Senior Data Scientist - Operations Research

United's Digital Technology team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Description

Provides mathematical modeling and analysis services to support critical financial, operational, and/or strategic planning decisions and engages in supporting project teams in value added activities that generate practical solutions to complex business problems.

• Develops the approach and methods to define and solve management problems through quantitative analysis and analytical models using operations research, machine learning, and structured programming languages
• Identifies, researches, or solves large complex problems using big data and operations research and machine learning principles
• Builds and develops operations research/optimization mathematical model applications
• Participates in model design, prototype, and model development for several efforts that occur simultaneously
• Designs analytic plan/develop hypotheses to test; understands limitations of analysis
• Communicates results to management and clients

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD or ABD) in Operations Research or other related quantitative discipline
• Coursework or work experience with mathematical programming techniques
• Experience with optimization toolkits including CPLEX, AMPL, or OPL
• Experience with C, C++, Java, R, Python, or other structured programming language
• 2+ years of professional experience in analytical field preferred
• 1+ years of airline business experience preferred

The base pay range is $117,610.00 to $153,146.00. United Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.