Software Development Engineer II - Backend
Expedia Group
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 (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.
Introduction to the team
As a Software Development Engineer II, you’ll join the Inventory team in the Expedia Distribution & Supply Technology division of Expedia Group. Our team oversees the services that support lodging supply. You will play a critical role in refining the lodging supply services, working on initiatives to increase booking conversion or improve client experience, and building scalable and resilient solutions.
An established performer who consistently applies software engineering principles to business contexts, leads small, well-defined projects and continues as a supporting player on complex projects, and actively identifies inefficiencies in existing systems.
In this role, you will:
Develops and tests standard software applications and related programs and procedures to ensure they meet design requirements
Applies software design principles, data structures and/or design patterns and computer science fundamentals to write code that is clean, maintainable, optimized, modular with good naming conventions
Proactively reaches out to meet peers across environment and collaborates to solve problems
Takes advantage of opportunities to build new technical expertise in a specific engineering area
Completes tasks and/or provides data to support implementation of holistic solutions that forge linkages between structure, people, process and technology
Experience and qualifications:
2+ years' experience in software development or similar role, bachelor's degree+
Developed software in a team environment of at least 5 engineers (agile, version control, etc.)
Built and maintained a software project/product in production environments in public/hybrid cloud infrastructure
Strong technical proficiency in Kotlin and/or Java. Knowledgeable in modern API frameworks, including REST, gRPC and GraphQL
Understands debugging, testing and monitoring tools
Please note that this role is only available in Austin, TX and in alignment with our flexible work model which requires employees to be in-office at least three days a week. We are unable to offer relocation assistance for this role.
Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.
Accommodation requests
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.
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