Data Scientist

Priceline.com LLC; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness coverage

PTO & holidays

Work-from-anywhere options

Travel perks

Job summary

Priceline is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to architect and deploy ML solutions for hotel content across property, room, and rate levels.

You will translate business questions into ML problems, build ranking models, and surface key review insights. The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and measurable impact on bookings.

Join a hybrid team focused on innovation, ethics, and customer-centric content decisions in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in a quantitative or computational field.
• 3+ years of building and productionizing ML models.
• Proficient in Python or R and SQL.
• Hands-on NLP experience (text classification, extraction, sentiment).
• Experience with cloud ML platforms (GCP Vertex AI preferred).
• Experience with batch-workflows (Airflow, Kubeflow).
• Familiar with data analysis/visualization tools (Jupyter, SQL, Hadoop, Tableau).
• Demonstrated Priceline values: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability and Trust.

Responsibilities

• Translate business questions into well-defined ML problems with signals and features.
• Build content scoring/ranking models to maximize conversions.
• Develop NLP models to surface impactful review snippets.
• Evaluate GenAI applications for content intelligence and cost/quality tradeoffs.
• Design and test layout optimization for property pages by type and platform.
• Address content personalization across property, room, and rate levels.
• Define success metrics linking content decisions to bookings and engagement.
• Own end-to-end models from development to production monitoring.

Skills

Python/R

SQL

NLP techniques

ML modeling

Cloud ML (GCP Vertex AI)

Batch workflows (Airflow/Kubeflow)

Data analysis/visualization (Jupyter,

Education

Master's or PhD in quantitative/computational field

Tools

GCP Vertex AI

Airflow

Kubeflow

Tableau

Hadoop

Job description

Why this job’s a big deal:

Priceline's Hotel Content Product Group is transforming how millions of travelers experience hotel listings - moving from static property pages to dynamic, personalized storefronts that surface the right content at the right time.

As a Senior Data Scientist on this team, you'll be the architect behind that transformation. You'll build models that determine which images, amenities, review highlights, and page layouts drive conversions - across property, room, and rate levels - and you'll define the success metrics and scalability strategy to automate those decisions across millions of hotels worldwide.

In this role you will get to:

• Translate ambiguous business and product questions into well-defined ML problems, and identify the signals and features that matter most.
• Build content scoring and ranking models that determine image relevance, amenity hierarchy, and review highlight selection to maximize conversion.
• Develop NLP models to extract and surface the most impactful guest review snippets for each property.
• Evaluate and iterate on GenAI applications for hotel content intelligence, including judgment model design, quality scoring, and cost/quality tradeoff analysis.
• Design and test layout optimization strategies for the Property Details Page, including section ordering by property type (e.g., city hotels vs. resorts) and platform (app vs. desktop).
• Solve content personalization challenges across three hierarchy levels: property-level differentiation, room-level comparison, and rate-level value communication.
• Define success metrics that connect content decisions to measurable business outcomes such as booking velocity, engagement, and conversion rate.
• Own models end-to-end - from development through production monitoring - and design the outcome logic that translates raw model scores into user-facing product features (e.g., badges, review keyword highlights, ranked content modules).
• Partner with Data, Product, and Technology teams to integrate model output with transactional systems, and build prototypes to demonstrate the impact of proposed changes to content decision systems.

Who you are:

• Masters or PhD degree in a quantitative or computational field (i.e., Math, Statistics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or Physics)
• 3+ years experience building and productionizing statistical and machine learning models
• Proficient in a programming language used for data analysis (R/Python) and query knowledge (SQL)
• Comfortable working on high-velocity structured and unstructured data
• Hands-on experience with NLP techniques (text classification, entity extraction, sentiment analysis, or similar)
• Experience with ML computing on cloud platforms, with preference for Google Cloud Platform and Vertex AI (AWS or Microsoft Azure experience also considered)
• Experience with developing, scheduling, and monitoring batch-oriented workflows through platforms like Apache Airflow, Kubeflow, etc.
• Familiarity with data analysis, modeling, and visualization tools such as R and/or Python, Jupyter, SQL, Hadoop, and Tableau
• Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability and Trust.

The Right Results, the Right Way is not just a motto at Priceline; it's a way of life. Unquestionable integrity and ethics is essential.

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Who We Are

Our success as one of the biggest players in online travel is all thanks to our incredible, dedicated team of talented employees. Priceliners are focused on being the best travel deal makers in the world, motivated by our passion to help everyone experience the moments that matter most in their lives. Whether it’s a dream vacation, your cousin’s graduation, or your best friend’s wedding - we make travel affordable and accessible to our customers. Our culture is unique and inspiring (that’s what we’re told?) We're a grown-up, startup. We deliver the excitement of a new venture, without the struggles and chaos that can come with a business that hasn't stabilized. We’re on the cutting edge of innovative technologies. We keep the customer at the center of all that we do. Our ability to meet their needs relies on the strength of a workforce as diverse as the customers we serve. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration.

Flexible work at Priceline

Priceline is following a hybrid working model, which includes two days onsite as determined by you and your manager (ideally selecting among Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday). On the remaining days, you can choose to be remote or in the office.

Perks & Benefits at Priceline

• Health & wellness coverage including medical, dental, vision, and mental health resources
• Generous time off including PTO, holidays, a company-wide Priceline Pause reset week, and paid volunteer days
• Work/life support including the ability to work up to 4 weeks per year from anywhere, parental leave, dependent care and family support resources, Summer Fridays, and office perks like stocked kitchens and catered meals (varies by location)
• Financial security programs such as retirement plans with company contributions, life and disability coverage, and tax-advantaged accounts
• Signature travel perks including employee-only discounts on hotels and flights, VIP deals, and Big Deal Bucks credits
• Additional perks & discounts like travel and partner discounts, tuition support, legal support, and pet benefits
• A people-first culture with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), social events, recognition programs, and service awards that help you connect, grow, and celebrate together
• Specific benefits and programs vary by location.

Inclusion is a Big Deal!

To be the best travel dealmakers in the world, we believe our team should reflect the broad range of customers and communities we serve. We are committed to cultivating a culture where all employees have the freedom to bring their individual perspectives, life experiences, and passion to work.

Priceline is a proud equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate the unique lenses through which our employees see the world. We'd love for you to join us and help shape what makes our team extraordinary.

WE ARE PRICELINE. Our success as one of the biggest players in online travel is all thanks to our incredible, dedicated team of talented employees. Priceliners are focused on being the best travel deal makers in the world, motivated by our passion to help everyone experience the moments that matter most in their lives. Whether it’s a dream vacation, your cousin’s graduation, or your best friend’s wedding - we make travel affordable and accessible to our customers. Our culture is unique and inspiring (that’s what we’re told?) We're a grown-up, startup. We deliver the excitement of a new venture, without the struggles and chaos that can come with a business that hasn't stabilized. We’re on the cutting edge of innovative technologies. We keep the customer at the center of all that we do. Our ability to meet their needs relies on the strength of a workforce as diverse as the customers we serve. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration. If you want to be part of something truly special, check us out! Priceline is part of the Booking Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKNG) family of companies. Our sister companies include Booking, BookingGo, Agoda, Kayak and OpenTable.