Lead Data Scientist

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Algorithms, Analytical and Problem solving, Apache Hadoop, Apache Kafka, AWS, Azure, Big Data Technology, Data Mining, Data science techniques, Effective communication skills, ETL frameworks, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), High performance computing- HPC, Leadership Skill, Machine learning techniques, Python Programming, SPARK Programming, SQL

Job Description

About Kiwi.com

At Kiwi.com, we break down barriers to make sure low cost travel is open and accessible to all. Our powerful search technology creates unique travel options by land, sea and air and finds cheap flights that other search engines simply can’t see. Our tech experts work with the latest hardware, self-built software, and cutting-edge partners, but it’s not just about digital innovation. We’ve over 1,500 people delivering their own innovations in customer service, commercial, marketing, legal, and HR.

Lead Data Scientist Mission

We are currently seeking a Lead Data Scientist to join our Data team, who will be responsible for leading one of our teams with a strong technical focus on developing advanced analytics, data science, machine learning, and AI solutions to address various business problems in a customer-centric environment.

On this level, your mission is to serve as a central point of contact team-wide. You are a coordinator of business needs and technical capabilities contained in your team. You take actions that impact the features of your reports and yourself, removing blockers where needed. You are a tactical guide and a spokesperson of a small team of individual contributors.

In this role, you will cooperate closely with business leaders and analytical teams, serving as the Data Science lead on a variety of use cases that range from ad-hoc advanced analytics solutions and small-scale bespoke simulations to the deployment of machine learning models in a production environment. We are committed to establishing the best and most up-to-date data science practices in our team, ensuring that we innovate at scale and speed.

Bold, bright and ambitious? Join a global business that’s still got a start-up heart. Come and hack the travel market with us.

Key responsibilities

• Leading and mentoring a team of data scientists and establishing best practices and modern software development techniques to learn, build and scale data science solutions.
• Serving as a representative for your team when communicating with product managers, other teams and other stakeholders.
• Helping your team members make technical decisions and you share your technical expertise regularly.
• Managing 3-5 engineers.
• Collaborating with the business to design and develop solutions that effectively solve business problems.
• Possessing strong communication skills to articulate how problems can be solved using a data-driven approach.

Technical/Professional qualification

• A proven track record in computer science, mathematics, statistics, or a related field.
• Strong expertise in statistics, machine learning, data science, and data mining.
• A proven track record of Tech leadership, leading high-performing agile teams.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, and SQL. Experience with git.
• Understanding / previous experience on ranking problems.
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Experience with deploying machine learning models in a production environment.
• English level on communicative and written level (min B2/C1).

Nice to have

• Experience with big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka.
• Ability to design, implement and optimize data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Understanding of distributed computing architectures and algorithms.

Personal/Leadership skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proactivity, independence, & self-study.
• Methodological work & problem solving.
• Positive attitude, energy.
• Ability to give constructive feedback to your team and your peers.

About Kiwi.com

At Kiwi.com, we break down barriers to make sure low cost travel is open and accessible to all. Our powerful search technology creates unique travel options by land, sea and air and finds cheap flights that other search engines simply can’t see. Our tech experts work with the latest hardware, self-built software, and cutting-edge partners, but it’s not just about digital innovation. We’ve over 1,500 people delivering their own innovations in customer service, commercial, marketing, legal, and HR.

Lead Data Scientist Mission

We are currently seeking a Lead Data Scientist to join our Data team, who will be responsible for leading one of our teams with a strong technical focus on developing advanced analytics, data science, machine learning, and AI solutions to address various business problems in a customer-centric environment.

On this level, your mission is to serve as a central point of contact team-wide. You are a coordinator of business needs and technical capabilities contained in your team. You take actions that impact the features of your reports and yourself, removing blockers where needed. You are a tactical guide and a spokesperson of a small team of individual contributors.

In this role, you will cooperate closely with business leaders and analytical teams, serving as the Data Science lead on a variety of use cases that range from ad-hoc advanced analytics solutions and small-scale bespoke simulations to the deployment of machine learning models in a production environment. We are committed to establishing the best and most up-to-date data science practices in our team, ensuring that we innovate at scale and speed.

Bold, bright and ambitious? Join a global business that’s still got a start-up heart. Come and hack the travel market with us.

Key responsibilities

• Leading and mentoring a team of data scientists and establishing best practices and modern software development techniques to learn, build and scale data science solutions.
• Serving as a representative for your team when communicating with product managers, other teams and other stakeholders.
• Helping your team members make technical decisions and you share your technical expertise regularly.
• Managing 3-5 engineers.
• Collaborating with the business to design and develop solutions that effectively solve business problems.
• Possessing strong communication skills to articulate how problems can be solved using a data-driven approach.

Technical/Professional qualification

• A proven track record in computer science, mathematics, statistics, or a related field.
• Strong expertise in statistics, machine learning, data science, and data mining.
• A proven track record of Tech leadership, leading high-performing agile teams.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, and SQL. Experience with git.
• Understanding / previous experience on ranking problems.
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Experience with deploying machine learning models in a production environment.
• English level on communicative and written level (min B2/C1).

Nice to have

• Experience with big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka.
• Ability to design, implement and optimize data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Understanding of distributed computing architectures and algorithms.

Personal/Leadership skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proactivity, independence, & self-study.
• Methodological work & problem solving.
• Positive attitude, energy.
• Ability to give constructive feedback to your team and your peers.