Data Science Team Lead
Core
Lead data science and data engineering efforts to build and scale data infrastructure powering real-time pricing and machine learning products for the Market Model.
Role type
Senior IC data science team lead (people management + hands-on technical leadership)
Builds
Large-scale data pipelines, distributed data processing workflows, and machine learning products for price optimization
Domain
Aviation/Travel industry, Price Optimization, Machine Learning, Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Team leadership, Python, SQL, Data modeling, Data orchestration (Airflow/Prefect/Dagster), Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure), Distributed data processing (batch & streaming), Data quality & observability
Preferred skills
GCP tools (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub), ML pipelines, Data contracts/lineage/versioning, Docker, CI/CD, Distributed frameworks (Apache Beam/Spark), Airline/GDS systems
Technologies
Python, SQL, Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, GCP, AWS, Azure, BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Apache Beam, Spark, Docker, GitHub, GitLab
Responsibilities
Manage team of data scientists and engineers; Analyze existing models and research new price optimization approaches; Design and maintain distributed data processing workflows; Drive best practices for data quality, validation, testing, and observability; Own and evolve data architecture; Manage sprint planning, code reviews, and performance feedback; Contribute hands-on to development and architecture decisions; Recruit and mentor team members
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management
