The Senior Data Scientist will play a key role in developing differentiated business and product capabilities for Switchfly through the application of data science and machine learning (ML). This role drives analytic innovation and ML solutions to better serve clients, deepen relationships, improve outcomes, and attract new clients. The Senior Data Scientist is expected to be a highly innovative, strategic leader who develops talent, consults with business leaders, and informs business strategy decisions. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, thinks creatively about problem-solving, and aligns with Switchfly’s core values of bold innovation and customer obsession.
Responsibilities
- Drive creative and innovative data science / machine learning / AI applications and results
- Keep abreast of industry, market and company trends, and partner with business leaders to champion the adoption of new data, analytic approaches, techniques and capabilities
- Extract/transform data for exploratory analysis, feature engineering, modeling, and visualization
- Design, build and iterate on models
- Build, monitor, and maintain recommendation systems
- Write efficient code, deploy on cloud, and A/B test models/algorithms
- Perform data validation and data quality checks before modeling
- Conduct model monitoring and drift detection post deployment
- Present and demonstrate prototypes and concepts to customers/clients & leadership
- Build deep expertise in Switchfly’s data and external data
- Identify data and analytic tool gaps by working with other teams, business partners, and recommend corrective action
- Willingness to align hours as needed to partner with North American teammates in PST/MST
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience as a data scientist - building, evaluating, deploying and monitoring machine learning (including deep learning) models
- Relevant technical degree (preferably advanced, in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, etc.)
- Advanced competency in Python and using open-source frameworks e.g. Scikit learn, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, etc.
- Strong SQL and ETL experience
- Rapid prototyping skills, highly proficient in cloud-based, open-source computing-based technology platforms and scripting languages
- Excellent problem-solving skills; demonstrated success structuring the quantitative and qualitative analysis of complex problems, resourceful at gathering data, and proficient at developing actionable plans that address client’s core needs
- Past success identifying emerging technologies and trends and developing innovative solutions that added significant value to a company and customers
- Move fast with frontier LLMs for POCs and rapid iteration — reach for frontier models like Claude / GPT APIs to validate ideas in days, not quarters, and embrace the velocity advantage they offer over building from scratch
- Pragmatic about scaling — once a capability proves out, evaluate cost, performance, and security tradeoffs of moving to in-house deployments using Bedrock, Ollama, LangChain, and fine-tuned open-source models where the economics or control warrant it
Nice to have
- Experience with large enterprise B2B and B2C model applications
Additional details
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Location: India
- Switchfly Core Values: BOLD AND FEARLESS INNOVATION, CUSTOMER OBSESSION
- Switchfly is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs — without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, or any other protected status under applicable laws
- A little bit about us… We exist to positively impact the way people travel, enriching lives through unique opportunities tailored to their individual desires. Our culture of learning is powered by an iterative mindset, a shared desire for high performance, and a willingness to take risks and push through limits. Our data driven approach fosters new ideas and continuous learning, but also enables us to be flexible and adjust, learning from success and failure
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