Senior AI Forward-Deployed Engineer: Impact at Scale

Traveltechessentialist; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 249,000 - 349,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Travel discounts

Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking a Principal AI Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with business units, translating ambiguous AI challenges into measurable outcomes and rapidly prototyping and scaling AI solutions. You will lead with hands-on engineering and drive adoption across teams, balancing speed, reliability, security, and cost.

You will mentor senior engineers, establish standards, and partner with executives to define pragmatic delivery plans and value realization across travelers, partners,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of software engineering experience or master’s with 10+ years.
• Ownership of complex systems and cross-domain integration with Expedia Group.
• Hands-on experience building AI-enabled systems, tools, agents, or workflows.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to discover high-value AI opportunities and define measurable outcomes.
• Own end-to-end AI initiatives from discovery to deployment and value realization.
• Coach senior engineers and scale AI capabilities across teams.
• Define a north star AI vision and ensure security, cost, privacy, and maintainability.

Skills

AI engineering

System design

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data modeling

Mentoring

Observability

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of experience

Master’s degree in CS or related

Tools

LLM platforms

Generative AI tools

Job description

Expedia Group is seeking a Principal AI Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with business units, translating ambiguous AI challenges into measurable outcomes and rapidly prototyping and scaling AI solutions. You will lead with hands-on engineering and drive adoption across teams, balancing speed, reliability, security, and cost.

You will mentor senior engineers, establish standards, and partner with executives to define pragmatic delivery plans and value realization across travelers, partners,