Expedia

Senior Frontend Engineer - Layla AI

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7 days ago
Austin, TX, USA or Seattle, WA, USASenior
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Responsibilities

  • Build reusable, component-based web interfaces with React and Next.js for conversational travel planning and booking.
  • Translate product concepts, designs, and wireframes into maintainable frontend code while partnering with Product, Design, and backend engineering.
  • Develop performant, scalable, reliable, cross-browser web applications and resolve performance bottlenecks.
  • Run experiments and use product data to guide traveler-experience and interaction decisions.
  • Integrate AI/ML-enabled capabilities such as assistant-driven planning, personalization, and recommendations safely into web features.
  • Drive frontend architecture, reusable patterns, accessibility, usability, and engineering quality.
  • Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical design feedback, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent related professional experience.
  • 8+ years of experience developing production-quality code in a professional software engineering role.
  • Deep frontend/web development expertise with JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, and reusable component-based interfaces.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming.
  • Ability to build fast, scalable, reliable web applications with maintainable and testable frontend architecture.
  • Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts safely to real-world products.
  • Experience with Next.js or similar React frameworks and server-driven or server-rendered UI patterns is preferred.
  • Experience with Node.js and APIs, accessible and inclusive web interfaces, A/B testing, AI/ML or generative-AI web integrations, and AI-assisted development tools such as Claude is preferred.
  • Experience in e-commerce, marketplace, or travel domains and demonstrated ability to improve frontend architecture and mentor engineers are preferred.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off and an Employee Assistance Program.
  • Wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership.

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