Senior Data Scientist

AirAsia X; Puchong; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AirAsia X is seeking a skilled modeling professional to own a major forecasting or pricing area. You will drive multi-quarter initiatives across models, pipelines and people, delivering value through rigorous modeling work and data-driven decision making.

You will design and debug live experiments, size them properly, and ensure readouts are accurate to prevent misleading conclusions. This role emphasizes robust validation, calibration, and uncertainty checks aligned with business metrics.

Qualifications

• Experience building and validating forecasting or pricing models.
• Ability to design and debug experiments and interpret results.

Responsibilities

• Own a major modeling area (forecasting or pricing) and drive multi-quarter initiatives across models, pipelines and people.
• Set validation standards, backtesting, calibration and uncertainty checks, measured in business terms.

Skills

Forecasting

Pricing

Backtesting

Experimentation

Job description

Job Description

WHAT YOU’LL CHAMPION: Duties and Responsibilities

• Own a major modeling area - forecasting or pricing - and drive multi-quarter initiatives across models, pipelines and people.
• Work across the following areas:
  • Validation standards: set the backtesting, calibration and uncertainty checks others follow, measured in business terms
  • Experimentation: design and debug live experiments - set them up correctly, size them properly, catch broken readouts before they mislead anyon...