▷ High Salary: Senior Machine Learning Scientist(Recommender Systems) - Viator

About Viator Viator, a Tripadvisor company, is theleading marketplace for travel experiences. We believe that makingmemories is what travel is all about. With 300,000+ travelexperiences to explore—everything from simple tours to extremeadventures—making memories that will last a lifetime has never beeneasier. With industry-leading flexibility and last-minuteavailability, its never too late to make any day extraordinary.Viator. One app, 300,000+ travel experiences youll remember. Perksof Working at Viator * Competitive compensation packages (routinelybenchmarked against the latest industry data), including basesalary, annual bonus, and equity. * "Work your way" withflexibility to suit your lifestyle. Viator takes a remote-friendlyapproach to collaboration across a worldwide team, with the optionto join on-site as often as youd like. * Flexible schedule.Work-life balance is ingrained in our culture by design. Trust andaccountability make it work. * Donation matching. Give back? Givemore! We match qualifying charitable donations annually. * Tuitionassistance. Want to level up your career? We love to hear it!Receive annual support for qualified programs. * Lifestyle benefit.An annual benefit to spend on yourself. Use it on travel, wellness,or whatever suits you. * Travel perks. We believe that travel isemployee development, so we provide discounts and more. * Employeeassistance program. Were here for you with resources and programsto help you through lifes challenges. * Health benefits. We offergreat coverage and competitive premiums. Our Values * We aspire tolead. Tap into your talent, ambition, and knowledge to bring us –and you – to new heights. * Were relentlessly curious. We pushbeyond the usual, the known, the "thats just how its done." * Werebetter together. We learn from, accept, respect, support, and valueone another– and are creating something remarkable in the process.* We serve our customers, always. We listen, question, respond, andstrive for wow moments. * We strive for better, not perfect. Wewont get it right the first time – or every time. Well provide asafe environment in which to make mistakes, iterate, improve, andgrow. * Our workplace is for everyone, as is our people poweredplatform. At Tripadvisor, we want you to bring your uniqueidentities, abilities, and experiences, so we can collectivelyrevolutionize travel and together find the good out there. You willwork on: * The Recommender Systems group is tasked with deliveringhighly relevant, personalised product ranking and recommendationsto users across the entire Viator product. Further improving ourproduct rankings with state-of-the-art approaches has high-levelexecutive support and is a crucial part of the companys 3-yearstrategy. * Get to work on a variety of Recsys modalities using amodern tech stack with a freedom to explore modelling approaches tofind the optimal solution. * Design, code, experiment and implementmodels and algorithms to enhance customer satisfaction, increasesupplier value, optimize business results, and ensureinfrastructure efficiency. * Collaborate with product managers andvarious business stakeholders to ensure top-quality outcomes tomeet internal objectives. * Investigate and adopt innovativeconcepts that offer tangible benefits. To be successful in therole, youll need: * 5+ years of hands-on data science experience. *In-depth knowledge of AI/ML/DL, Statistics, and related open-sourcelibraries. * Previous experience of working on industrial graderecommendation systems and ideally familiarity with offlineevaluation techniques. * Awareness of current ML techniques, keenon self-improvement and striving to solve real-world datachallenges. * Strong skills in SQL and at least one programminglanguage. * To be comfortable in code reviews, discussingarchitecture, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team forregular model deployments. * Experience in deploying onlinesolutions and analysing real-time results through A/B testing. * Tobe passionate about mentoring junior members of the team, and havea strong desire to help us perform to the best of our ability. *Leadership qualities, autonomy, and team collaboration skills. *Clear communication skills, awareness of the audience, andproactive sharing of findings. Actively involved in businessnetworking and able to communicate complex ideas across thebusiness simply and effectively. Desired qualifications: * Mastersor PhD in Computer Science, Operations Research, Statistics, orrelated quantitative disciplines. * Knowledge in (any or all) UserModelling, Representation Learning, Large Language Models (LLM). *Prior experience in e-commerce or at an Online Travel Agency. JobLocation: Remote or Hybrid This role is a remote position in theUK, Poland, or Portugal. Occasional travel to company offices asnecessary. If you need a reasonable accommodation or support duringthe application or the recruiting process due to a medicalcondition or disability, please reach out to your individualrecruiter or send an email to let us know the nature of yourrequest. Please include the job requisition number in your message.#Viator #LI-Remote #LI-JP J-18808-Ljbffr