Real-Time AI Fraud Defense Engineer

Expedia; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness stipend

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group is hiring a Software Development Engineer II in Seattle to help build real-time, AI-powered fraud defenses at scale. You will develop cloud-native decisioning and remediation systems, simplifying the platform while collaborating with Data and ML teams to integrate AI features.

The role requires a track record in JVM languages, distributed systems, and modern data processing frameworks, with strong communication to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
• At least 1 year of professional software engineering experience with JVM-based languages (Java or Scala) and OO design principles.
• Familiarity with distributed cloud-native engineering (AWS, GCP, or Azure), microservices, API development, SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Some knowledge of streaming and data processing frameworks such as Kafka, Flink and Spark.
• Experience in monitoring and debugging production-grade software.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to stakeholders with or without a technical background.

Responsibilities

• Develop software modules for automated risk decisioning and remediation at scale.
• Benchmark various vendor, open source and in-house solutions for performance, cost and risk posture.
• Partner closely with Data and ML Scientists on features, experimentation, and monitoring of models.
• Partner closely with other engineering teams on the delivery of business outcomes through code.
• Integrate AI solutions into our technology platform, building from scratch where applicable.
• Engage in efforts to improve technical operations and processes of the team through automation.

Skills

Java/Scala

OO design

Cloud-native engineering

API development

SQL/NoSQL databases

Monitoring debugging

Communication with stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Spark

Job description

Expedia Group is hiring a Software Development Engineer II in Seattle to help build real-time, AI-powered fraud defenses at scale. You will develop cloud-native decisioning and remediation systems, simplifying the platform while collaborating with Data and ML teams to integrate AI features.

The role requires a track record in JVM languages, distributed systems, and modern data processing frameworks, with strong communication to technical and non-technical stakeholders.