Sabre is a technology company that powers the global travel industry. By leveraging next-generation technology, we create global technology solutions that take on the biggest opportunities and solve the most complex challenges in travel.
Positioned at the center of the travel, we shape the future by offering innovative advancements that pave the way for a more connected and seamless ecosystem as we power mobile apps, online travel sites, airline and hotel reservation networks, travel agent terminals, and scores of other solutions.
Simply put, we connect people with moments that matter.
The Data Science Engineer applies expert level statistical analysis, data modeling, and predictive analysis on strategic and operational problems in airline industry. As a key member of the Sabre Operations Research team, you will leverage your statistical and business expertise to translate business questions into data analysis and models, define suitable KPIs, and graphically present results to a wide range of audiences including internal and external clients, sales, and development team. In addition, you will source data from multiple different data sources, write high-quality data manipulation scripts in R, Python, Perl, bash, etc, develop and apply data mining and machine learning algorithms for advanced analysis and prediction. You will also utilize your strong communication skills to work with developers to support product development cycles and decision makers who need empirical data to promote sales and growth. Responsibilities
- Work with subject matter experts from airlines to identify opportunities for leveraging data to deliver insights and actionable prediction of customer behavior and operations performance.
- Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources, data gathering and forecasting techniques.
- Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets and run proof of concept studies.
- Leverage existing Statistical and Machine Learning tools to enhance in-house algorithms.
- Collaborate with software engineers to implement and test production quality code for AI/ML models.
- Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze data accuracy and models’ performance.
- Demonstrate software to customers and perform value proving benchmarks. Calibrate software for customer needs and train customer for using and maintaining software.
- Resolve customer complaints with software and respond to suggestions for enhancements.
- MS/PhD Degree in Statistics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Machine Learning.
- Proven ability to apply modeling and analytical skills to real-world problems.
- Knowledge of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and statistical concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests, etc.).
- Solid programming skills in Python with experience in either Java, C++, GoLang
- Familiarity with airline, hospitality or retailing industries and decision support systems employed there.
- Desirable to have experience with deployment of machine learning and statistical models on a cloud that includes a combination of following -
- MLOps within the experienceCI/CD process for ML models Experience in using GCP Vertex AI for ML and BigQuery
- Knowledge in Terraform and Containers technologies
- Experience writing data processing jobs using GCP Dataflow and Dataproc
- Experience setting up ML model monitoring and autoscaling for ML prediction jobs
- Understanding of machine learning concepts to scale ML across different services by leveraging Feature Store, Artifacts Registry and Analytics Hub
- Understanding of airline distribution, pricing, revenue management, NDC and Offer/Order Management concepts
• Very competitive compensation
• Generous Paid Time Off (5 weeks PTO your first year!)
• 4 days (one day/quarter) of Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
• We offer a comprehensive medical, dental and Wellness Program
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• An infrastructure that allows flexible working arrangements
• Formal and informal reward, recognition and acknowledgement programs
• Lots of fun and engaging employee development events
Reasonable Accommodation
Sabre is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. Applicants applying for a Sabre position with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact Sabre at [email protected].
Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Affirmative Action
Sabre is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals. EEO IS THE LAW
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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.”
