Data Scientist, Operations Research

How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)

Delta IT is on a journey of transformation. We are changing the way we do business from top to bottom. As thought-leaders within Delta, we strive to build significant and innovative solutions and are looking for team members to help us realize our vision. Join us on our transformation journey in becoming a best-in-class IT organization at the world's best airline!

The Revenue, Loyalty and Data Analytics Team brings together several groups with common business partners that heavily leverage Operations Research and Decision Support services.

Delta is seeking a highly motivated data scientist to join the Operations Research Data Science (ORDS) team. This is a role on a high impact team. The team creates data-driven models that generate recommendations impacting 5000 daily flights, $50 billion dollars in annual revenue, and 200 million annual customers. Examples of ORDS models currently in production include ticket pricing models, demand forecasting models, aircraft parts forecasting & inventory optimization, cargo capacity forecaster, customer no-show & cancellation forecaster, and several others.

Responsibilities include but not limited to :

Develop and maintain data pipelines and ETL processes

Develop machine learning models and utilize predictive models, seeing through to production

Work within a data rich environment to create software and solutions for business domains which could include partnership with Digital, Reservations, Operations, and Customer Insights

Collaborate with business partners to achieve their objectives, working to continuously and incrementally improve existing models

What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or related field
• Experience or interest in becoming an expert Python developer and continuously learning
• Experience developing machine learning models
• Eager to learn airline data and develop innovative solutions for diverse, complex business problems
• Experience developing and maintaining data pipelines and ETL processes
• Ability to develop strong working relationships with business counterparts
• Outstanding communication skills
• Communicate findings to non-technical stakeholders through data visualizations and presentations
• Work with speed, urgency, agility, and an 80-20 mindset

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)

Advanced degree from ahighly rated program

Experience working inAWS

Experience with Tableau

Experience withsoftware engineering

Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing

Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way :

Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives.

401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%

Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave.

Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short / long term disability and life benefits.

Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages.

Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health.

Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members

Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals.

World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint

Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies

Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together

Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare

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