This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: Three days in-office.
Our ML Platform team is where smart solutions get created for the company. We build machine learning powered products and GenAI capabilities and features that provide a core competitive edge over our competitors and they also contribute to the success of our business partners. We take pride in being excellent at our craft and employing our skills to the benefit of our customers. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ideas-led environment, you’re in the right place.
Why this job’s a big deal:
You’ll shape and lead the future of AI/ML across the company — from architecture to deployment — enabling impactful solutions at scale. You’ll guide both technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring ML and GenAI are used effectively, reliably, and responsibly to solve real-world challenges.
In this role you will get to:
Define and drive long-term ML and GenAI technical strategy, tooling, framework and infrastructure.
Lead architecture and design of scalable ML platforms, including model deployment pipelines and feature stores.
Build and deploy advanced ML/GenAI solutions across domains such as NLP, optimization, forecasting, and computer vision.
Champion production best practices including monitoring, A/B testing, and feedback loops for continuous model improvement.
Guide teams in safely and effectively applying GenAI, including prompt engineering, model fine-tuning, and evaluation.
Mentor engineers and data scientists; promote a strong culture of experimentation, innovation, and technical excellence.
Partner with product, infrastructure, and data teams to align AI solutions with evolving business needs.
Support the development of self-service ML tools and CI/CD workflows to enable speed and scalability across teams.
Tech Stack & Tools:
Languages & Frameworks: Vertex AI, Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, Spacy
Cloud & ML Ops: GCP (Vertex AI, BigQuery), Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, GIthub Actions
Data Processing: Spark, Airflow, real-time streaming pipelines
GenAI Tools: Hugging Face, LangChain, OpenAI APIs (preferred)
Who you are:
Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.
10+ years of experience in ML, AI, or related fields with strong software engineering fundamentals.
Expertise in building and scaling ML systems in production environments.
Strong Python development skills and experience with ML libraries and frameworks.
Deep understanding of ML lifecycle: from experimentation to deployment and monitoring.
Experience with GenAI tools, LLMs, prompt engineering, and safety/ethical considerations.
Proven leadership in cross-functional technical projects and ML platform design.
Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability and Trust.
The Right Results, the Right Way is not just a motto at Priceline; it’s a way of life. Unquestionable integrity and ethics is essential.
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There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. In addition to a competitive base salary, certain roles may be eligible for an annual bonus and/or equity grant.
The salary range for this position is $205,000 – 255,000 USD.
Who we areOur success as one of the biggest players in online travel is all thanks to our incredible, dedicated team of talented employees. Priceliners are focused on being the best travel deal makers in the world, motivated by our passion to help everyone experience the moments that matter most in their lives. Whether it’s a dream vacation, your cousin’s graduation, or your best friend’s wedding - we make travel affordable and accessible to our customers.
Our culture is unique and inspiring (that’s what our employees tell us). We’re a grown-up, startup. We deliver the excitement of a new venture, without the struggles and chaos that can come with a business that hasn’t stabilized.
We’re on the cutting edge of innovative technologies. We keep the customer at the center of all that we do. Our ability to meet their needs relies on the strength of a workforce as diverse as the customers we serve. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration.
Priceline is part of the Booking Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKNG) family of companies, a highly profitable global online travel company with a market capitalization of over $80 billion. Our sister companies include Booking.com, BookingGo, Agoda, Kayak and OpenTable.
If you want to be part of something truly special, check us out!
Flexible work at PricelinePriceline is following a hybrid working model, which includes two days onsite as determined by you and your manager (ideally selecting among Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday). On the remaining days, you can choose to be remote or in the office.
To be the best travel dealmakers in the world, we believe our team should reflect the broad range of customers and communities we serve. We are committed to cultivating a culture where all employees have the freedom to bring their individual perspectives, life experiences, and passion to work.
Priceline is a proud equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate the unique lenses through which our employees see the world. We’d love for you to join us and help shape what makes our team extraordinary.
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What We Do
At Priceline, part of Booking Holdings, Inc. [NASDAQ: BKNG], we believe every trip is a big deal to our customers. Whether it’s a much-needed getaway, wedding, reunion, graduation, or rooting on a favorite team—those are the moments that nobody should miss out on.
Our mission? Be the best travel dealmakers in the world. We provide our customers with smart and easy ways to access the very best deals available on hotel rooms, flights, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises, so they can be there for the moments that matter the most to them.
We do that by welcoming people who are at the top of their game, who want to learn and grow with others and who take their work seriously (but not themselves). We’re building a diverse and uniquely talented team to make sure our customers can be there for all those {big deal} moments. Come join us!
