Expedia Group · 2 days ago
Principal User Experience Designer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$224K/yr - $314K/yr
8+ years expExpedia Group is a company that powers global travel for everyone, everywhere. They are seeking a Principal User Experience Designer to craft incredible user experiences and drive impactful work that helps millions of people engage with AI-driven travel solutions.
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Responsibilities
Translate strategic vision into high-impact visual stories and prototypes that clarify, align, and accelerate the future of AI-driven travel experiences across Expedia Group
Lead through making, applying exceptional UI and visual design craft alongside high-fidelity prototyping to explore, validate, and communicate concepts
Advance next-generation interfaces by envisioning new paradigms for conversational, multimodal, and adaptive AI-driven experiences
Design for agentic and mixed-initiative interactions, creating visually intuitive feedback mechanisms that support uncertain or probabilistic system states
Evolve Expedia’s design system to support AI-native patterns, adaptive layouts, and intelligent interface behaviors
Integrate data-informed design principles that ensure personalization, prediction, and automation are expressed through cohesive, accessible UI systems
Develop visual frameworks and pattern architectures that promote consistency, trust, and clarity across all surfaces and contexts
Create high-fidelity visual storytelling artifacts—layouts, flows, motion studies, and prototypes—to align teams and articulate design intent
Foster a culture of open critique, inclusion, and curiosity centered on raising the standard of UI craft
Collaborate across disciplines to align on strategy, share insights, and elevate AI-driven interface quality
Champion the traveler’s voice in every AI interaction, ensuring experiences remain transparent, empathetic, and empowering
Partner with research and data teams to understand behavioral patterns, context, and intent—translating insights into adaptive design strategies
Embed responsible AI design principles that prioritize fairness, explainability, and user trust
Qualification
Required
8+ years of relevant professional experience
Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience Design, Cognitive Science, or related design or technical field; or equivalent related professional experience
Portfolio demonstrating exceptional UI and visual design craft through modern, high‑quality digital product interfaces
Expertise defining and evolving UI patterns and interface-level design systems, particularly for intelligent or adaptive interaction models
Mastery in visual design, UI layout, component design, and high‑fidelity prototyping, with strong proficiency across UX, system design, and motion fundamentals
Experience designing AI-powered interfaces with clear strategies for state management, system feedback, and multimodal interaction patterns
Deep understanding of AI and conversational design tools and methods, including prototyping with LLMs, prompt engineering, data-informed interaction design, and expert knowledge of modern design and prototyping platforms including but not limited to Figma, Cursor, etc
Benefits
Medical/dental/vision
Paid time off
Employee Assistance Program
Wellness & travel reimbursement
Travel discounts
International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership
Company
Expedia Group
At Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE), we believe travel is a force for good – it opens minds, builds connections, and bridges divides.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.25BKey Investors
Apollo,Silver LakeTCV
2025-02-21Post Ipo Debt· $985M
2020-04-23Post Ipo Equity· $1.2B
2020-04-23Post Ipo Debt· $2B
Leadership Team
Ariane Gorin
Chief Executive Officer
Ramana Thumu
Chief Technology Officer
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