Quantitative Researcher, Booking.com

• You are experienced in working on tight timelines with engineering teams or UX teams, and delivering high-quality code and analysis to inform decision making and build systems in a timely manner
• Master Degree in Data Science, Statistics, or Applied Mathematics
• 2+ years of experience working in UX measurement & modeling
• 1+ years working in Quant Research or Data Science at a consulting firm or start-up
• Experience with big data ecosystems: ETL, workflows, and model development
• Comprehensive knowledge of statistical methods for analysis of behavioral and open text data using NLP, ML, or causal inference, and hands-on experience writing code to develop statistical models
• Advanced knowledge of PySpark and SQL
• Experience delivering projects on tight deadlines, and iterating quickly
• Ability to adapt to change rapidly and thrive in ambiguity
• Productive– Able to focus and deliver hands-on coding projects quickly
• Organized – Capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Principled – Deliver high-quality, transparent work with integrity

Desirable

• The Experience Measurement (XM) team is looking for a Quantitative Researcher to build scalable statistical models, analyze open text, and automate data analytic capabilities for our in-product survey program, a key research initiative with strategic importance for stakeholders across the business, including Leadership, Product and Strategy
• As Quantitative Researcher within the XM team, you will work closely with lead quantitative researchers and engineers to accelerate delivery and scalability of data pipelines & workflows, statistical models, and measurement capabilities powering an insights platform
• You are adept at working with large datasets from a variety of sources, querying databases, building data tables, and drawing from an extensive statistical toolbox to analyze data and develop models
• Our community of researchers and research operations specialists will help you do your best work
• You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from researchers across Booking.com through regular meetups, mentor programs and internal research tools
• Business Impact: Learn Booking's business and actively make connections between their research activities and benefits to the team. Developing awareness of larger business ecosystem to share
• Collaboration & Communication: Listen and translate team needs into research project success criteria Find ways to discuss and share their work with other researchers, learning different approaches Prioritize findings from data to reveal the relevant impact of the findings for the business Learn how to revise research finding communications for relevance to various stakeholders
• Research Community Contributions: Junior researchers should take advantage of mentoring and feedback programs, but are not expected to contribute beyond participation
• Partner closely with more senior colleagues to get mentoring, including how to prioritize research projects and expand skill set
• Research Community Participates in opportunities within the research community. Gathers feedback on their work from mentors, or through Research Questions Forum or similar
• Internal Stakeholders - Has some limited direct contact with stakeholders that grows over time in role. Works with Research Manager to scope and prioritize work, and on how best to share findings to the teams

• Portfolio review
• Recruitment Phone Screen
• Interview with our Research manager
• Technical interview with 2 quantitative researcher and data scientist

• Headspace Subscription
• Anniversary Leave
• Travel Credit
• Unlimited e-learning
• Booking Cares Volunteer Days
• Local Benefits: vary by country, but often include flex time, vacation days, health insurance, retirement savings, and much much more!

Booking.com has established itself as a leading digital travel company. The company reaps the benefits of its status in the market and is currently in a stronger position than its up-and-coming competitors such as Expedia, Trivago and Trip.com. Airbnb represents the sharing economy and acts as a disruptive force in this market but still has ways to go to compete with Booking.com.