AI Solutions Principal

Expedia Group • Austin, TX

5d • $231,000 - $369,500

About The Position

The AI Solutions Principal is a highly influential individual contributor who shapes the technical direction of Expedia Group's data and AI capabilities. In this role, you will operate at the intersection of executive strategy and hands-on engineering — translating ambiguous business challenges into clearly scoped, delegable engineering initiatives while mentoring senior talent and advocating for scalable, future-ready solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field with 12+ years of relevant experience; or Master's degree in a related technical field with 10+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent related professional experience
• Demonstrated experience defining data engineering and architecture best practices at a department or organizational level
• Proficiency in one or more development languages: Java, Python, or Scala
• Deep expertise in data architecture, data modeling, streaming technology, data validation, and performance optimization
• Experience architecting distributed systems and building high-performance, scalable data products
• Proficient communication skills with the ability to present technical strategy to executive leadership and cross-functional teams

Nice To Haves

• Experience with machine learning, data science platforms, or AI-driven solution design
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms and enterprise information management
• Experience with cost optimization strategies for large-scale data infrastructure
• Background providing technical assessment and feedback in peer performance reviews

Responsibilities

• Translate complex, ambiguous business requirements into well-scoped engineering projects and guide teams toward sound technology decisions.
• Architect and influence complex data systems, establishing best practices, design standards, and recommended toolsets across multiple domains.
• Develop and communicate a north star vision for your domain, advocating for initiatives that remove long-term technical roadblocks.
• Partner with technologists across Expedia Group to collaboratively solve problems and support a community of engineering practice.
• Build relationships with leaders across the organization to understand business challenges and apply a technology lens to deliver impactful solutions.
• Design scalable, resilient, and highly available distributed systems for data extraction, ingestion, and large-scale data processing.
• Stay current on industry trends in AI, machine learning, and data engineering — identifying opportunities for adoption and recognizing when new trends are premature or ephemeral.
• Contribute to and influence organizational technology strategy, product vision, and cross-domain integration decisions.
• Actively mentor senior individual contributors, identify rising talent, and coach the broader data engineering community within your domains.
• Lead solution design relating to advancements in data engineering, cloud data platforms, data modeling, business intelligence, and data science.
• Communicate technology choices and design patterns verbally and in writing to organization-wide audiences, including executive stakeholders.
• Drive principles and practices for software that is testable, observable, cost-optimized, and operationally excellent across multi-project scopes.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• paid time off
• an Employee Assistance Program
• wellness and travel reimbursement
• travel discounts
• International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal