Mobile Engineer II, Android

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.

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.

Are you excited to build new technologies that will be instrumental in bringing Expedia Group's evolving brand to life by delivering Native App experiences for millions of users? Come build the future of travel with us!

Software Engineers at Expedia Group develop solutions and products that touch millions of people every day around the globe. Our engineers seek some of the most sophisticated problems in the world of travel across various brands — Expedia, Orbitz, Car Rentals, Vrbo, Hotels.com, Travelocity, eBookers and others. We are looking for strong technical talent as well as a keen desire to deeply understand our products and services to push our technology forward with respect to functionality, performance, reliability, and scalability.

Our team in Search and Recs Experience is looking for curious, empathetic, and creative problem solvers with a growth mindset. We are a team of travel-loving makers, building a cutting-edge platform using latest technologies. You will be responsible for building a best-in-class shopping experience for our travellers and partners.

As a member of the team, you will:

• Design, build, and ship end-to-end features for native Android apps used by millions of travellers.
• Partner with Product, Design, and back-end teams to turn requirements into robust Android solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable Kotlin code using modern Android architectures and Jetpack libraries.
• Ensure performance, stability, and accessibility across the Android experiences you own.
• Own the quality and reliability of your work through testing, monitoring, and safe, incremental releases.
• Use data, experimentation, and customer feedback to iterate and improve existing features.
• Help strengthen our engineering culture by contributing to code reviews, shared standards, and team learning.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
• 2+ years of relevant professional experience building and shipping native Android applications.
• Proficient in Kotlin (and familiar with Java), with a solid grasp of Android fundamentals and app lifecycle.
• Comfortable working with REST/GraphQL APIs, client/server patterns, and modern Android tooling (e.g., Jetpack, Compose).
• Intentional about building high-quality, performant, and accessible Android user experiences.
• Thoughtful about using AI-powered coding and productivity tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Jetpack libraries and modern Android tooling (e.g., Jetpack Compose, Coroutines/Flows, Android Studio, Gradle) to build scalable, testable architectures.
• Awareness of performance and reliability considerations on mobile (app start, scrolling performance, memory, battery) and experience using profiling/monitoring tools to diagnose and fix issues.
• Comfortable defining and implementing test strategies (unit, UI, snapshot, and integration tests).
• Awareness of accessibility and inclusive design basics on Android (e.g., Talkback, touch targets, contrast) and a desire to improve the accessibility of native experiences.
• Experience working in cross functional Agile teams, collaborating with Product, Design, and other engineers, and communicating clearly about progress, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Familiarity with AI driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products, including thoughtful use of AI powered coding and productivity tools.

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.

We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.

Expedia Group 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.