AI Engineer - Category Strategy Optimization Platform, FinTech at Booking.com

Booking.com seeks an AI Engineer to serve as the internal technical lead for a procurement-focused AI platform developed collaboratively with a third-party vendor. The role combines AI engineering expertise with oversight of external development, focusing on system architecture, data integration, and implementation within Booking.com's procurement ecosystem (Ivalua, Conga, ORO).

Key responsibilities:

Validating platform architecture alignment with Booking.com's procurement systems

Technically steering vendor development

Translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions

Reviewing vendor deliverables

Developing integration scripts and Booking-specific extensions

Supporting CI/CD automation and model deployment

Identifying optimization opportunities

Required Qualifications:

4-8 years professional experience in AI engineering, MLOps, and application development

Fluency in Python and SQL; working knowledge of TypeScript/JavaScript

Strong understanding of AI agent architectures, LLM fine-tuning, prompt engineering, function calling, RAG, and LLM orchestration

Hands-on experience with LangChain; familiarity with LangGraph and CrewAI

Proficiency in Docker containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and model versioning

Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Nice-to-Have: Procurement domain knowledge, MLflow or Weights & Biases, React/Next.js