Lead/Principal Data Scientist - Agoda

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. The position requires extensive hands-on experience in data science, machine learning, and statistics, along with strong Python and SQL skills. Candidates must be able to influence senior stakeholders and communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.

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.

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.

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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