Powering the agentic revolution in travel. Sabre is an AI-native technology leader, backed by one of the world’s largest travel data clouds. Built on an open, modular, cloud-native architecture, Sabre serves as the backbone for both established leaders and bold, new disruptors, guiding them to the next age of travel retailing through intelligent, connected, and personalized experiences. With AI at its core and operating at unparalleled scale, Sabre transforms insights into innovation, empowering airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel worldwide.
DATA SCIENCE ENGINEERPowering the agentic revolution in travel. Sabre is an AI-native technology leader, backed by one of the world’s largest travel data clouds. Built on an open, modular, cloud-native architecture, Sabre serves as the backbone for both established leaders and bold, new disruptors, guiding them to the next age of travel retailing through intelligent, connected, and personalized experiences. With AI at its core and operating at unparalleled scale, Sabre transforms insights into innovation, empowering airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel worldwide.
Team Description
Sabre is seeking a talented Sr. Data Science Engineer to join the Sabre Data Intelligence & Research team.
Sabre Data Intelligence & Research is a specialized team of researchers, mathematicians, and AI engineers who serve as the intelligent core of Sabre’s travel marketplace. We are dedicated to solving the most complex challenges across the global travel domain. Our mission spans Airline Pricing, Agency Automation, Network Planning, Airline Operations, and Departure Control Systems (DCS). We build high-performance systems that streamline travel agency workflows, optimize airline networks, and enhance the productivity of travel consultants worldwide. By blending classical mathematical optimization with cutting-edge Machine Learning, Generative AI and robust MLOps, we ensure our models power the next generation of travel distribution—from initial search and booking to post-trip service, agency efficiency, and seamless airport operations.
At Sabre, we’re passionate about building software that solves problems. In this role, you will plan, design, develop, and test new products and solutions revelevant for the industry and Sabre, help build software systems or applications for software enhancements.
Role and Responsibilities:
Architects, codes, and deploys complex software solutions or data intelligence pipelines that integrate advanced mathematical algorithms and machine learning models into Sabre’s core retailing, Network Planning, Agency Automation, and Departure Control platforms.
Drives Research & Innovation by identifying, prototyping, and scaling "next-gen" ideas within the travel domain, such as AI-driven automation for Travel Management Companies (TMCs) and personalized, real-time itinerary optimization.
Designs end-to-end AI systems, specifically focusing on identifying new market opportunities in Media, integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) for various internal tools, customer intent recognition, and conversational commerce.
Solves high-impact organizational challenges, such as optimizing Global Distribution System (GDS) workflows and migrating legacy automation logic into modern, GCP-based AI architectures.
Establishes strategic AI lifecycle policies, defining rigorous standards for MLOps to ensure high-fidelity model performance across the volatile data landscapes of the travel industry.
Promotes engineering excellence by utilizing best practices in Python, golang or C++, ensuring research-grade prototypes are refactored into production-quality, low-latency systems.
Collaborates with cross-functional leadership, including architects and product managers, to align technical roadmaps with business goals like NDC adoption, total travel cost optimization, and operational efficiency.
Influences stakeholder decision-making, advocating for the adoption of disruptive technologies—including Agentic AI—within mission-critical, high-availability travel environments.
Mentors and develops junior data scientists and engineers, fostering a culture of rigorous experimentation, academic-level research, and high-performance engineering.
Qualifications and Education Requirements:
Minimum 4 years of related experience in Data Science, AI Engineering, or Operations Research.
Advanced Degree (Masters/PhD preferred) in Mathematics, Machine Learning, Statistics, Computer Science, or Physics with a strong research background and a proven track record of innovation.
Proven experience in Agile Software Development, with a demonstrated ability to move complex models from the research phase to global production.
Expertise in advanced ML/AI solutioning, including Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, and Natural Language Processing (NLP).
High-performance programming skills, with mastery of one of the the programming languages such as Python, golang or C++ for computationally intensive and latency-sensitive tasks.
Superior analytical skills, particularly in processing high-volume, real-time data from GDS, OTA, and airline sources.
Deep knowledge of the Modern AI Tech Stack, including GCP (Vertex AI, BigQuery), MLOps tools, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
Proficiency in Generative AI frameworks and experience with RAG-based systems for workflow automation.
Self-motivated leadership, capable of driving complex, cross-functional projects to completion with minimal direction.
Desirable (Optional) Qualifications:
Experience in the Travel Industry, specifically within the Global Distribution System (GDS) or Online Travel Agency (OTA) space.
Domain knowledge in Media Operations, including AdTech ecosystems (DSPs/SSPs), Real-Time Bidding (RTB), campaign performance analytics, audience segmentation, or Media Mix Modeling (MMM).
We will give careful consideration to your application and review your details against the position criteria. You will receive separate notification as your application progresses.
We will give careful consideration to your application and review your details against the position criteria. You will receive separate notification as your application progresses.
Please note that only candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role will proceed in the selection process.
#LI-Hybrid#LI-NG1Skills Required
- Minimum 4 years of related experience in Data Science, AI Engineering, or Operations Research
- Proven experience in Agile Software Development and moving complex models to production
- Expertise in Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, and Natural Language Processing
- High-performance programming skills with mastery of Python, Golang or C++
- Deep knowledge of the modern AI tech stack including GCP (Vertex AI, BigQuery), MLOps tools, Docker, Kubernetes
- Proficiency in Generative AI frameworks and experience with RAG-based systems
- Superior analytical skills processing high-volume, real-time travel data (GDS, OTA, airline sources)
- Self-motivated leadership capable of driving cross-functional projects with minimal direction
- Advanced degree (Masters/PhD) in Mathematics, ML, Statistics, CS, or Physics
- Experience in the Travel industry (GDS/OTA) or domain knowledge in Media/AdTech (DSPs/SSPs, RTB)
Sabre Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sabre Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Sabre Corporation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is expansive, with five weeks of PTO from day one, eight paid holidays, floating holidays, and a companywide year‑end break. Paid volunteer time further broadens available leave.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave provides 12 weeks fully paid for birth or adoption, complemented by generous bereavement leave up to 15 paid days. Disability coverage and dependent eligibility to age 26 reinforce family support.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a strong company match underpins long‑term savings. This foundation strengthens overall financial security alongside core benefits.
Sabre Corporation Insights
What We Do
We are a software and technology company that powers the global travel industry. With decades of revolutionary firsts, our team of experts drive innovation and ingenuity in the industry. Today, we are creating a new marketplace for personalized travel. We partner with airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other travel partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel. We are committed to helping customers operate more efficiently, drive revenue and offer personalized traveler experiences with next-generation technology solutions. Positioned at the center of the business of travel, our platform connects people with experiences that matter in their lives. Sabre's technology powers the nearly US$8 trillion travel industry. Our technology and data-driven solutions help our airline, hotel, travel agency and corporate customers grow their businesses and transform the traveler experience. The scale, breadth and depth of our technology is unmatched and sustains a complex industry. We provide an open and stable platform to deliver flexible, reliable and scalable solutions. Over the years, we have shaped and modernized the travel industry. We pioneered online travel agencies, corporate booking tools, revenue management, and web and mobile itinerary tools, to name a few. Our travel marketplace transacts more than US$120 billion of travel spend per year. And we are the world’s largest provider of airline and hotel technology. We have been named to the InformationWeek 500 list of the most innovative technology companies for 11 consecutive years. And InformationWeek named Sabre seventh on its list of the “Greatest Software Ever Written.”
