AI Engineer III

Expedia Group, Inc.

$146K — $204K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field; or equivalent professional experience.
  • 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
  • Experience owning data products with demonstrated impact in a specific domain or product.
  • Proven track record in delivering a significant end-to-end service or product using AI tools.
  • Proficiency in a modern programming language (e.g., Java, Scala) and strong fundamentals in computer science.
  • Experience building and evolving data pipelines, both batch and stream.

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve complex data products from design to production support.
  • Leverage AI tools throughout the software development lifecycle to enhance efficiency.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, clarifying designs and aligning solutions.
  • Design services, APIs, and data models for easy consumption by users and AI systems.
  • Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and technical discussions.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off and wellness reimbursement.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Travel discounts and IATAN membership.
Full Job Description
AI Engineer III

Customer Data Platform at EG builds innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality data experiences for travelers, partners, and our internal teams. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences for thetravelerand our partners that drive loyalty and customer satisfaction.

As an AI Engineer, you will lead projects, design and build scalable, reliable data services and pipelines by leveraging AI tools and technologies that power analytics, reporting, and data-driven product experiences. You will combine strong software engineering fundamentals with data engineering and AI skills to deliver secure, high-quality data products on modern cloud infrastructure.

In this role, you will:

  • Own and evolve complex, businesscritical data products end to end 6 from technical design and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and daytoday production support, escalating appropriately on the most complex or crossorg decisions
  • Apply modern engineering practices and use AI as a copilot across the software development lifecycle to clarify requirements, explore designs, accelerate coding, strengthen automated testing, and improve operational excellence and reliability
  • Collaborate with partners across engineering, product, data, and business functions 6 contributing to crossteam designs, surfacing tradeoffs clearly, and helping align simple, resilient solutions
  • Design and integrate services, APIs, and data models so that highquality data and capabilities are easily consumable by both human users and AI systems, working within established architectural patterns and guardrail
  • Share knowledge and mentor others, especially earliercareer engineers, through code reviews, pairing, and design discussions 6 including helping teammates use AI tools effectively and responsibly as part of their daily workflow

Experience & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor27s degree in computer scienceor a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience
  • 5+ years of relevant professional experience
  • Experience with owningdata products, withdemonstratedimpact within a domain or product
  • Proven experience delivering at least one significant end to end service orproductwithin a product or domainusing AI tools(like Claude, Codex, copilot).
  • Proficiencyin at least one modern programming language (like Java, Scala) and strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, object-oriented or functional design), with hands-on experience in system design (LLD), API design, and data modeling
  • Experience working with data pipelines, batch and stream, including building, consuming, and evolving them.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience designing and building reliable, scalable systems on cloud platforms, including contributing to service boundaries, resilience mechanisms, and operational best practices
  • Strongproficiencyusing AI tools and techniques as part of everyday software engineering work (for example, exploring implementation options,generatingand hardening code, enhancing test coverage, or analyzing production behavior), with sound judgment about when humanonly review isrequired
  • Experiencedeveloping frameworks for AI-driven coding agents, including MCP and spec-driven development methodologies
  • Experience defining and enforcing AI governance practices to ensure responsible, secure, and compliant AI system development
  • Experiencewith big data technologies like Spark, Kafka, Flink and no-SQL data stores like Cassandra, Scylla and Iceberg.
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence across disciplines 6 partnering with engineering, product, and data stakeholders to move designs forward, unblock dependencies, and land changes that span multiple teams
  • Track recordof leading technical workstreams that simplify components or services, improve performance or reliability, or increase developer productivity within andadjacent toyour team

#LI-MC!

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $146,000.00 to $204,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $233,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual27s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.


Benefits and perks

Expedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership. Learn more about life at Expedia Group at .


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