Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a highly quantitative field.
5+ years of industry experience developing, validating, and deploying large-scale ML models in production environments.
Strong practical and theoretical foundation in machine learning techniques, feature engineering, and deep learning paradigms.
Proven ability to tweak, hybridize, and adapt existing state-of-the-art architectures to solve non-linear business problems.
Mastery of Python and deep learning frameworks (such as PyTorch, PyTorch Lightning, or TensorFlow) alongside familiarity with data versioning and experiment tracking tools.
Nice to Haves
Next-generation retrieval pipelines, multi-stage ranking systems, and Content AI stacks.
Advanced sequential recommendation systems designed to model real-time user session dynamics.
Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), knowledge graphs, and multi-modal representation learning to map travel entities.
Generative AI and Agentic AI workflows to improve conversational discovery experiences.
What You'll Be Doing
Act as the technical lead for specific ML projects within your pod.
Evaluate the global research landscape for optimization.
Implement rigorous validation automation to prevent data leakage.
Collaborate closely with Engineering Leads to ensure model requirements are met.