Data Scientist/Sr Data Scientist, IT Analytics

American Airlines is hiring a Data Scientist or Senior Data Scientist for its Operations Research and Advanced Analytics team within Information Technology. The role applies analytics and machine learning to business problems, develops and deploys models, communicates insights, and promotes data-driven decision-making across the airline.

Responsibilities

• Collaborative problem-solving: partner with cross-functional teams and other analytics professionals to identify high-impact business opportunities and frame analytical problems that align with organizational goals
• Data acquisition and preparation: obtain, clean, and transform structured and unstructured data from diverse sources to ensure robust data pipelines. Perform exploratory data analysis to uncover insights
• Deployment and maintenance: deploy models as proofs of concept and collaborate with IT engineers to integrate models into production environments. Monitor and maintain deployed models to ensure continued effectiveness
• Data visualization and reporting: create compelling dashboards and reports to communicate findings to stakeholder, translating data insights into actionable business recommendations
• Thought leadership and advocacy: promote data-driven decision-making across the organization by leading workshops, developing tutorials, and sharing best practices in data science

Skills

• Master's/PhD degree or Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of equivalent practical experience
• Experience with at least one programming language
• Practical experience with data extraction, cleaning, and analysis
• Knowledge of statistical and machine learning techniques
• Demonstrated aptitude for logical analysis, problem identification, and problem solving
• Ability to view data from different angles to employ feature engineering techniques to better represent models
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to interact, work, and develop relationships with people from diverse backgrounds
• Practical experience in designing, building and deploying machine learning models
• Experience working with cloud environments (e.g., Azure ML, Databricks) and managing production deployments
• Proficiency in SQL, MongoDB, IMSDB and data visualization (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
• Prior experience in consulting roles, demonstrating the ability to manage client relationships and deliver data-driven solutions
• Domain knowledge in the airline industry or related fields is highly desirable

Benefits

• Travel perks: you, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across the global network.
• On day one, access to health, dental, prescription and vision benefits.
• Virtual doctor visits and flexible spending accounts.
• Wellness programs with tools, resources and support.
• 401(k) program available upon hire; depending on the workgroup, employer contributions are available after one year.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Pet insurance.
• Discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more.

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