Product Security Architect III

Expedia Group; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 146,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking a Product Security Architect III to lead secure-by-design architecture across multiple platforms and services. You will partner with product, engineering, and infrastructure teams to design secure systems, lead threat modeling, and drive security controls across data models and APIs.

The role requires deep expertise in security fundamentals, cloud-native security, and AI/ML considerations, with ownership of security architecture for major product areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in product or application security with hands-on security architecture for services, APIs, and data models in complex, distributed systems.
• Proven ownership of security architecture for a significant product area, service group, or domain.
• Strong depth in security fundamentals such as secure software development practices, IAM, cryptography, and cloud-native security controls; familiarity with AI/ML concepts in real-world products.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve security architecture patterns, standards, and reference designs for secure-by-design product development across platforms and services.
• Design secure system architectures with product, engineering, and infrastructure teams (API design, LLD, data models) protecting data.
• Lead threat modeling, security design reviews, and risk assessments for complex product initiatives; translate requirements into engineering guidance.
• Provide technical leadership on authentication, authorization, encryption, key management, and secrets handling across domains.
• Guide teams in safely integrating and operating AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve security and product outcomes.
• Influence roadmap and decisions by aligning security architecture with business objectives, regulatory needs, and operational constraints across product areas.

Skills

Product security

Application security

Security architecture

Threat modeling

AI/ML security

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Product Security Architect III

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.

Our Technology Team partners with teams across Expedia Group to create innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences that drive loyalty and traveler satisfaction.

The Product Security Architecture team partners with product, engineering, and platform teams to ensure security and privacy are built into Expedia Group products by design, from ideation through operations. We enable our business partners to build resilient, future-ready solutions that advance Expedia Group's security posture and operational velocity.

We focus on secure-by-design product architecture, security assessments, threat modeling, and continuous verification of security requirements across our business products and platforms.

You will join a small, senior team of hands-on product security architects who work across domains and technologies, helping teams make pragmatic security decisions that enable innovation at scale.

In This Role, You Will

• Define and evolve security architecture patterns, standards, and reference designs that enable secure-by-design product development across multiple platforms and services.
• Partner with product, engineering, and infrastructure teams to design secure system architectures, including API design, low-level design (LLD), and data models that protect customer and partner data.
• Lead threat modeling, security design reviews, and risk assessments for complex product initiatives, translating security requirements into actionable engineering guidance.
• Provide technical leadership on application security controls (authentication, authorization, encryption, key management, secrets handling) and drive their consistent adoption across domains.
• Guide teams in safely integrating and operating AI/ML-enabled and AI-driven solutions, tools, or workflows that improve security and product outcomes, including applying AI/ML concepts to real-world products.
• Influence roadmap and technical decision-making by aligning product security architecture with business objectives, regulatory needs, and operational constraints across multiple product areas.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in product or application security with hands-on involvement in designing secure architectures for services, APIs, and data models within complex, distributed systems.
• Proven ownership of security architecture for a significant product area, service group, or domain, including driving security requirements from design through implementation.
• Strong technical depth in security fundamentals such as secure software development practices, identity and access management, cryptography usage, and cloud-native security controls, including familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced experience defining and implementing security architecture patterns at scale for multi-service or domain-wide product ecosystems in a cloud-native environment.
• Track record of leading security architecture for complex, highly available, and high-throughput systems, including data-intensive and API-centric products, with a focus on operational excellence and resiliency.
• Demonstrated ability to drive secure-by-design practices across engineering teams, including formal threat modeling, security design reviews, and integration of security automation into CI/CD pipelines, telemetry, and monitoring.
• Experience designing and governing security controls for AI/ML-enabled and AI-driven products or platforms, including model security, data protection, responsible use of AI in production systems, and safely integrating and operating AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes.
• Deep expertise in applying data-driven approaches (such as security metrics, risk scores, and telemetry) to prioritize security investments, influence architecture decisions, and continuously improve product security posture across multiple domains.

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $146,000.00 to $204,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $233,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $146,000.00 to $204,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $233,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. The total cash range for this position in San Jose is $157,500.00 to $220,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $252,000.00, 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

Expedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership. Learn more about life at Expedia Group at https://careers.expediagroup.com/life.

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.

Important notice

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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.