Lead/Principal Data Scientist

Agoda Company Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Agoda Company Pte. Ltd. is seeking a data science leader to drive high-impact ML and analytical initiatives across the business. You will translate ambiguous problems into measurable objectives and shepherd models from concept to production deployment, partnering with cross-functional teams to shape strategy and roadmaps.

You will mentor the data-science community and influence senior stakeholders while delivering measurable customer or business impact with large-scale data and ML platforms.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience in data science, machine learning, and statistics.
• Strong Python and SQL skills with large-scale data and ML platforms.
• Experience delivering production models with measurable customer or business impact.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Identify and solve high-leverage business problems across Agoda.
• Translate ambiguous problems into measurable objectives and technical solutions.
• Lead design and deployment of ML, AI, and analytical solutions.
• Own solutions from problem definition through production deployment and iteration.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to shape strategy and roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across the data-science community.

Job description

What you'd do:

• Identify and solve high-leverage business problems across Agoda.
• Translate ambiguous problems into measurable objectives and technical solutions.
• Lead design and deployment of ML, AI, and analytical solutions.
• Own solutions from problem definition through production deployment and iteration.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to shape strategy and roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across the data-science community.

What they want:

• 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 with large-scale data and ML platforms.
• Influence senior stakeholders and communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to have:

• Experience in online travel, e-commerce, search, ranking, recommendations, or pricing.
• Experience with production LLM or generative-AI systems.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research, Mathematics, or related field.

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 with large-scale data and ML platforms.

Influence senior stakeholders and communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.