Machine Learning Scientist II - Content Intelligence
Booking.com2 days ago
Tel Aviv-Yafo, IsraelMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build, fine-tune, and optimize state-of-the-art LLMs and agentic workflows.
- Translate product requirements into technical specifications and incrementally develop scalable ML solutions from MVP to production.
- Conduct targeted applied research and translate findings into production code.
- Own end-to-end technical problem solving across algorithmic, mathematical, and implementation challenges.
- Create evaluation pipelines, define metrics, and benchmark models on real-world customer data.
- Collaborate with Machine Learning Engineers to optimize model latency, throughput, deployment, and live performance.
- Write modular, clean, scalable, reusable, and well-tested ML and software engineering code.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of experience as a Machine Learning Scientist or in a similar role, including successful delivery of ML solutions to production.
- Practical experience with generative AI models, natural language processing, and ML engineering.
- Experience executing research and development plans and contributing to large-scale ML applications.
- Experience with large datasets, model development, statistics, experimentation, data visualization, optimization, and software development.
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally on ML products with developers, product managers, UX specialists, and related teams.
- Strong working knowledge of Python, LangChain, SQL, and Spark or similar technologies.
- Strong coding practices, including production-quality code review, maintainability, testing, correctness, readability, and system design.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication and presentation skills.
Benefits
- Annual paid time off and generous paid leave, including parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave.
- Hybrid working with flexible arrangements and up to 20 days per year working from abroad in the home country.
- Industry-leading Booking.com product discounts of up to 1400 per year, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit.
- This role does not come with relocation assistance.
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About Booking.com
Booking.com operates a global online travel platform for booking accommodations, flights, car rentals, and experiences for consumers and business travelers. It earns primarily through commissions and merchant/agency models with hotels, vacation rentals, and other travel partners. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Amsterdam, it is part of Booking Holdings and serves users and suppliers across hundreds of markets worldwide.