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

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.

We offer you

• The opportunity to join our Phantom Stock scheme.
• We also enjoy benefits, such as meal vouchers, 25 days vacation, sick days, Multisport card, Employee Assistance Program.
• Flight vouchers to celebrate your kiwi anniversaries.
• We give our employees a freedom to choose between the environment of work from home and our modern office located in Zuckermandel where you can enjoy sleeping spots, chillout zones, free refreshments, parking for car/bicycle/motorbike.
• The latest version of Hardware from Apple or Microsoft based on your preferences.
• Relocation package (including visa transfer support).
• We offer unlimited contracts within a forward-thinking and ambitious company.
• Dogs, kids, and parties are welcome in our offices
• The salary starts from 2820 Euro/month gross depending on seniority level.

Interested? Join us and hack the traditional ways of travel!

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