Booking.com is hiring a Machine Learning Engineer II

Booking.com is looking for a Machine Learning Engineer II to join our team in Amsterdam. You will build end-user GenAI products on top of existing infrastructure, focusing on features like AI Trip Planner, Free Text Search, and Trip Planning Hub. You will implement GenAI-powered features and work closely with product managers and scientists to translate evolving requirements into robust, production-ready ML solutions, typically owning a specific application area.

What You'll Do

• Develop scalable production-grade data and ML pipelines across the entire ML cycle while working closely with applied machine learning scientists.
• Work primarily with Google Cloud Platform, utilizing and maintaining infrastructure for technologies like BigQuery, DataProc, Cloud Composer, Airflow and a diverse set of ML frameworks.
• Be responsible for SLIs/SLOs for ML systems, ensure system and model health, monitor data quality, performance and business impact, and devise mitigation plans.
• Drive a culture of quality for all ML practitioners, maintain data security, integrity and quality, and make choices over the right technologies and coding methodologies.
• Identify underlying issues and opportunities across the ML development cycle and introduce tools for efficient development and testing.
• Continuously evolve your craft, keeping up to date with the latest technologies.
• Collaborate with relevant ML teams across the company to improve, scale and extend machine learning tooling and infrastructure.

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years of relevant work experience, involved with the application of Machine Learning Engineering to business problems in a commercial environment.
• Strong skills in coding and problem solving. Proficiency in at least one programming language; preferably Python and strong command of SQL is strictly required.
• Strong working knowledge of big data retrieval and processing tools.
• Demonstrable experience of multiple machine learning facets, such as working with large data sets, experimentation, scalability and optimization.
• Experience running Machine Learning systems in production is a must, with knowledge on how to generate predictions for ML frameworks with high throughput.
• Experience with data-driven product development: analytics, A/B testing, etc.
• Willingness to learn and understand complex and multidisciplinary business problems and concepts related to booking.com business operations especially in marketing and finance fields.
• You have a ‘can do’ attitude and you act proactively and not reactively.
• BSc or higher in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of Java is a plus.
• Experience working in a cloud environment is a plus.

Technical Stack

• Python, SQL, Java
• Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, DataProc, Cloud Composer, Airflow

Team & Environment

You will be part of the GenAI Applications team within the Data & AI Marketplace organization.

Benefits & Compensation

• Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave.
• Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country).
• Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit.
• Living and working in Amsterdam, one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe.
• Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers 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, behavioral 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.

Work Mode

This is a hybrid position based in Amsterdam.

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, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.