Senior Data Scientist

Company Description

About Voyage Privé

Born in France in 2006, Voyage Privé has grown from an ambitious startup into becoming Europe's leading travel tech platform. Operating across 9 markets with tens of millions of users, we're not just another e-commerce success story — we're a tech powerhouse revolutionizing online travel.

What makes us unique? A mission-driven culture where performance meets impact. Our innovative campus brings together tech talent, professional athletes, students, and artists, creating an ecosystem where digital innovation drives both business growth and positive change.

We have reached this scale by staying fully independent, fully profitable, and achieving double-digit growth.

We're now at an inflection point, upgrading our entire technical foundation with cloud architecture, AI, and real-time systems to become a global reference for luxury travel — known by travelers for its excellent offer and customer experience, and by our providers as a high-performance business development partner.

Job Description

 Your Mission 

As a Senior Data Scientist – Offer, you'll play a key role in transforming how we negotiate deals and forecast demand. You'll work closely with Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, and the Product Manager of the "Offer" domain to deliver measurable impact and help us scale efficiently. 

Your key responsibilities will include: 

• Act as the go-to expert for AI within the "Offer" domain, understanding key business challenges and proposing new opportunities. 
• Conduct research on cutting-edge algorithms, benchmark them, and apply the most suitable approaches to real-world use cases. 
• Design and deploy at scale high-impact forecasting models to anticipate market demand and optimize supplier negotiations. 
• Collaborate with Data Analysts to run and monitor A/B tests, enabling rapid iteration on new high-value features 
• Ensure models are accessible and reliable by embedding them into web applications and monitoring real-time performance. 
• Contribute as a technical bar-raiser: uphold coding best practices, lead major code reviews, and introduce new workflows or tools. 
• Strengthen team visibility through blog posts, demos, and participation in meetups or open-source projects. 

Qualifications

 What We're Looking For 

We're looking for builders who move fast, think big, and care deeply about creating impact that lasts. 

Your profile: 

• Master's degree in Machine Learning or Data Science, with strong foundations in mathematics, statistics, and computer science. 
• 7+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or ML Engineer, ideally in a digital/tech environment. 
• Strong expertise in Python and SQL, version control (GitLab/GitHub), and deploying ML models at scale. 
• Advanced experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and A/B testing frameworks. 
• Excellent communication skills and ability to synthesize complex topics for diverse stakeholders. 
• Autonomous, proactive, and eager to innovate and challenge existing approaches. 
• Communicate well in English and French. 

Additional Information

Our Recruitment Process 

We believe in a fast, transparent, and human recruitment process: 

1. Call with a Talent Acquisition Partner (30–45 min): Get to know each other We'll share more about the role, the team, and our culture. 
2. Manager Interview (60 min): Meet your future manager to deep dive into your experience, missions, and ways of working. 
3. Technical / Case Interview (120 min): Dive into real-life scenarios or challenges to showcase your expertise and problem-solving mindset. Followed by a debrief with the Data Science team. 
4. On-site Interviews: Full immersion in our culture: meet with our Chief Digital Officer, the Product Manager of the domain, and a Data Manager. 

Location : Aix en Provence, France   

Start Date : The sooner, the better 

Contract Type : Full-time / Permanent  

You'll Love Joining Us 

Our HQ in the South of France offers an exceptional environment — natural, cultural, and digital — on a modern and eco-responsible campus. 

Prefer flexibility? We offer full remote work for selected Digital roles, and a hybrid model for all other positions with 3 mandatory on-site days per week plus 4 fully remote weeks per year. 

Put meaning back into your work and join a unique ecosystem that connects worlds often far apart: business, sports, education, and social impact — through projects like Ecole des XV, Provence Rugby, VP Green, Les Tremplins, and Chez Pierre. 

Forget your gym subscription Access our large on-site fitness center morning, noon, and night — or challenge your colleagues to a padel match on our private court. 

Live to the rhythm of Voyage Privé's signature mix of business and fun: Company Breaks, Carnival, Annual Convention, meetups and talks… plus free tickets to every Provence Rugby home match and live music nights at the Dalida Institute. 

And because travel is in our DNA: enjoy up to 20% off our exclusive getaway offers. 

Join us and make your next career move a journey worth taking.  

Contract type: Permanent - CDIDepartment: Data Science

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