Job Description

Company Alaska Airlines

The Team

It should come as no surprise that Alaska Airlines is recognized as one of Seattles most desirable companies for engineers and technology professionals. Our technology teams are regularly disrupting the way our guests experience air travel. We are innovators and creators, striving to continually improve our award-winning technology in ways that make travel as simple, enjoyable and seamless as possible. We are not content to rest on our successes. We take pride in the fact that our ideas have become the norm across the industry, and we are always thinking about what's next! Our culture of collaboration, history of launching industry-leading products, and experienced teams that work at the highest levels of software development help us to pioneer technologies that are creating an airline people love.

Role Summary

As a member of the Enterprise Data Science Team, the Data Scientist is a subject matter expert in translating business strategy into advanced analytical models and experiments to optimize Alaska Airlines performance across system operations, flight operations, inflight, maintenance and engineering, airport operations, scheduling, network planning, marketing, and revenue management. As an individual contributor this role defines the long-term strategy around statistical modeling and research, optimization, development and delivery of ML/AI models, project management, and solution design/delivery.

Key Duties

* Acts as a data and business information subject matter expert in the development of requirements and solutions for leadership, strategy, and operational data.

* Translates strategy into advanced analytical experiments to align performance with the company's strategic goals.

* Develops and deploys machine learning models to drive business decisions and create value for Alaska Airlines. Creates detailed action plans, key performance indicators, and progress metrics.

* Exercises considerable latitude and initiative to solve for continuous improvement processes through data-driven analysis, reporting, tools, and goal setting to drive incremental improvement for key areas.

* Advocates for and understands the full data lifecycle, including data collection, data mining, data integration, data analysis, extracting insights, and results visualization.

* Investigates and combines new and disparate large-scale data sources to extend the data-driven business process.

* Develops and implements systems and technology to produce decision support tools that enable leaders and system practitioners to take strategic action in a dynamic, competitive environment.

* Develops, maintains, and owns performance of automated systems to perform strategic activities. Researches new data sources and analytical tools to enhance the data-driven business process.

* Influences and networks across stakeholders and ITS on the integration and support of business systems.

* Mentors and supports the development of other analysts throughout the company, acting as a leader for the Operations Analytics Team and an ambassador to other analyst teams.

Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills

Required

* 7 years of experience in analytics or related area.

* Bachelors degree in a relevant field, or an additional 2 years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.

* Strong experience in data mining, cleaning, manipulation, and preparation.

* Comfortable in Python, with 1+ year experience working with Pandas, Numpy, and ML toolkits such as SciKit Learn, XGBoost, PyTorch, and Tensorflow.

* Experience managing program packages and repositories to be deployed as a service.

* Advanced skills in SQL.

* Basic database design experience using databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, etc.

* Demonstrated expertise in visualization techniques; experience using data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, etc.

* Experience in developing optimization/simulation models.

* Strong knowledge of descriptive and diagnostic statistics (including Bayesian stats), sampling methodology, residuals analysis / ANOVA, hypothesis / significance testing, and experimental design.

* Modeling proficiency in unsupervised and supervised machine learning, such as linear and logistic regression, KNN, cluster analysis, and Neural networks.

* Demonstrated experience directing and leading team projects and project management.

* Adept at communications and presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.

* Ability to work well with multiple, diverse teams.

* Data-driven mindset and a proven history of continuous self-development.

* High school diploma or equivalent.

* Minimum age of 18.

* Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred

* Masters degree or a Ph.D.

* Familiarity with Azure offerings such as Azure Databricks, Azure Machine Learning Service, Azure Data Lake, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Data Factory, and Azure functions.

* Experience with distributed compute, as well as familiarity with REST APIs.

* Strong experience with productionizing machine learning models.

Job-Specific Leadership Expectations

Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind-hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable.

Total Rewards

* Competitive total rewards package

* Medical, dental and vision benefits

* 401k match program

* Monthly incentive pay plan

* Annual incentive pay plan

* Generous paid time off

* Travel privileges on Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air

FLSA Status Exempt
Employment Type Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 4/17/2021
Equal Employment Opportunity Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local laws.
We participate in E-Verify, a service of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA), where required.
Job Locations USA-WA-Seattle
Requisition ID 2021-5359
Category Software & Technology