Senior AI Engineer: End-to-End Data Products

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group in Austin is seeking an AI Engineer III to lead data-driven product experiences. You will design and build scalable data services and pipelines, using AI tools to power analytics, reporting, and data-driven experiences.

You will work across engineering, product, and data teams to deliver secure, high-quality data products on modern cloud infrastructure, mentoring earlier-career engineers and advancing operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience owning data products with demonstrated impact.
• Proven experience delivering at least one significant end-to-end service using AI tools.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Java, Scala) and strong CS fundamentals, with system design, API design and data modeling experience.
• Experience working with data pipelines (batch and streaming).

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve complex data products end-to-end from design to production support.
• Apply modern engineering practices and AI as a co-pilot across the lifecycle.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, data and business teams to align simple, resilient solutions.
• Design and integrate services, APIs, and data models for easy consumption by humans and AI systems.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, and design discussions with AI tool usage guidance.

Skills

Java/Scala

CS fundamentals

System design (LLD)

API design

Data modeling

Data pipelines (batch & streaming)

AI tools usage

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

Spark

Kafka

Flink

Cassandra

Scylla

Iceberg

Job description

Expedia Group in Austin is seeking an AI Engineer III to lead data-driven product experiences. You will design and build scalable data services and pipelines, using AI tools to power analytics, reporting, and data-driven experiences.

You will work across engineering, product, and data teams to deliver secure, high-quality data products on modern cloud infrastructure, mentoring earlier-career engineers and advancing operational excellence.