Data Scientist/Sr Data Scientist, IT Analytics

American Airlines is hiring a Data Scientist/Senior Data Scientist for its Operations Research and Advanced Analytics team within Information Technology. The role develops and deploys analytical models, turns data into business recommendations, 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 providing 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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