Senior Data Scientist, IT Analytics — Data-Driven Impact

American Airlines Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel Perks

Health Benefits

Wellness Programs

401(k) Program

Additional Benefits

Job summary

American Airlines, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX, is seeking a Data Scientist/Sr Data Scientist for IT Analytics to advance analytics across pricing, network optimization, and operations.

You’ll partner with the OR&AA team and IT to build scalable data models, pipelines, and dashboards that inform business decisions. The role emphasizes cloud-based ML, production deployments, and data storytelling for business leaders.

Qualifications

• Master’s/PhD degree or Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of equivalent practical experience
• Experience with at least one programming language
• Practical experience with data extraction, cleaning, and analysis
• Knowledge of statistical and machine learning techniques
• Preferred: designing, building and deploying ML models
• Experience with cloud environments (e.g., Azure ML, Databricks) and production deployments

Responsibilities

• Collaborative problem-solving: partner with cross‑functional teams to identify high‑impact business opportunities and frame analytical problems
• Data acquisition and preparation: clean and transform data from diverse sources to ensure robust pipelines
• Deployment and maintenance: deploy models and integrate into production environments, monitor effectiveness
• Data visualization and reporting: create dashboards and reports to communicate findings and provide actionable recommendations
• Thought leadership: lead workshops, tutorials, and share best practices in data science

Skills

Data analysis

Machine learning

Python

Communication

Education

Master’s/PhD degree or Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of equivalent practical experience

Tools

Azure ML

Databricks

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

MongoDB

IMSDB

Job description

American Airlines, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX, is seeking a Data Scientist/Sr Data Scientist for IT Analytics to advance analytics across pricing, network optimization, and operations.

You’ll partner with the OR&AA team and IT to build scalable data models, pipelines, and dashboards that inform business decisions. The role emphasizes cloud-based ML, production deployments, and data storytelling for business leaders.