Senior Data Scientist - Pricing Team (6 month contract) (m / f / d)

<h3>Company Description</h3><p>Omio's vision is to enable seamless travel for people anywhere, in any way. We are bringing all global transport options into a single distribution system to create magical end-to-end consumer journeys. </p><p>With Omio, you can easily compare and book trains, buses, ferries, and flights across Europe, the US, and Canada using a single search on your mobile, app, or desktop. Omio aims to simplify travel planning by providing transparent pricing and easy booking, making it a flexible and personalised experience. </p><p>Omio is the largest source of inventory, working with over 1000 suppliers across 39 countries. Our portfolio also includes Rome2Rio for global discovery, while Omio powers ticketing and journeys, attracting over 900 million users annually. </p><p>Our offices are located in Berlin, Prague, Melbourne, Brazil, Bangalore, and London. We are a growing team of over 400 passionate employees from more than 50 countries who all share the same vision: to create a unified tool to help travellers reach almost any destination in the world.</p><h3>Job Description</h3><p><strong>Please note:</strong> This is a newly created role offered as a 6 month contract, however, we anticipate this transitioning to a permanent post. </p><p>Omio is building the future of travel pricing. We’re moving from manual, rule-based systems to AI-driven dynamic pricing to enhance revenue, efficiency, and competitiveness. As we transition, we’re looking for someone who can both build cutting-edge solutions and champion this shift within the company.</p><p><strong>Main tasks and responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Build Models: Develop machine learning models (e.g., time series, RNNs) to forecast demand and optimisation systems to recommend prices dynamically.</p></li><li><p>Pilot AI Solutions: Design and implement a Proof of Concept (PoC) for dynamic pricing in a test market.</p></li><li><p>Evangelize AI Pricing: Advocate for the adoption of AI-driven pricing by demonstrating its value to key stakeholders across the business.</p></li><li><p>Analyse Large Data: Leverage Omio’s data and external factors (like competitor pricing) to optimize pricing decisions.</p></li><li><p>Drive Automation: Set up systems for real-time anomaly detection and automated price adjustments.</p></li></ul><p>Collaborate: Work with Pricing Commercial, Product, and Engineering teams to integrate AI into business workflows and ensure smooth adoption.</p><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li><p>At least 3 years experience in building complex models and algorithms. </p></li><li><p>Proven ability to design and deploy models in production, ideally for pricing or forecasting.</p></li><li><p>Strong communication and presentation skills to explain technical concepts and influence non-technical stakeholders at a C-level</p></li><li><p>Self-driven strong individual contributor requiring minimal hands on support</p></li><li><p>Experience in building production-ready AI systems from scratch is a big plus</p></li></ul><p><strong>Knowledge &amp; Skills:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Passion for driving organizational change and inspiring teams to adopt new, data-driven approaches.</p></li><li><p>Great communication skills with stakeholders (incl. C-Level)</p></li><li><p>Focus on solving real business problems rather than building models for theoretical problem-solving</p></li><li><p>Experience with time-series forecasting, anomaly detection, and Bayesian modelling.</p></li><li><p>Proficiency in Python, with experience in data science libraries (e.g., pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch)</p></li><li><p>Experience of building low-latency / near real-time processing systems.</p></li></ul><h3>Additional Information</h3><p>Here at Omio, we know that no two people are alike, and that’s a great thing. Diversity in culture, thought and background has been key to growing our product beyond borders to reach millions of users from all over the world. That’s why we believe in giving equal opportunity to all, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability.<br/> <br/> Hiring process and background checks<br/> At Omio, we work in partnership with Giant Screening, once a job offer has been accepted, Giant will be engaged to carry out background screening. Giant will reach out to you via email and occasionally via telephone/text message so that they can gather all relevant information required. Consent will be requested prior to any information being passed to our services company.</p><p><strong>What’s in it for you? #LifeatOmio</strong></p><p>Omio encourage you to apply even if you’re still developing some of these skills! We value diversity and welcome all applicants regardless of ethnicity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability.</p>