Sr. Data Scientist - Advanced Analytics & ML

American Airlines; Fort Worth, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel perks

Health benefits (on day one)

Wellness programs

401(k) program

Employee discounts

Job summary

American Airlines in Fort Worth seeks a Data Scientist/Sr Data Scientist in IT Operations Research and Advanced Analytics to drive data-driven decisions across pricing, fleet optimization, and operations.

You will manage end-to-end analytics projects, build models, deploy to production, and communicate insights to stakeholders. The role offers exposure to cloud analytics, ML, NLP, GenAI, and a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Master’s/PhD in a quantitative discipline or Bachelor’s with 2+ years of equivalent experience.
• Experience with Python, R, or Java and data extraction, cleaning, and analysis.
• Deep knowledge of statistical and machine learning techniques.
• Experience with cloud environments and deploying models is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify high-impact opportunities and frame analytical problems.
• Develop, validate, and deploy predictive/classification models using statistical methods, ML, DL, NLP, GenAI, LLMs.
• Acquire, clean, and transform data from diverse sources; perform exploratory analysis to uncover insights.
• Deploy models into production with IT teams and monitor continued effectiveness.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Feature engineering

Communication

Education

Master’s/PhD in quantitative field

Bachelor + 2+ years experience

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Tableau/Power BI

Azure Databricks

Job description

American Airlines in Fort Worth seeks a Data Scientist/Sr Data Scientist in IT Operations Research and Advanced Analytics to drive data-driven decisions across pricing, fleet optimization, and operations.

You will manage end-to-end analytics projects, build models, deploy to production, and communicate insights to stakeholders. The role offers exposure to cloud analytics, ML, NLP, GenAI, and a collaborative team.