Machine Learning Scientist III

Expedia, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking an experienced machine learning engineer to design, implement, and optimise AI-powered content understanding, summarisation, and recommendation systems. You will build scalable ML pipelines, deploy models to production, and monitor their performance in collaboration with product and engineering teams.

The role involves shaping how Traveler experiences are personalised across Expedia's platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related professional experience.
• 5+ years in production ML.
• Proficient in Python and building production-grade services and APIs.
• Experience with TensorFlow and/or PyTorch.
• Ownership of ML lifecycle from experimentation to operation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, evaluate, and improve ML models and algorithms for Content AI applications.
• Design end-to-end ML solutions including data prep, feature engineering, model training, validation, deployment, monitoring, and optimization.
• Apply statistical analysis, experimentation, and data-driven decisions to assess model performance.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, applied scientists, and domain experts to translate business problems into ML solutions.
• Contribute to system design, API development, and data modelling for production ML systems.
• Build and operate production ML pipelines using Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Redis, Airflow, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infra.
• Design and deploy scalable batch and real-time ML pipelines for customer-facing apps.
• Develop and operationalise LLM applications, RAG systems, and Generative AI capabilities.
• Create evaluation frameworks and observability solutions to monitor model quality, reliability, latency, drift, and impact.
• Evaluate trade-offs between model quality, scalability, latency, and infra cost.
• Partner with engineering teams to deploy and scale ML systems in production.
• Produce technical documentation and share expertise through reviews and leadership.

Skills

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

API design

Distributed systems

Data modeling

Batch processing

Real-time processing

Docker

Kubernetes

Redis

FastAPI

KServe

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/ML/AI or related

Master's degree or PhD in CS/ML/AI or related

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Airflow

FastAPI

Job description

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business.

Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.

Introduction to the Team

Expedia Technology teams partner with our Product teams to create innovative products, services, and tools that deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and employees. A singular technology platform powered by data, machine learning, and AI provides secure, differentiated, and personalised experiences that build loyalty and traveler satisfaction.

In this role, you will:

• Develop, evaluate, and improve machine learning models and algorithms for Content AI applications.
• Design and implement end-to-end machine learning solutions, including data preparation, feature engineering, model training, validation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous optimisation.
• Apply statistical analysis, experimentation, and data-driven decision-making to assess model performance and guide technical direction.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, applied scientists, and domain experts to translate ambiguous business problems into scalable ML solutions.
• Contribute to system design, low-level design, API development, and data modelling for production machine learning systems.
• Build and operate production solutions using technologies such as Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Redis, Airflow, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Design and deploy scalable batch and real-time ML pipelines supporting customer-facing applications.
• Develop and operationalise LLM applications, RAG systems, and Generative AI capabilities for content understanding, summarisation, classification, and recommendation use cases.
• Build evaluation frameworks and observability solutions to monitor model quality, reliability, latency, drift, and business impact.
• Evaluate trade-offs between model quality, scalability, latency, and infrastructure cost when developing AI-powered products.
• Partner with engineering teams to deploy and scale machine learning systems in production.
• Produce clear technical documentation and share expertise through mentorship, design reviews, and technical leadership.

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
• 5+ years of industry experience developing machine learning solutions in production environments.
• Proficient programming and software engineering skills in Python, including experience building production-grade services and APIs.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow and/or PyTorch.
• Experience owning machine learning solutions across the full lifecycle, including experimentation, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and operational improvement.
• Experience building and operating production ML systems at scale.
• Understanding of distributed systems, data structures, algorithms, system design, low-level design, API design, and data modelling.
• Experience with batch and real-time data processing systems, databases such as Redis, and low-latency serving technologies such as KServe, FastAPI.
• Ability to partner effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver measurable machine learning outcomes.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Data Science, or a related STEM field.
• Experience applying Generative AI and LLMs to customer-facing products and designing, building, or scaling RAG systems.
• Experience in search, ranking, recommendations, personalisation, content intelligence, moderation, NLP, computer vision, or related AI domains.
• Experience with Airflow or comparable workflow orchestration platforms.
• Experience with cloud-native environments and container technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience developing model evaluation frameworks and AI quality measurement systems.
• Experience making architectural decisions across multi-service machine learning environments.
• Experience balancing model quality, operational cost, scalability, and performance requirements for production AI systems.

Accommodation requests

Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request at https://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation.

About Expedia Group

Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.

Equal Opportunity

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.