Data Scientist Insights - Pricing - Accommodation

At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you make. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

Perfecting the right formula for competitive and compelling pricing is a high priority of the accommodation business unit. That means offering a compelling loyalty program, offering attractive rates and deals globally or discounting rates with Booking.com funds and credits. We are a group composed of world class data scientists, engineers and analysts, who tackle complex problems from designing continuous blackouts, to recommending pricing products and data management.

You will thrive at Booking.com if you are result-focused, innovative, and with a solid quantitative background, but most of all by understanding our complex business model and the logic behind it.

B.responsible

• Utilize ML and other statistical techniques, to continuously generate insights related to the performance of the pricing products and advise the team on potential improvements.
• Challenge ideas and methods while working together with talented, highly skilled team members. Ensure quality of their own and others’ work, by making them reproducible and replicable and by validating through peer review.
• Have the capability to quickly gain contextual knowledge of a complex area.
• Communicate regularly with the stakeholders and assist with answering their questions.
• Continuously evolve your craft by keeping up to date with the latest developments.
• Actively contribute to the Data Science Insights craft at Booking.com through training, exploration of new technologies, interviewing, onboarding and mentoring colleagues.

B.skilled

• At least 2 years of relevant work experience.
• Masters, PhD, or equivalent experience in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, etc.)
• Fluency in at least one programming language, with a strong preference for Python.
• Strong working knowledge of Spark and SQL.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal; the ability to convey your message to team members and other stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of statistics and experimentation
• Strong knowledge of the possibilities and limitations of different types of data analysis and/or data science/ML modelling
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills.
• Solution oriented and result driven.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and analytical reasoning.

B.Offered

• Headquarters located in one of the most vibrant cities in Europe: Amsterdam
• Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travellers worldwide
• Working in a fast-paced and performance driven culture
• Opportunity to utilize technical expertise, leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial spirit
• Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions
• Technical, behavioural and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation
• Competitive compensation and benefits package and some great added perks of working in the home city of Booking.com

Booking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.