Data Science Team Lead
Core
Lead data science and data engineering efforts to build and scale data infrastructure powering real-time pricing, large-scale data pipelines, and machine learning products for the Market Model.
Role type
Senior IC data science team lead (people management + hands-on technical leadership)
Builds
Data pipelines, distributed data processing workflows, and the Market Model decision engine
Domain
Aviation/Travel industry, Revenue Management, Machine Learning, Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, SQL, Data Modeling, Data Orchestration (Airflow/Prefect/Dagster), Cloud Platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure), Docker, Team Leadership, Architecture Design
Preferred skills
Google Cloud Platform tools (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub), ML pipelines, Data contracts/lineage/versioning, Distributed data frameworks (Apache Beam, Spark), CI/CD pipelines, Airline/Pricing/GDS systems
Technologies
Python, SQL, Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, GCP, AWS, Azure, Docker, BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Apache Beam, Spark, GitHub, GitLab
Responsibilities
Manage team of data scientists and engineers; Design and maintain distributed data processing workflows; Drive data quality, validation, testing, and observability best practices; Own and evolve data architecture; Manage sprint planning, task breakdown, code reviews, and performance feedback; Contribute hands-on to key development and architecture decisions; Recruit, mentor, and grow the team.
