Senior AI Engineer — Data‑Driven Travel Platform

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

Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking an AI Engineer III for the Customer Data Platform in Austin to lead projects and build scalable data services powered by AI. You will merge software engineering with data engineering to deliver secure, high-quality data products on modern cloud infrastructure.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, data, and business teams to shape end-to-end solutions, mentor junior engineers, and advance AI-powered analytics and experiences for travelers and partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience owning data products with impact in a domain or product.
• Experience delivering at least one end-to-end service or product using AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve complex, business-critical data products end to end—from design to deployment and production support.
• Apply modern engineering practices and use AI to clarify requirements, accelerate coding, and improve testing and reliability.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, data, and business teams to design simple, resilient solutions.
• Design and integrate services, APIs, and data models for easy consumption by humans and AI systems.
• Share knowledge and mentor engineers, including guiding use of AI tools responsibly.

Skills

Java

Scala

Data structures

Algorithms

API design

Data modeling

Software engineering

AI tools usage

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

5+ years professional experience

Tools

Spark

Kafka

Flink

Cassandra

Scylla

Iceberg

Job description

Expedia Group is seeking an AI Engineer III for the Customer Data Platform in Austin to lead projects and build scalable data services powered by AI. You will merge software engineering with data engineering to deliver secure, high-quality data products on modern cloud infrastructure.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, data, and business teams to shape end-to-end solutions, mentor junior engineers, and advance AI-powered analytics and experiences for travelers and partners.