Global Data Sharing Engineer

11105 Expedia, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Welfare and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group seeks a high-energy engineer to own cross-functional infrastructure and data platforms, delivering reliable data outputs that meet regulatory needs. You will translate requirements into contracts and technical specs while architecting data pipelines, APIs, and reporting systems.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled workflow prototyping, validation, and strong governance. You will lead complex, multi-system projects, collaborate across Product & Technology, Regulatory, and Trust & Safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a technical field.
• 6+ years of experience in infrastructure or data engineering, cloud-based systems, or enterprise integrations.
• Expert SQL and data-modeling skills with complex joins and performance-aware design.
• Experience with production data pipelines, reporting, or workflow automation.

Responsibilities

• Own cross-functional infrastructure and data-platform initiatives from discovery to release.
• Translate regulatory needs into data contracts, specs, and delivery plans.
• Design, build, and operate data pipelines, models, APIs, and reporting infra.
• Prototype AI-enabled workflows with validation, oversight, and auditability.
• Lead UAT and release readiness; mentor analysts and engineers.

Skills

SQL

Data modeling

Python

Java

Cloud platforms

APIs

Version control

Testing & monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

CI/CD tooling

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.

We are looking for a high-energy, motivated individual who can design technical operational methodologies and coordinate across a diverse, globally distributed team to help Expedia Group meet its legal and regulatory obligations.

In this role you will:

• Own well-defined, cross-functional infrastructure and data-platform initiatives from technical discovery and requirements through architecture, implementation, testing, release, monitoring, and handover.
• Serve as the reporting and technical requirements subject‑matter expert for Product & Technology teams, translating regulatory and operational needs into data contracts, technical specifications, product requirements, acceptance criteria, and actionable delivery plans.
• Design, build, and operate reliable queries, data pipelines, data models, APIs, integrations, and reporting infrastructure that produce accurate, secure, and auditable regulatory outputs.
• Identify high-volume, repetitive, or error‑prone work and design, prototype, and productionize AI‑enabled workflows with appropriate validation, human oversight, data protection, auditability, and post-launch ownership.
• Shape the future of data‑sharing automation roadmap and influence Regulatory and Data Sharing Operations, Marketplace Operations, Trust & Safety, Product & Technology, Traveler and Partner Service Platform, and other partner teams by establishing reusable patterns, leading UAT and release readiness, and mentoring analysts and more junior engineers.

Experience and Qualifications:

• You have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
• You have 6+ years of relevant experience with infrastructure engineering, data engineering, designing, building, and operating reliable, scalable cloud-based systems, infrastructure platforms, data services, or enterprise integrations in production.
• You have experience independently leading well-defined technical projects involving multiple systems, services, data sources, or cross-functional partners.
• You have expert SQL and data-modeling skills, including complex joins, reconciliation, aggregation, date logic, exception handling, and performance-aware query design.
• You have experience developing or operating production data pipelines, reporting processes, or workflow automation with repeatable controls and auditability.
• You have designed or implemented AI-assisted workflows, intelligent automation, or decision-support tools and understand how to apply validation, human oversight, security, privacy, and governance in production.
• You are proficient in at least one programming or scripting language, such as Python, Java, Kotlin, Scala, Bash, or PowerShell, and have experience with cloud platforms, APIs, version control, testing, monitoring, alerting, incident response, or root‑cause analysis.

Preferred qualifications

• You have hands‑on experience designing, implementing, and operating infrastructure or configuration as code in production cloud environments, including reusable modules, environment‑specific configuration, pull-request-based change management, CI/CD deployment, state or drift management, observability, and secure operational controls.
• You have experience with business intelligence or reporting tools, enterprise software integrations, data‑quality controls, partner or supplier reporting, or compliance and regulatory data.
• You have led user acceptance testing and converted ambiguous business requirements into clear technical designs, acceptance criteria, and operational runbooks.
• You have experience with large language model (LLMs), agentic, semantic indexing, document or data extraction, workflow orchestration, or other AI automation patterns.
• You communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical partners and can influence Product & Technology, Regulatory and Data Sharing Operations, Marketplace Operations, Trust & Safety, Legal, Tax, and other stakeholders across geographies and time zones.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $116,500.00 to $163,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $186,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Benefits and perks

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• paid time off
• an Employee Assistance Program
• welfare and travel reimbursement
• travel discounts
• International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership

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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. Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands – Expedia®, Hotels.com®, and Vrbo® – the largest B2B travel business, and a premier advertising network. Guided by an experienced and passionate global team, Expedia Group helps millions of travelers in more than 70 countries 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, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.