Machine Learning Scientist II - Whole Trip AI

Expedia•Austin, TX

2d•$112,000 - $179,000

About The Position

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business. Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere. Introduction to the Team Our Technology Team partners with teams across Expedia Group to create innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences that drive loyalty and traveler satisfaction. The Whole Trip AI team at Expedia Group enables unforgettable travel experiences. The team’s responsibilities cover search ranking & recommendations for Brand Expedia across core lines of business including Flights, Cars, Packages, and Activities. Additionally, we’re responsible for optimizing our interactions with travelers across this domain, including cache optimization, price forecasting, and next-best action modeling. Our approaches include both traditional ML as well as GenAI-based solutions. We work closely with other teams in the Data & AI organization to continually improve our tools, processes, and platforms for building and deploying industry leading AI solutions. The Machine Learning Scientist II will own complex projects within our team’s scope. You will utilize a variety of techniques to solve challenging business problems and act as a full-stack contributor to delivering AI solutions. You will work with a dynamic group of product managers, engineers, and scientists to achieve Expedia’s business goals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience
2+ years of relevant professional experience
Professional industry experience applying machine learning or statistical modeling to real business problems, including end-to-end model development from data exploration through evaluation and deployment
Proficiency in Python and with ML frameworks and libraries for model development, training, and evaluation
Demonstrated ability to translate problem statements into well-defined ML tasks, design appropriate model and data structures (including APIs and data models), and own solutions within a defined product, service, or feature area, including familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products with attention to safety and reliability

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree in a quantitative field (such as Computer Science, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or similar) with focused coursework or research in ML, optimization, or statistical modeling
Experience with modern ranking & recommendation modeling approaches in an applied, production setting
Track record of optimizing ML systems in production, including monitoring, alerting, retraining, and model governance to ensure performance, robustness, and fairness
Experience designing and improving ML architectures at scale, including model selection, feature store design, and API/data model choices that support low-latency, high-availability production systems
Familiarity with natural language search techniques and agentic workflows

Responsibilities

Design and implement end-to-end model pipelines to production across multiple product domains, including ranking, recommendations, search, and personalization
Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines, data quality checks, and model monitoring to ensure reliability, performance, and responsible behavior of ML systems in production
Collaborate with cross-functional partners (product, analytics, engineering) to translate ambiguous business needs into well-scoped ML projects, communicate findings, and influence decision making with data-driven insights
Use A/B tests and offline/online evaluation frameworks to measure model impact and guide iterative improvement