Machine Learning Scientist, Expedia Group
Metasearch Bidding
Online travel shopping company
Open for applications
Online travel shopping company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
Expedia's mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere.
Role
Who you are
- You have 3+ years of proven experience in machine learning and statistical modelling, including building datasets, selecting and engineering features, and developing and optimising algorithms
- You are a skilled programmer with a strong command of major machine learning languages such as Python or Scala, and have expertise in utilising statistical and machine learning libraries like Spark MLlib, scikit-learn, or PyTorch to write clear, efficient, and well-documented code
- Experience with optimisation techniques, control theory, causal modelling or elasticity modelling is desirable
- Prior experience in solving machine learning problems within the Marketing domain is beneficial
- You are intellectually curious, eager to learn, and open to adopting new methodologies, techniques, and technologies
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Machine Learning Scientist III to use Machine Learning to help optimise 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
- Utilize EG tools and marketing channels to programmatically connect users with their preferred travel products at scale, enhancing engagement and effectiveness
- Optimise and refine bidding strategies across multiple marketing channels to enhance performance, cost-effectiveness, and strategic capital allocation
- Collaborate with engineering, MetaSearch partners such as Google, trivago, and other key stakeholders to integrate and improve ML models that support efficient decision-making and scalability
- Tackle high-impact modelling challenges, including data scarcity and dynamic auction environments, to ensure effective programmatic solutions for travel product engagement
- Continuously experiment and learn to adapt strategies to emerging trends and insights, improving efficiency and outcomes
Application process
- End Date: June 13, 2025
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
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 HQ
Interbay, Seattle, WA
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.
Share this job
View 33 more jobs at Expedia Group