Senior AI/ML Data Engineer - Scalable Production Pipelines

Expedia; Austin (TX); Vor Ort; USD 185.000 - 258.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Wellness reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Zusammenfassung

Expedia Group’s Layla Team is seeking a Senior AI / ML Data Engineer to build the data foundations powering Layla’s AI‑native travel planning and booking experiences. You’ll design and operate reliable data pipelines, ensure data quality, and enable experimentation and model evaluation in production, collaborating with product, analytics, and ML engineering teams.

You’ll mentor engineers, promote engineering excellence in data, and apply responsible AI/ML practices as part of a small, senior

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong data engineering expertise, including advanced SQL and data modeling, and experience designing and operating production data pipelines.
• Proficiency with Python for data engineering work.
• Demonstrated ability to own data quality, reliability, and observability for critical datasets in production.
• Familiarity with supporting AI/ML systems in production — such as data/feature pipelines, evaluation datasets, or experimentation — and applying AI/ML concepts to real‑world products responsibly.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Python

SQL

Data modeling

Data pipelines

Data quality & observability

AI/ML data systems

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Data Eng or related field

Tools

dbt

BigQuery

Snowflake

Looker

Metabase

Jobbeschreibung

Expedia Group’s Layla Team is seeking a Senior AI / ML Data Engineer to build the data foundations powering Layla’s AI‑native travel planning and booking experiences. You’ll design and operate reliable data pipelines, ensure data quality, and enable experimentation and model evaluation in production, collaborating with product, analytics, and ML engineering teams.

You’ll mentor engineers, promote engineering excellence in data, and apply responsible AI/ML practices as part of a small, senior