Machine Learning Scientist III
Washington - Seattle Campus
Full Time Senior-level / Expert USD 137K - 220K
Expedia Group
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Machine Learning Scientist III
E-commerce fraud, like a stealthy phantom, lurks in the digital shadows, threatening both online businesses and unsuspecting customers. But fear not! As a machine learning scientist at Expedia Group, you’ll be our valiant defender, armed with cutting-edge AI weaponry. Your mission? To thwart fraudsters’ every move, detect their cunning schemes, and keep our travelers safe and secure. From credit card capers to supplier impersonations, you’ll be the guardian of trust, ensuring secure journeys for millions of travelers worldwide.
The Fraud & Risk team plays a pivotal role in safeguarding the company’s finances, thwarting billions of dollars in fraudulent attacks annually. Our efforts extend beyond financial security—we effectively combat various threats, including phishing attacks, counterfeit vacation rental schemes, improper payment diversions, and unauthorized access to personal and payment card information. By ensuring a secure environment, the team fosters trust among travelers and providers, making Expedia’s sustained revenue growth possible.
What you’ll do:
Machine Learning Engineering:
You will write code that is clean, maintainable, optimized, modular with good naming conventions and in a way that enables efficient and accurate translation into a data pipeline
Machine Learning:
You will apply an understanding of supervised and unsupervised machine learning theory.
You will tackle business problems by applying fundamental machine learning models, algorithms and techniques using standard libraries.
You will modify/adapt to models and techniques to suit business needs.
You will independently conduct proper model performance evaluation without help
Statistics:
You will apply a range of common statistical methods to solve business problems
You will consider underlying assumptions to pick the ideal method for problem solving
Model Design:
You will build end-to-end design of one step models based on detailed understanding of business requirements, including approach, choice of algorithm and data sources
You will seek relevant academic papers and experience to point out strengths and weaknesses of current models and recommends more sophisticated designs when needed
You will select valid approaches, appropriate in terms of level of effort, favoring iterative delivery that solves for the objective, not the ask (i.e., not just order-taking). Use advanced and sophisticated understanding of the business problem space to inform the design of the solution
Visualization:
You will apply data visualization principles consistently resulting in clear and consistent outcomes. Build complex charts with little supervision
Communication and presentation:
You will communicate a compelling rationale and narrative to peers and partners
You will influence action and results through writing clearly in an accessible way for a wide audience. Anticipate questions, structuring presentations around a clear narrative, and is concise in what's included. Present clearly and engagingly
You will communicate across various levels of the organization, tailor messages to audience and filters relevant information
Stakeholder and project management:
You will frame challenging business problems as a data science problem and concrete set of tasks
You will leverage others’ skills, knowledge and expertise effectively in problem solving and delivering impact
You will manage stakeholders with frequent communication, expectation management, meeting deadlines and minimizing surprises
Who you are:
Master’s, PhD degree in a technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience
Demonstrated ability to build and maintain multiple data science project/product in production environments
Have significant experience in at least one major ML programming language (Python, Scala…) and familiar with others
Experienced in industrial application of machine learning
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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Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.Tags: Data visualization E-commerce Engineering Industrial Machine Learning ML models Model design PhD Python Scala Security Statistics
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