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Data Scientist II

The Platform & Services Data Science team within Expedia Group supports services within the e-commerce lifecycle across all brands. The team primarily works on risk mitigation functions such as Payment fraud detection, Supplier risk, Account Takeover Mitigation and Dispute management. We are tasked with building predictive machine learning models, setting up detection strategies, performing in-depth analysis to identify gaps/opportunities for risk remediation and metrics development.

We are looking for a Data Scientist to join our team and contribute towards solving complex problems and tackle illicit behaviors within the Expedia Group marketplace.

What you will do:

• As a Data Scientist II in the E-commerce Data Science team you will:

• Be adept at quantitative analysis, perform experiments and deep dives to identify new opportunities / improvement

• Apply statistical methods to evaluate new risk mitigation strategies and make feature engineering recommendations for model improvement

• Develop metrics and KPIs for robust performance measurement across services

• Have a sense of curiosity and excitement for always exploring the unknown

• Continuously collaborate with teams from other disciplines such as Product, Machine learning Scientists, Operations and Engineering

• Be a team player

Who you are:

• Analytical thinking and ability to transform business needs into quantitative problems

• Advanced SQL skills for data extraction and manipulation

• Working knowledge of at least one scripting language (Python, R, etc.)

• Understanding of fundamentals on statistics, prediction analytics, and machine learning

• Data visualization skills for communicating results to stakeholders of different technical levels

• Experience in working with large datasets (Million rows and more)

• Critical thinking and showing an inquisitive mind.

• 2+ years experience and Bachelor's or Master's in Mathematics or Scientific degree; or equivalent related professional experience in a comparable data analytics role with relevant experience.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience.  Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits. 

About Expedia Group 

Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) powers travel for everyone, everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good, we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success, while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers. Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™.  

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