Machine Learning Scientist II

Summary

Join Tripadvisor's Machine Learning team as an experienced scientist focusing on the Experiences business. You will design, deploy, and maintain machine learning models to solve business problems, prototype and evaluate new models, and analyze A/B test results. Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team is key, as is seeking new opportunities to apply machine learning. The role involves communicating model performance to stakeholders and contributing to project planning. This position offers the opportunity to work remotely, in a hybrid setting, or in the office within Portugal. Tripadvisor fosters a culture of personal development with opportunities for professional growth.

Requirements

• PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or related quantitative field (or Masters with 2+ years of practical experience)
• Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong foundation in machine learning and statistics
• Solid foundation on data structures and algorithms
• Proficiency in Python

Responsibilities

• Participate in the design and deployment of machine learning models to solve a variety of core business problems across the Experiences business
• Seek out new opportunities to apply data science and machine learning in the Experiences space
• Prototype, evaluate, deploy and maintain new models in production
• Design A/B tests and analyze their results
• Communicate progress and interpretation of model output/performance to technical and business stakeholders
• Participate in the determination of next steps for each project

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with sort and recommendation modeling
• Experience working with real-world data
• Previous industry experience

Benefits

• Remote work, flexible hours
• Professional development opportunities