Role Summary
Expedia Group is seeking a Data Scientist II to join its Yield & Analytics organization in Bengaluru. The role focuses on analyzing large and complex datasets, solving product and marketplace problems, developing data-driven insights, and partnering with Product and Engineering teams to improve traveler and partner experiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Data Analysis: Analyze large and complex datasets to answer high-value product and marketplace questions.
- SQL & Python: Develop efficient and scalable SQL and use Python for data extraction, transformation, validation, and analysis.
- AI Enablement: Partner with engineering teams to democratize data and support AI-native solutions and AI-driven business artifacts.
- Problem Solving: Independently scope ambiguous problems, clarify requirements, select appropriate analytical approaches, and drive work from questions to recommendations.
- Data Quality: Evaluate data quality, identify gaps and risks in source data, and improve the reliability and reusability of analytics workflows.
- Business Insights: Build clear, decision-oriented narratives and analytical artifacts for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Stakeholder Management: Build trusted relationships with Product and Engineering stakeholders and manage expectations across multiple projects.
- Process Improvement: Use AI capabilities to streamline processes, reduce manual effort, and improve productivity.
Key Qualifications
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 2+ years of experience in analytics, data science, product analytics, or a related quantitative role.
- Strong SQL skills and experience working with complex data environments and large datasets from multiple sources.
- Experience joining, cleaning, validating, and analyzing large-scale datasets.
- Proficiency in Python or a similar programming language for data analysis and problem solving.
- Ability to independently investigate ambiguous business questions and translate them into effective analytical approaches.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain analytical methods, assumptions, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong ownership, curiosity, judgment, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience using AI capabilities to improve productivity and automate analytical processes.
About Expedia Group
Expedia Group is a global travel technology company operating brands including Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo. Its technology and data platforms connect travelers, partners, and businesses across the global travel ecosystem.