Lead AI Engineer

***This role is based at one of our corporate offices in McLean, VA, Dallas, TX or Memphis, TN***

This is your chance to be a part of an in-house Technology team that's creating consumer-facing, modern technologies revolutionizing the hospitality industry around the world! As a Lead AI Platform Engineer , you will bring your technical skills to a hospitality company with an award-winning culture. On the AI Platform team reporting to the Director Software Engineering AI Platform, you will support projects including AI stay planner, AI Agents and LLM integrations.

HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU

Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:

• Go Hilton travel program: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
• Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
• Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Learn more about the rest of our benefits

At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities and programs through every step of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate.

**Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.

What your day-to-day will be like:

• Build API, MCP Servers, AI agents, and LLM Interactions using Python, FastAPI, LangChain, or Strands.
• Develop full stack web applications using React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, vitest, and TestingLibrary on the front end.
• Design and implement scalable cloud applications using AWS services such as S3, EKS, Elasticache, Bedrock, AgentCore and Guardrails.
• Build observability using Datadog and Splunk.

How you will collaborate with others:

• Propose initial UI/UX concepts and flows and iterate based on feedback from Product and UX teams.
• Work with security and legal teams to evaluate AI Assistants and maintain them.
• Work with software engineering teams to adapt the tools to Hilton codebases by implementing custom instructions, custom agents and agent skills.

What deliverables you will take ownership of:

• Partner with delivery managers, software engineers and other team members to translate requirements into technical solutions, participating in sprint planning, design reviews, and architecture discussions
• Guide the implementation of AI agents for developer productivity and customer experience use cases, including designing API integrations, building evaluation pipelines, and establishing best practices for agent workflows.
• Production deployment, monitoring and support for AI and Agentic use cases.

WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT

You have these minimum qualifications:

• Five (5) years of professional work experience in Technology or related field
• Two (2) years of work experience in Generative AI-driven solutions .
• Two (2) years of experience engineering AI solutions in UI development, API configuration, or platforms support
• You have a learning mindset and will become proficient in new technologies, based on the team's needs.
• This is a hybrid role and would require to be near one of our three US office locations (McLean, Dallas, Memphis)
• Travel up to 5%

It would be useful if you have:

• Bachelor's Degree, or Associate's Degree plus 7+ years of Technology related experience , or High School Degree/GED plus 9+ years of Technology related experience
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab)
• Experience with a no-sql databases such as elastic cache or open search.

WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR HILTON

Hilton, the #1 World's Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands . Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton!

We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.