Senior Data Scientist, Central Data Products

GetYourGuide; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth budget

Remote days off 30 per year

Hybrid work model

Team events

Transport budget

Discounts on GetYourGuide activities

Language reimbursement

Health and wellness benefits

Job summary

GetYourGuide is seeking a senior ML/Data Scientist to develop innovative data products and own projects from initial business challenges to deployment in production. You will analyze large datasets, build robust data pipelines, and establish monitoring and guardrails for production models.

The role requires 5+ years deploying ML in production, strong Python, SQL/Spark skills, and experience with LLMs and Agentic AI. Collaboration across teams and contribution to ML infrastructure are key.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience deploying ML models in production.
• Strong analytics skills with SQL/Spark.
• Experience with LLMs and Agentic AI in production.
• Proficiency in Python and distributed ML frameworks (e.g., Spark).
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Advanced degree in a quantitative field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop data products that enable suppliers and drive company success.
• Own projects from business challenge to production deployment.
• Analyze large datasets to uncover meaningful insights.
• Build and maintain robust data pipelines.
• Establish evaluation/monitoring strategies and guardrails; monitor in production.
• Contribute to ML infrastructure and best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the business.
• Support recruitment and growth of the team.

Skills

Machine Learning

Analytics

LLMs & Agentic AI

Python

Communication

Education

Advanced degree in a quantitative field

Tools

LangChain

Pandas/Polars

SQL

Spark

Observability tools

Job description

Change the way the world travels

Be part of the GetYourGuide journey and connect people with unforgettable travel experiences worldwide. Since 2009, millions of travelers have booked unique activities with us in over 12,000 cities. Our headquarters in Berlin is supported by 16 other local offices across the globe.

Ready to join a diverse community of over 850 fellow explorers dedicated to revolutionizing the travel experience industry? Check out our careers site to learn more.

Team mission

At the Central Data Products team, our mission is to build, operate, and drive adoption of horizontal data products that empower multiple clusters across GetYourGuide.

We are a horizontal team within central services, and our products are pivotal to the entire flywheel: Consumer, Growth, and Supply. We own the systems that decide how our marketplace is understood and organized: location and travel category tagging that powers landing pages, the landing page eligibility framework that unlocks marketing efficiency at scale, destination maps and travel-relevance models that steer supply acquisition into untapped markets, and the Customer Lifetime Value model that shifts the company from short-term revenue optimization to long-term customer value. Many of these systems are LLM-based and running in production today.

Your mission:

• Develop innovative data products that not only enable suppliers to delight our customers but also drive the success of our company.
• Take full ownership of projects, guiding them from the initial business challenge to the deployment of production code. This includes:
• Analyzing large datasets to uncover meaningful insights
• Building and maintaining robust data pipelines
• Establishing rigorous evaluation and monitoring strategies, as well as in-production guardrails. Monitoring and optimizing data products after deployment
• Contribute to the development of our machine learning infrastructure and help establish best practices that will shape our future.
• Work closely with cross-functional technology and business teams, leveraging your unique perspective to solve complex and exciting problems.
• Support the continuous improvement and growth of our team, including participating in recruiting efforts to bring in new talent.

Your toolkit:

• Machine Learning. You have 5+ years of experience deploying ML models in production coupled with a solid understanding of ML techniques and their practical applications. Experience deploying and maintaining ML models in production is a must.
• Analytics. Ability to turn data into actionable insights for business stakeholders. Experience with hypothesis testing and proficiency in analytics tools (e.g., pandas/polars) and SQL/Spark.
• Experience with LLMs and Agentic AI. You have experience working in production with prompt design, tool use, orchestration (e.g., LangChain), retrieval/RAG, evaluator design, guardrails, and tracing/observability is a plus.
• Software Engineering Proficiency in Python. Knowledge of distributed machine learning and computing frameworks (e.g., Spark) is beneficial.
• Business Acumen. You have experience in a fast-paced business environment, demonstrating result-driven work.
• Communication. Strong skills in explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• An advanced degree in a quantitative field or equivalent practical experience.

How we’ll make your career journey extraordinary

• Annual personal growth budget and mentorship programs for continuous learning and development
• Work from anywhere in the world for 30 days per year
• A hybrid working approach with three days of in office collaboration (Mon, Tue, Thur) and two days of optional at home focus time.
• Opportunities to collaborate and socialize with team members through quarterly team events and yearly company-wide events
• Monthly transportation and fitness budget
• Discounts for you, your friends, and family on GetYourGuide activities
• Language reimbursement program
• Health and wellness benefits

And more…

We’re an equal opportunities employer

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