Principal Data Scientist (Bangkok based, Relocation provided)

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. You will influence technical direction and deliver measurable customer and business impact.

What You’ll Do

• 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.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across the data-science community.

What You’ll Need

• 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.

Nice to Have

• 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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