Senior AI/ML Data Engineer: Production Data Pipelines

Expedia Group; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking a Senior AI / ML Data Engineer to build the data foundations powering Layla’s AI-native travel planning and booking experiences. You will own reliable data pipelines, data quality, and observability for critical datasets used across Layla and Bellboy.

You will collaborate with Product, Analytics, and ML/engineering to turn questions into dependable data, enable experimentation, and apply AI/ML concepts responsibly in production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent related professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate reliable, scalable data pipelines that power Layla’s AI-native trip-planning and booking experiences across Layla and Bellboy.
• Own data quality, reliability, and observability across critical datasets, establishing well-documented, trustworthy data models that other teams can confidently extend.
• Build and support the data foundations for experimentation and model evaluation, enabling honest, timely readouts that inform product and AI/ML decisions.
• Enable the production use of AI/ML systems — supporting feature and data availability, evaluation datasets, and monitoring — while applying AI/ML concepts responsibly.
• Partner closely with Product, Analytics, and ML/engineering teams to turn ambiguous questions into dependable data and self-serve answers.
• Advocate for engineering excellence in data — testing, documentation, and reusable patterns — and mentor other engineers on best practices.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Data pipeline design

Data quality

Observability

AI/ML systems

Production data pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

dbt

BigQuery

Snowflake

Looker/Metabase

Job description

Expedia Group is seeking a Senior AI / ML Data Engineer to build the data foundations powering Layla’s AI-native travel planning and booking experiences. You will own reliable data pipelines, data quality, and observability for critical datasets used across Layla and Bellboy.

You will collaborate with Product, Analytics, and ML/engineering to turn questions into dependable data, enable experimentation, and apply AI/ML concepts responsibly in production.