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. The Data department oversees all of Agoda’s data-related requirements. Our ultimate goal is to enable and increase the use of data in the company through creative approaches and the implementation of powerful resources such as operational and analytical databases, queue systems, BI tools, and data science technology. We hire the brightest minds from around the world to take on this challenge and equip them with the knowledge and tools that contribute to their personal growth and success while supporting our company’s culture of diversity and experimentation. The role the Data team plays at Agoda is critical as business users, product managers, engineers, and many others rely on us to empower their decision making. We are equally dedicated to our customers by improving their search experience with faster results and protecting them from any fraudulent activities. Data is interesting only when you have enough of it, and we have plenty. This is what drives up the challenge as part of the Data department, but also the reward. We are looking for ambitious and agile data scientists that would like to seize the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging productive machine learning and big data platforms worldwide, processing some 600B events every day and making some 5B predictions. As part of the Data Science and Machine Learning (AI/ML) team you will be exposed to real-world challenges such as: dynamic pricing, predicting customer intents in real time, ranking search results to maximize lifetime value, classifying and deep learning content and personalization signals from unstructured data such as images and text, making personalized recommendations, innovating algorithm-supported promotions and products for supply partners, discovering insights from big data, and innovating the user experience. To tackle these challenges, you will have the opportunity to work on one of the world’s largest ML infrastructure employing dozens of GPUs working in parallel, 30K+ CPU cores and 150TB of memory. In This Role, You’ll Get to * Design, code, experiment and implement models and algorithms to maximize customer experience, supply side value, business outcomes, and infrastructure readiness. * Mine a big data of hundreds of millions of customers and more than 600M daily user generated events, supplier and pricing data, and discover actionable insights to drive improvements and innovation. * Work with developers and a variety of business owners to deliver daily results with the best quality. * Research discover and harness new ideas that can make a difference What You’ll Need to Succeed * 4+ years hands-on data science experience. * Excellent understanding of AI/ML/DL and Statistics, as well as coding proficiency using related open source libraries and frameworks. * Significant proficiency in SQL and languages like Python, PySpark and/or Scala. * Can lead, work independently as well as play a key role in a team. * Good communication and interpersonal skills for working in a multicultural work environment. It’s Great if You Have * PhD or MSc in Computer Science / Operations Research / Statistics or other quantitative fields * Experience in NLP, image processing and/or recommendation systems * Hands on experience in data engineering, working with big data framework like Spark/Hadoop * Experience in data science for e-commerce and/or OTA We welcome both local and international applications for this role. Full visa sponsorship and relocation assistance available for eligible candidates.
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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. **Get To Know Our Team:** The People Team is a purveyor of opportunity, searching the globe for the most talented individuals and offering them an open, collaborative workplace. By prioritizing skill and potential, we have cultivated a powerful assembly of professionals through our drive for equal opportunity and diversity. We make the move to Agoda a breeze with assisted onboarding programs, and we continue to support and enrich thousands of Agoda employees through individual growth, outstanding learning programs, and various means of assistance. Leading ambitious changes and making a positive impact in the lives of the employees, the People Team is a crucial and rewarding part of the Agoda family. **The Opportunity:** This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for scaling one of Agoda’s most critical engineering hiring functions — balancing speed, quality, and long-term talent strategy for the Tech organization. In this role, you will lead a team of TA Partners and Associate TA Partners while collaborating closely with key stakeholders, including Tech Department Leadership and Management, HR Business Partners, and Talent Analytics teams. You will focus on two core areas: driving your team to consistently achieve high-volume, high-quality hiring targets, and leading initiatives that continuously improve the recruitment function. **In this Role,you’ll get to:** * Lead the team to hire to target and remain fully staffed by optimizing sourcing strategy, recruitment funnel, and team structure * Own and manage a high-volume, evergreen hiring engine, delivering 100+ quality hires per year in a fast-paced environment * Drive improvements to hire quality (measured by objective metrics) through data-driven experimentation * Ensure operational excellence across every stage of the recruitment process (position intake, JDs, pre-screening, interview scorecards, offer communication, etc.) * Leverage recruitment data and reporting to partner effectively with your team and the broader business, including Tech Leadership * Reduce cost per hire while maintaining quality standards * Ensure Hiring Managers supported by your team develop strong interviewing skills * Develop strategies to build talent pipelines, adapting the bar appropriately to evolving hiring needs * Manage, coach, and grow a team of strong recruiters, enabling them to hire game-changers for Agoda * Act as a hands-on leader — comfortable diving into the details of sourcing, screening, or data when needed, not just managing from a distance * Explore and adopt AI-powered tools to improve recruiter productivity, candidate experience, and overall delivery * Lead projects that transform the recruitment function, such as: * Defining operational excellence standards for the recruitment process * Introducing new assessment tools * Building upskilling programs for recruiters * Experimenting with new recruitment models and approaches **What You’ll Need to Succeed:** **Must-Haves:** * 8+ years of experience in recruitment, with a minimum of 2+years in team management within a fast-paced, dynamic global environment * Proven experience managing high-volume, high-quality evergreen hiring programs (at least 100+ hires/year) * Strong ability to leverage data to drive decisions and optimize outcomes * Leadership skills to rally recruiters around ambitious, stretch targets * A strategic mindset with a strong focus on measurable impact, paired with a hands-on approach to execution * Continuous improvement mindset with high ownership — proactively identifying inefficiencies rather than waiting to be told * Ability to work effectively across multiple senior stakeholders, including Tech Leadership **Nice-to-Haves:** * Experience hiring for the Southeast Asia market * Experience managing relocation-based hiring across multiple international markets * Some exposure to leveraging AI tools to improve recruiting workflows or delivery * A track record of progression or promotion in previous roles, reflecting the ability to grow with scope and responsibility * Exposure to headcount models and resource planning **Additional Requirements:** * Fluent in English * Autonomous, highly motivated, and comfortable operating with a strong sense of urgency _*This role is based in Bangkok; relocation support will be provided._ #### Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click [here](https://careersatagoda.com/interview/)to learn how interviewing at Agoda works. ### **Discover more about working at Agoda** * Agoda Careers[https://careersatagoda.com](https://careersatagoda.com/) * Facebook[https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/](https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/) * LinkedIn[https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda](https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda) * YouTube[https://www.youtube.com/agodalife](https://www.youtube.com/agodalife) **Equal Opportunity Employer** At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics. We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our [privacy policy](https://careersatagoda.com/privacy-statement). **Disclaimer** We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.