Senior Software Development Engineer (Java Backend)

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.

Why Join Us?

To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win. We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model, and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey.

Introduction to the Team

Expedia Product & Technology builds innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences for the traveler and our partners that drive loyalty and customer satisfaction.

What you’ll do:

• You will successfully conduct day-to-day work and solve complex issues in your own specific technical engineering area.
• You will share domain and industry knowledge between cross-functional teams and serve as a guide to others by helping junior engineers in their duties.
• You will partner with the business to have a clear understanding of how your own technology stack is tied to business outcomes.
• You will advise on technical limitations of software design for products and provide alternative solutions.
• You will possess knowledge of features and facilities for integration and communication among applications, databases, and technology platforms.
• You will creatively test and maintain software applications and related programs and procedures by using a variety of software development tools.
• You will take technical responsibility for the health of the codebase, including quality, scalability, and performance.
• You will act as a spokesperson for software design best practices and advocate for operational excellence.
• You will take a whole systems approach to analyze issues and implement holistic solutions.

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in a related technical field; or experience driving technical design end to end in at least 2 multi-quarter projects.
• 8+ years of Software Development work experience (Java or Kotlin experience strongly preferred) with a strong focus on backend development.
• Experience formally mentoring at least 3 individuals is also required.
• Able to identify business problems at the project level and design solutions that are easily testable and observable.
• Has a strong understanding of testing and monitoring tools and technologies.
• Ability to establish operational excellence metrics at the team level.

On-Call Requirement:

This position requires the employee to be on-call outside of regular working hours, including responding to emergencies or incidents, providing prompt support and solutions, and participating in on-call rotations.

Accommodation requests:

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team.

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.