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Distinguished Scientist, Agentic Applications - Traveler Experience

at Expedia Group

📍 2 Locations Onsite 💰 $323K – $452K USD / year Posted March 30, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $323K – $452K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience mid
Exp. Years 15+ years
Education Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field; or equivalent related professional experience; PhD preferred
Category AI & Machine Learning

About this role

Distinguished/Lead Scientist focused on agentic applications for travel; defines long-term scientific agenda, leads applied research, and builds prototype agents and end-to-end systems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Shape the long-term vision for agentic AI for traveler experiences
  • Serve as a strategic thought partner to leaders
  • Design and evolve agentic experiences and architectures
  • Lead applied research in tool-using agents and multiagent systems
  • Be hands-on building prototyped agents and conducting experiments

Technical Overview

Expert in GenAI, LLMs, multiagent systems, tool-using agents; breadboards prototype agents and run experiments; Python and ML deployment tooling; familiar with LangSmith, DeepEval, Galileo, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, AutoGen.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a distinguished/lead scientist with 15+ years in GenAI, deep expertise in LLMs and multiagent systems, and a track record of turning PoCs into production-grade solutions.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer ScienceMachine Learningor related field15+ years of experienceDeep expertise in LLM training/tuning/distillationmultiagent frameworks and orchestration of toolusing agentsarchitecting ML platforms and systemsProficiency in PythonFamiliarity with agentic evaluation frameworks (LangSmithDeepEvalGalileo)Demonstrated ability to deliver large GenAI projects from concept to productionExperience defining best practices and driving improvements through workshops coaching and thought leadership

Nice-to-Have Skills

PhD in Computer ScienceMachine Learningor related field with 12+ years' experience is requiredEntrepreneurial mindset with revenue-generating PoCGenAI leadership with publications or patentsContext Engineering patterns retrieval memory session/state management groundingExperience interfacing with executive stakeholdersOutstanding communication skills

Tools & Platforms

LangSmithDeepEvalGalileoLangGraphLlamaIndexAutoGenPython

Required Skills

LLM trainingLLM tuningdistillationmultiagent frameworksorchestration of toolusing agentsarchitecting ML platformsPythondata pipelinesmodel deployment toolingLangSmithDeepEvalGalileoLangGraphLlamaIndexAutoGen

Hard Skills

LLM trainingLLM tuningdistillationmultiagent frameworksorchestration of toolusing agentsarchitecting ML platformsPythondata pipelinesmodel deployment toolingLangSmithDeepEvalGalileoLangGraphLlamaIndexAutoGen

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationthought leadershipmentoring

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS
Job Function Lead agentic AI research and development for traveler experiences

Deal Breakers

15+ years of experience in AI/ML, Bachelor's degree in CS/ML or related field, PhD preferred or required

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