Full-Time

Senior Machine Learning Scientist

User Modelling/ Representation Learning, Viator

Posted on 7/3/2025

TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor

51-200 employees

Global travel platform monetizing reviews

No salary listed

London, UK

Hybrid

Occasional travel to company offices as necessary.

Category
AI & Machine Learning (2)
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Required Skills
Python
Data Science
Tensorflow
Pytorch
SQL
Machine Learning
Pandas
NumPy
Reinforcement Learning
Requirements
  • 5+ years of hands-on data science experience.
  • In-depth knowledge of AI/ML/DL, Statistics, and related open-source libraries.
  • Awareness of current ML techniques, keen on self-improvement and striving to solve real-world data challenges.
  • Strong skills in SQL and at least one programming language.
  • To be comfortable in code reviews, discussing architecture, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team for regular model deployments.
  • Experience in deploying online solutions and analysing real-time results through A/B testing.
  • To be passionate about mentoring junior members of the team, and have a strong desire to help us perform to the best of our ability.
  • Leadership qualities, autonomy, and team collaboration skills.
  • Clear communication skills, awareness of the audience, and proactive sharing of findings. Actively involved in business networking and able to communicate complex ideas across the business simply and effectively.
Responsibilities
  • The Representation Learning team’s charter is to enable embedding latent representations of entities across our platform. The unique challenges/ opportunities that you would help tackle are embedding entities to understand user behavior across multi-touch fragmented journeys in a continuous cold start setting.
  • Get to work on Knowledge Graph Embeddings, Auto-Encoders, Attention etc to enable representing Users and Experiences in a common latent space with application across multiple downstream tasks like Search, Ranking, Notifications etc.
  • Design, code, experiment and implement models and algorithms to enhance customer satisfaction, increase supplier value, optimize business results, and ensure infrastructure efficiency.
  • Collaborate with product managers and various business stakeholders to ensure top-quality outcomes to meet internal objectives.
  • Investigate and adopt innovative concepts that offer tangible benefits.
Desired Qualifications
  • Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Operations Research, Statistics, or related quantitative disciplines.
  • Knowledge in (any or all) User Modelling, Representation Learning, RecSys,Large Language Models (LLM)
  • Prior experience in e-commerce or at an Online Travel Agency.

Tripadvisor runs a global travel platform that collects millions of traveler reviews for hotels, restaurants, experiences, and other services to help people research and plan trips. It earns most of its money from advertising and from affiliate commissions when users book services via links on the site. The platform combines user-generated reviews with listings, search results, and integrated booking options to reach travelers and give advertisers scalable access to engaged audiences. Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings holds a large voting stake to influence Tripadvisor’s strategic decisions, with the goal of growing the travel ecosystem and shareholder value.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Englewood, Colorado

Founded

1999

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Tripadvisor for Business connects travel firms to highly engaged global consumers.
  • Matt Goldberg leads as CEO, strengthening world's largest travel guidance platform.
  • Certares' $325 million 2020 investment bolsters financial position post-debt repayment.

What critics are saying

  • Google AI Overviews bypass Tripadvisor, slashing traffic within 3-6 months.
  • Nasdaq delists Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, forcing 21% stake sale in 3-9 months.
  • Certares launches hostile bid via New York PE, diluting shareholders in 6-12 months.

What makes TripAdvisor unique

  • Tripadvisor aggregates 1 billion reviews across 8 million establishments worldwide.
  • Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings controls 57% voting power with 21% common stock ownership.
  • Portfolio brands like Viator, TheFork, and Bokun.io expand into bookings and software.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Hybrid Work Options

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Mental Health Support

401(k) Company Match

Company News

TripAdvisor
May 2nd, 2025
Tripadvisor Announces Closing of Merger with Liberty TripAdvisor and Finalizes Conversion to a Nevada Corporation | Tripadvisor

The Investor Relations website contains information about Tripadvisor's business for stockholders, potential investors, and financial analysts.

ACCESS Newswire
Jan 12th, 2025
Investors With Losses Are Invited To Join The Schall Law Firm In An Inquiry Into Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc For Securities Law Violations

Investors with losses are invited to join The Schall Law Firm in an inquiry into Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc for securities law violations.

Investing.com
Jul 8th, 2024
Liberty TripAdvisor secures new $500M Term Loan B Facility By Investing.com

Liberty TripAdvisor secures new $500M Term Loan B Facility

The Boston Globe
Feb 23rd, 2024
Could a New York private equity firm be hunting Tripadvisor?

The firm invested $325 million in Liberty TripAdvisor to help cover a margin loan that had to be paid off.

The Motley Fool
Feb 13th, 2024
Why Tripadvisor Stock Was Soaring Today

Liberty Tripadvisor, which effectively has majority voting control, has expressed interest in acquiring Tripadvisor.

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