Senior Machine Learning Engineer (NLP Team)
Posted 2025-04-06We believe that we are better together, and at Tripadvisor we welcome you for who you are. Our workplace is for everyone, as is our people powered platform. At Tripadvisor, we want you to bring your unique identities, abilities, and experiences, so we can collectively revolutionize travel and together find the good out there.
The Tripadvisor Data Science Team is looking for an exceptional experienced Senior Machine Learning Engineer who specialises in NLP to help lead the design and building next generation systems that model how travelers interact with the various products on the site. Such a model will allow a significant improvement in our ability to offer to travelers the broadest, most relevant travel products (e.g., tell me the most family-friendly summertime activities in Paris). This individual will also have the opportunity to lead other projects on the team, including those related to text and image processing.
Tripadvisor is the web's leading travel information site. At Tripadvisor, the Data Science and ML Team creates systems that influence the travel decisions of millions of people per day. It applies cutting edge machine learning techniques to a wide variety of areas, including recommenders, vision, text processing, and natural language processing. To ensure continued success, Tripadvisor promotes a culture of personal development, including social activities, journal clubs, memberships in online learning resources, and participation in industry conferences. Have a great time while shaping the future of travel!
What You Will Be Doing:  Seek out new opportunities to apply data science and machine learning to the business (e.g., mainly NLP but also some work with personalized recommendations, performance marketing, customer modeling) across all channels (e.g., Web, email, paid marketing)  Has experience working with other teams in solving problems and identifying opportunities  Lead the design of machine learning models to solve a variety of core business problems in customer acquisition, retention, and reactivation  Automate ETL pipelines  Prototype, evaluate, deploy and maintain new models in production  Design AB tests and analyze their results  Discover new ways to analyze and interpret the data  Communicate progress and interpretation of experimental results to technical and business stakeholders  Lead the determination of next steps for each project. What You Are Like:  Team player  Loves to learn  Great communication skills with both technical and non-technical partners  Gets things done on time and on specification  Can work independently. Qualifications:  PhD or Masters in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or related field preferred  Experience with Natural Language Processing  Strong background in machine learning and statistics  Solid foundation on data structures and algorithms  Strong software engineering skills  Proficiency in Python for numerical/statistical programming (our group relies heavily on Numpy/Pandas/Scikit-learn)  Ability to write complex SQL queries  Experience with big data technologies, such as Hive and Spark  Knowledge of AB test design and analysis  Track record of leading the deployment and maintenance of models  3 years of relevant, practical experience. Nice to Haves:  Experience with Deep learning  Experience with online businesses. What you'll get
Highly competitive salary along with the following
 * Annual performance related bonus
 Generous stock (RSU) award upon joining, with additional awards annually
 Regular salary reviews and excellent career growth opportunities
 Very flexible working hours
 Summer flexible work schedule
 Daily meal allowance
 Full family private healthcare and dental
 Excellent contributory pension
 Critical illness and full life cover
 Standard 20 days paid holiday rising to 22 in 2nd year (not including bank holidays, time off over Christmas and summer flexible work schedule)
 Â1,104 annual stipend for costs outside the office such as gym membership or home office set up.
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