private Health Insurance
Company values
- Force Simplicity
- Include Consciously
- Trust Each Other
- Go Get What's Next
- Choose Fearlessly
Company HQ
Interbay, Seattle, WA
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Leadership
Peter M. Kern
(CEO, not founder)Has been a director of Expedia Group since completion of the IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off and has served as Vice Chairman of Expedia Group since June 2018. Previously CEO of Tribune Media and Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners VII, LP, a private equity firm.
People progressing
Joined as Manager - Strategic Initiatives and has been promoted multiple times to Senior Manager - Strategic Initiatives after 1 year, to Director - Strategic Initiatives also after 1 year, and again to Senior Director - Strategy & Supply after 2 years. Now works as the Vice President of the Travel Agent Affiliate Program.
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