Software Development Engineer III

About the Position

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business.

Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.

Responsibilities

• Own mission-critical services end-to-end-from technical design and API contracts through implementation, deployment, and ongoing operations-for high-throughput, low-latency distributed pricing services at global scale.
• Partner with the business to have a clear understanding of how your own technology stack is tied to business outcomes and our bottom line.
• Analyze complex problems, deconstruct them into manageable milestones, and collaboratively deliver sustainable technical solutions.
• Participate actively in architecture reviews, writing thorough and well-supported technical documentation, and conducting detailed code reviews.
• Creatively test and maintain software applications and related programs and procedures by using a variety of software development tools following the design requirements of the customer.
• Research and recommend frameworks and architectural/code design patterns and identify areas of improvement within the code and suggest solutions.
• Advocate for operational excellence (such as unit testing, establishing SLAs, and programming for resiliency and scalability) and strive for optimum organizational efficiency by applying systems thinking across boundaries and making recommendations about policies/ processes.
• Mentor team members, sharing knowledge and expertise to foster a culture of continuous technical growth and collaboration across teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent (5+ years of professional software development experience), or Master's Degree (4+ years post-degree experience).
• Hands-on experience in software development using Java or similar object-oriented programming languages, or Scala or Kotlin or similar functional languages.
• Proven experience building and operating scalable distributed systems and services within AWS cloud infrastructure or similar technologies.
• Experience formally mentoring at least 3 individuals and driving technical design end to end for at least 3 projects.
• Ability to identify business problems at the project level and team level and design solutions that are easily testable and observable.
• Understanding of relational and NoSQL databases, data structures, API patterns, and service-oriented architectures.
• Ability to establish operational excellence metrics at the team level and identify and advocate for project quality via testing, monitoring, and alerting at the project level.
• Strong practical knowledge and experience developing robust caching solutions, utilizing technologies such as Redis or Couchbase or Memcached, or similar distributed caching tools.
• Experience working successfully on Agile development teams with a minimum of 5 engineers, understanding modern agile methodologies, version control systems, continuous integration, and continuous delivery practices.
• Commitment to technical excellence with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of thriving and collaborating within a globally distributed team environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience with low-latency and high-throughput processing (1M+ TPS) microservices.
• Demonstrated proficiency in safely integrating AI/ML-enabled solutions within backend systems and leveraging AI-driven tools or workflows to enhance real-world product outcomes.

We Offer

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment.
• Be part of a team that values collaboration, continuous learning, and professional growth.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

About the Company

Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.

Equal Opportunity

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.

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Important Notice

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