Data Scientist Associate

United Airlines is hiring for the role of Data Scientist Associate!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Work with other data scientists and a variety of stakeholders (IT, DE, business etc.) to deliver high-quality models
• Gathering and analyzing data of United’s various operations to make fact-based, data-driven recommendations
• Execute solutions to business problems using data analysis, machine learning and optimization tools
• Enable data transfer between platforms and monitor model performance for scalable project deployments
• Research latest machine learning approaches and share the knowledge across the team
• Effectively structure communication of insights from work streams and deliver clear and professional presentations to the team/team leaders/managers
• Partner and engage with data engineering and operations teams to inform and support business stakeholders with day-to-day project updates.

Requirements :

• BTech/Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technology, Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Economics
• Full time or internship experience in analytics/data science
• 0-3 years relevant work experience
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Programming Languages (Python/R), SQL, Excel and other Microsoft Office products
• Intermediate knowledge in machine learning algorithms like Bagging (Decision Trees, RF), Boosting (XGBoost, GBM) , Clustering (KMeans)
• Proven comfort and an intellectual curiosity for working with very large sets of data
• Understanding of probability & statistics
• Ability to bridge business context with technical details and explain and discuss mathematical and machine learning technicalities to a business audience
• Strong interpersonal skills with a focus on teamwork
• MTech/Master’s degree in Data Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Technology, Computer Science, , Statistics, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Economics
• Knowledge of deep learning/neural networks and experience with NLP/CV
• Hands on experience in using AWS/Azure etc.