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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Scientist - Ranking and Ads Insights - **Company:** Booking.com - **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** A/B Testing, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Information Engineering, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Power BI, SQL Databases, Tableau (Software), Data Management, Graphite, Marketplace - **Published:** July 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://nl.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=391dd0eb8efc7989 ## About the Role * Knowledgeable about statistical properties of (good) metrics, and ability to scalably test them * Expertise in experimentation and knowledge of causal inference beyond A/B testing * Expertise in SQL, Python and familiarity with other languages like R * Experience building libraries/modules in python * Familiarity with apis using is good, building/maintaining is great * Strong understanding of fundamental machine learning concepts * Strong knowledge of reporting/visualization techniques (e.g., Tableau, Graphite, Power BI, etc.) ## Description As a Senior Data Scientist in Ranking and Ads, you will work autonomously on impactful strategic business problems, translating them into data stories and delivering insights that inform business decisions across multiple products. The Senior Data Scientist for this team will specialise specifically in Ads. You will design and interpret experiments to guide long-term strategic decisions, build proofs of concept and prototypes, and actively manage stakeholders from operational to Director level. You'll collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Data Engineering teams, writing high-quality, reproducible code to ensure your work lands impactfully and enables solid decision-making across leadership. Ranking and Ads Insights is a new and expanding, highly commercial team providing Data Science and Analytics support within Marketplace. Our mission is to power Ads across Booking.com and support Ranking ML teams to show the right properties to the right people. Our work enables partners to reach travelers at the perfect moment while preserving customer experience and driving commercial impact. This is a unique opportunity to apply your business awareness to high-stakes initiatives, ensuring your work not only solves complex data problems but actively shapes the strategy for the Ads part of our scope in particular. You'll work in a cross-functional team alongside Machine Learning, Data Engineering, and Data Management to support our product vision. Strong commercial acumen and stakeholder management will ensure that your work is impactful and drives business results. To get a flavor of the Data Science & ML work at Booking, check out our blog here., * Responsible for defining the strategy and vision for generating impact in one or more Data Science solutions by driving it from ideation to prototyping to full productionisation. * Responsible for proactively identifying and autonomously prioritizing impactful strategic business problems, translating them into data stories and solving them effectively by applying suitable statistical data analysis and modeling methods. Leverages input from product stakeholders in all of the above to determine the right technical solutions to deliver customer value. May seek guidance from the manager on complex business problems. * Responsible for driving key projects within the scope of their team to deliver work that informs business decisions across multiple products / business topics in parallel and/or core products / business topics of the area they work in, while self-prioritizing at high velocity. Regularly collaborating across multiple teams. * Responsible for designing and interpreting quantitative experiments to objectively drive long-term strategic business decision making. * Responsible for autonomously identifying and managing a broad range of stakeholders, from operational to senior managerial roles and, as required, Director level stakeholders. Maintains effective communication, addresses stakeholder needs, and conveys complex analysis results clearly. Continues to guide less experienced colleagues in all of the above, but may seek guidance from the manager in complex situations with senior stakeholders. * Responsible for exploring and modifying existing internal and external Data Science approaches. Makes these solutions reusable by designing for easy adoption and proactively educating and upskilling peers on how to effectively utilize these solutions in their work. * Responsible for incorporating scalability, reproducibility and long term orientation in the work they do. Regularly sharing best practices with peers in their area. * Responsible for acting as a force multiplier for peers in their area by actively helping them with their craft through means of coaching, mentoring and setting a good example. * Responsible for contributing significantly to the community of their area by thinking of and implementing ways to make other data professionals more effective (ie. group trainings, community projects), actively participating in community strengthening activities (ie. recruitment) and connecting their area to the rest of the business. * Must have a deep understanding of the larger data ecosystem at Booking and how it relates to the work they do. * Responsible for proactively collaborating with peers in related crafts (ie. Data Engineering) on all projects owned by their team, anticipating data needs to maintain smooth execution of projects. * Responsible for having significant deep knowledge about the operational, tactical and strategic goals of their area (ie. track / vertical) and be knowledgeable of the goals of their wider area (ie. Business Unit). * Responsible for ensuring quality of their own work by validating it through peer review. * Responsible for influencing business decisions within their wider area (ie. track / vertical). * Must be a subject-matter expert in one area of Data Science (ie. methodology, technology) and its application as an end-to-end product that generates business impact, acting as a go-to Data Science authority for senior business stakeholders of their area. ## Related Videos - [100 million days in Vienna: A story of APIs & AI in tourism.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/93-100-million-days-in-vienna-a-story-of-apis-ai-in-tourism) - [REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and more: A comparison of modern API styles](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100247-rest-graphql-grpc-and-more-a-comparison-of-modern-api-styles) - [ Evaluating AI models for code comprehension](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1462-evaluating-ai-models-for-code-comprehension) - [Bringing the power of AI to your application.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1010-bringing-the-power-of-ai-to-your-application) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Data Analytics with Microsoft Fabric: End-to-End Use Case with Data Agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1547-data-analytics-with-microsoft-fabric-end-to-end-use-case-with-data-agents) ## Related Articles - [Software Developer Salary in The Netherlands [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/217-software-developer-salary-in-the-netherlands-2023) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/162-highest-paying-tech-companies-in-europe) - [Best Companies in the Netherlands: Top 25 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/193-best-companies-in-the-netherlands-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [How to Find Tech Jobs in Amsterdam](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/279-how-to-find-tech-jobs-in-amsterdam) - [Data Analyst Salary Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/277-data-analyst-salary-germany) - [The Best Tech Hubs in Europe: 5 Best Cities For Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/246-the-best-tech-hubs-in-europe-5-best-cities-for-software-engineers)