Senior Machine Learning Scientist I - GenAI Applications
Booking.com · Tel Aviv, Israel · ML Science
About this role
Booking.com is hiring a senior-level AI Research Scientist in the machine learning function based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, SQL, Kafka.
- Role
- AI Research Scientist
- Function
- machine learning
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Location
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department
- ML Science
- Posted
- Dec 22, 2025
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Job description
from Booking.com careersAbout Us: At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.
About the team:
This opening is for the GenAI Applications Team within the Data & AI Marketplace department.
The GenAI Applications team is responsible for designing and delivering agentic, ML-powered solutions for some of our most impactful products, including booking search experiences, trip planning, and trip helpfulness. The team builds AI-driven applications and conversational agents, such as chatbots and intelligent assistants, that significantly enhance the end-to-end customer experience.
Role Description:
As a Senior Machine Learning Scientist, you will work closely with engineers and to design, develop, and evaluate machine learning solutions for scalable, customer-facing GenAI applications. Your work will focus on researching, training, fine-tuning, and rigorously evaluating models leveraging LLMs, recommendation systems, and agent-based architectures, using state-of-the-art techniques. You will drive experimentation, define success metrics, and translate insights into impactful AI solutions that shape the future of intelligent travel products.