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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.\nHere, 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.\nDirector, Data Engineering\nIntroduction to the Team:\nExpedia Group B2B connects partners across the travel industry to our leading technology, supply, and services - helping them deliver seamless travel experiences to their customers. From airlines and hotels to financial institutions and other travel platforms, we power smarter, faster, and more impactful travel solutions through the most connected marketplace in the world\nMake An Impact!\nAs the Director, Data Engineering, you will lead the Data Engineering, Software Engineering, AI, and Innovation capabilities supporting Expedia Group’s Marketing Automation and MarTech organization. You will set the vision and execution strategy for the platforms, products, and services that connect customer, marketing, product, and operational data and enable responsible, scalable use of AI.\nReporting to the head of Digital Operations, you will ensure that data, software, and AI capabilities are trusted, secure, scalable, and easy to use. You will partner with Marketing, MarTech, Analytics, Product, Technology, and responsible AI stakeholders to improve customer engagement, campaign effectiveness, operational efficiency, and the speed at which the organization can bring new ideas to life.\nLeadership Approach:\nYou are strategic, outcome-oriented, technically credible, and comfortable operating across business and technology. You create clarity, make thoughtful decisions, hold teams accountable for reliability, responsible AI, and customer value, and develop an inclusive environment where people can do their best work. You are curious about what’s next while remaining pragmatic about risk, cost, scale, and trust.\nIn This Role You Will:\nSet and execute a multi-year data and technology strategy aligned to Marketing Automation, MarTech, personalization, customer engagement, and Digital Operations priorities. \nLead three interconnected capabilities: data engineering and platform ownership; software engineering and integration services; and AI, innovation, experimentation, and emerging technology. \nDefine architecture standards and make pragmatic build, buy, partner, and platform decisions that balance speed, scale, reliability, security, and cost. \nBuild and evolve scalable data pipelines, data products, APIs, integrations, services, workflow automation, and developer tooling across the MarTech ecosystem. \nEstablish strong practices for data quality, observability, lineage, access, governance, privacy, security, service ownership, and incident response. \nPartner with Analytics and business stakeholders to create trusted metrics, semantic models, and self-service capabilities that support better decisions. \nEnable advanced analytics, experimentation, machine learning, generative AI, and intelligent automation through fit-for-purpose data and engineering foundations. \nEstablish the foundations for AI adoption, including model and prompt evaluation, data readiness, monitoring, cost management, access controls, human oversight, and responsible AI guardrails. \nLead an innovation portfolio from problem discovery and prototyping through evaluation, productionization, or intentional shutdown-ensuring successful experiments become supported and measurable products. \nCreate alignment across stakeholders on roadmaps, priorities, dependencies, investment choices, risks, and trade-offs, and communicate progress clearly to senior leadership. \nBuild, lead, and develop a high-performing organization of engineering leaders and individual contributors across data, software, and innovation. \nEstablish an operating model that balances committed delivery, platform health, technical debt reduction, modernization, and responsible experimentation. \nImprove efficiency through automation, reusable platforms, technology simplification, cloud and vendor cost management, and disciplined portfolio planning. \nExperience and Qualifications:\n10+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, platform engineering, or a related discipline, including 3+ years leading managers or multi-disciplinary engineering teams. \nExperience defining and executing technology strategy across complex, enterprise-scale environments. \nA track record of building and operating production-grade data platforms, pipelines, integrations, software services, and automation. \nStrong knowledge of data architecture, data modeling, ETL/ELT, batch and streaming systems, APIs, event-driven design, orchestration, and distributed processing. \nExperience with SQL, Python, cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and technologies such as Spark, CI/CD, observability, and infrastructure automation. \nExperience integrating CRM, marketing automation, customer data, analytics, experimentation, and personalization platforms. Experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Marketo, Eloqua, or comparable platforms is a plus. \nExperience establishing data quality, governance, security, privacy, reliability, responsible AI, and operational excellence practices. \nExperience leading software delivery, production operations, incident management, modernization, and platform simplification. \nExperience applying machine learning, generative AI, intelligent automation, or AI-enabled engineering practices in production or enterprise environments. \nStrong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts and trade-offs for technical and non-technical audiences. \nA track record of building high-performing teams, developing leaders, and creating effective partnerships across functions. \nSound judgment in balancing innovation and speed with sustainability, control, maintainability, and long-term platform health. \nPreferred qualifications \nExperience with customer data platforms, identity resolution, consent management, audience activation, or personalization ecosystems. \nExperience with machine learning, generative AI, predictive analytics, AI agents, model operations, LLM operations, experimentation platforms, or AI-enabled engineering productivity. \nFamiliarity with responsible AI practices, including evaluation, explainability, safety, human oversight, and lifecycle governance.\nExperience designing data products, semantic layers, metrics platforms, or self-service analytics capabilities. \nExperience leading cloud migration, platform consolidation, technology simplification, or other multi-year modernization programs. \nFamiliarity with GDPR, CCPA, or comparable privacy and data protection requirements. \nExperience managing strategic technology vendors, external partners, and enterprise platform dependencies. \nExperience working in a global, matrixed, consumer-facing, or high-volume digital environment.\nThe total cash range for this position in Austin is $231,000.00 to $323,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $369,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.\nStarting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.\nBenefits and perks\nExpedia 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 https://careers.expediagroup.com/life.\nAccommodation requests\nExpedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request athttps://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation.\nAbout Expedia Group\nExpedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.\nImportant notice\nEmployment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official place to find and apply for roles is https://careers.expediagroup.com/jobs/.\nEqual Opportunity\nExpedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This employer participates in E-Verify. 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