Senior Data Scientist

As Senior Data Scientist you take ownership of agentic AI initiatives from opportunity identification to pilot-level deployment. You translate business challenges into AI-enabled workflows, design agents that can reason, use tools and operate safely, and guide teams in turning promising prototypes into scalable solutions. Together with the AI lead, you’ll shape the Schiphol vision on Agentic AI. We do this via inspiring and sharing our vision, identifying opportunities & proving their value. As we are pioneering, not everything will be successful, but we aim to learn and improve from every initiative. How you take care of this? That’s up to you. We trust in the way you pursue goals with enthusiasm and determination, know how to convince others of your vision and overcome obstacles with confidence. You put your talents to work at:

• leading the design, development and deployment of agentic AI solutions that can plan, retrieve information, call tools and complete multi-step workflows.
• translating strategic and operational challenges into clear agentic AI use cases, success criteria and delivery roadmaps.
• designing robust agent architectures, including orchestration patterns, memory, retrieval, tool use, human-in-the-loop controls and safe fallbacks.
• building and validating prototypes using modern AI and data platforms, then guide them towards production-grade implementation.
• communicating the potential of AI use-cases clearly to inspire both technical and non-technical stakeholders where relevant, where AI is applicable.
• mentoring junior colleagues and help shape standards, reusable components and best practices for agentic AI delivery.

Schiphol connects your world. With the best people, we make travel safe and responsible. You contribute to this with with your unique talents, such as maintaining calm. Even when the pressure is at its highest.Also, you are the talent who shows the ability to pursue goals with enthusiasm and determination. You’ll bring:

• Fluently Dutch speaking is mandatory
• 5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, AI engineering or software engineering, preferably in complex enterprise environments.
• strong programming skills in Python and experience with APIs, data pipelines and production software practices.
• hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation and agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI or comparable tools.
• experience with cloud and data platforms such as Azure, Databricks or similar environments.
• understanding of MLOps, LLMOps, evaluation frameworks, observability, monitoring and model or agent governance.
• strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to create alignment across business, technology and governance functions, being able to explain technical concepts for a non-technical audience., Hbo

• € 5.703 - € 7912 gross per month (schale 13).
• A 13th-month salary.
• Bring-Your-Own scheme allowing you to spend €450 to set up your own (home) workspace.
• We’ll give you an iPhone.
• Opportunities for professional and personal development. This includes a personal sustainable employability budget that can be used for pension contributions, financial advice, paid leave, training, (career) coaching, and wellbeing.

These are just some of our terms of employment that come with this position (based on a 36-hour work week). Schiphol has even more to offer you. For the complete overview of all terms and conditions of employment, please visit Conditions - Schiphol Careers.

Nice to know (you)

• Schiphol is known as one of the most innovative airports in the world. Our internal innovative strength and investments in product development help us to continuously improve the airport for passengers, employees and partners. This has led to a wide range of innovative (mostly digital) solutions that are leading within the global airport industry.
• You are part of a team that will make Agentic AI a valuable addition to our portfolio.
• With over 4,200 dedicated colleagues, we are working on our mission: to create a home base for global travellers., The Data & AI department is part of the Digital & Technology organization and consists of three teams with a total of approximately 60 employees, led by the Head of Data & AI. The teams are responsible for the Data Capabilities: Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence and Advanced Analytics within Schiphol, as well as Data Governance and the central Data Platform. Together, we ensure the optimal and secure use of Data & AI within Schiphol., About Schiphol Group

With 4,200 proud colleagues, we go the extra mile to connect the Netherlands with the rest of the world in the best possible way. Innovation, safety and cooperation are at the forefront. Together we give more meaning to travel and contribute to the economy and society. For more than 100 years. In the Netherlands and beyond. By the way, did you know that:

… Royal Schiphol Group owns and operates Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Rotterdam The Hague Airport and Lelystad Airport? … you can fly to 301 direct destinations from Schiphol Airport?