Drimva

Expedia

Principal Software Development Engineer, ML-Powered Flight Search

$231K–$370K

Washington - Seattle Campus · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026

Experience
12+ years of relevant professional experience.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.

About the job

Leads architecture and delivery of scalable flight-search software, integrating AI/ML solutions to improve traveler-facing flight shopping experiences.

What you'll do

  • Lead architectural design and delivery across technical domains, including system design, APIs, and data modeling.
  • Mentor engineering teams and promote responsible AI/ML integration and operational excellence.
  • Partner across teams to deliver secure, resilient, high-performing technology solutions.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
  • Demonstrated expertise in large-scale system architecture, technical decision making, and delivery of complex multi-domain solutions.
  • Proven track record designing and operating secure, high-quality, scalable software systems.
  • Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real-world products.

Nice to have

  • Experience leading architectural modernization or guiding engineering organizations through significant change or complexity.
  • Experience building neural search and embedding retrieval systems, production deep learning systems, ranking or personalization models, and real-time inference pipelines.

Pay

USD $231,000.00 to $323,500.00 total cash; potential pay up to USD $369,500.00 total cash

Tools

Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS, PyTorch, TensorFlow, TorchServe, TensorFlow Serving, BentoML

AI focus

Safely integrate and operate AI/ML solutions; preferred work includes neural and semantic search, embedding-based retrieval, ranking and personalization models, and real-time inference.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)