Lead/Principal Data Scientist (Bangkok based, Relocation provided)
Summary
Agoda is hiring a Lead/Principal Data Scientist in Bangkok to act as a senior individual contributor, leading advanced analytics, ML, and AI initiatives from problem framing through production deployment across product and business domains. Core stack is Python and SQL with large-scale data and ML platforms.
About Agoda
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.
Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.
No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us.
Role Summary
The Principal Data Scientist is a senior individual contributor who leads advanced analytics and machine-learning initiatives for Agoda’s highest-impact opportunities.
This role works across product and business domains, partnering with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and business leaders to turn complex problems into scalable, data-driven solutions. You will influence technical direction and deliver measurable customer and business impact.
What You’ll Do
- Identify and solve high-leverage problems across Agoda.
- Translate ambiguous problems into measurable objectives and technical solutions.
- Lead the design and deployment of ML, AI, and analytical solutions.
- Own solutions from problem definition and experimentation through production deployment, measurement, and iteration.
- Partner with cross-functional leaders to shape strategy and roadmaps.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship across the data-science community.
What You’ll Need
- Extensive hands-on experience in data science, machine learning, and statistics.
- Experience delivering production models with measurable customer or business impact.
- Strong Python and SQL skills; experience with large-scale data and ML platforms.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice to Have
- Experience in online travel, e-commerce, search, ranking, recommendations, pricing, or personalization.
- Experience with production LLM or generative-AI systems.
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research, Mathematics, or a related field.
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Skills
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Basics
First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Resume/CV, Cover Letter, Location
Short answers (3)
- Preferred First Name optional
- LinkedIn Profile
- What is the employee’s name? optional
Pick from a list (13)
- This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand. Relocation support will be provided where applicable. Are you able to work from Bangkok, and what best describes your relocation or visa situation?
- How many years of professional experience do you have in data science, machine learning, or a closely related field?
- In which country/region are you currently based?
- How did you hear about this job?
- Have you read our Engineering blog? (https://medium.com/agoda-engineering)
- Do you as a candidate have a personal relationship with a current Agoda employee?
- If yes, please indicate how you know the employee? optional
- We collect your gender information for diversity, equity & inclusion monitoring purposes. It is entirely voluntary to answer the question below. By choosing “prefer not to disclose”, your candidacy will not be impacted.
- To avoid actual or perceived impairment of our parent company’s independent auditor – Deloitte and to comply with applicable regulations of Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, we need to seek approvals from our parent company before starting the interview process. With this, please confirm if you are currently or formerly have been associated with Deloitte or any of its subsidiary entities at any time including but not limited to any time as a direct employee, director, contractor, major shareholder, intern etc.?
- Are you presently employed by any company within the Booking Holdings group, including but not limited to Kayak, OpenTable, Booking.com, Rental Cars, RocketMiles, FareHarbor, HotelsCombined, CheapFlights, Momondo, Priceline, or Getaroom?
- Do you agree to Agoda’s use of personal data from your application to improve our recruitment experience? We may collaborate and share your data with third-party providers for recruitment purposes and you may ask to remove your data at any time.
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- Email me about other job openings within the Booking Holding’s entities and recruitment-related newsletters
Written answers (1)
- Please describe the most impactful data science or machine learning project you led, including the business problem, your contribution, technical approach, key stakeholders, measurable results, and domain.