Software Development Engineer III

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.

Software Development Engineer III

Introduction to team
Expedia Technology teams partner with our Product teams to create 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 that drive loyalty and traveler satisfaction.

We are the Acquisition Marketing & Growth (AMG) team that plays a key role in shaping the first impressions of millions of travelers entering our ecosystem. We’re looking for a motivated, curious, and creative thinker to help us build and elevate the upper-funnel landing experience for customers.

As an integral member of the AMG team, you'll design and implement engaging entry points for users coming through a range of channels—including direct traffic, paid advertising, organic SEO, SEM, and social platforms. Our goal is to craft a contextual and personalized experience that draws customers in and supports them as they explore and find the perfect travel options within the Expedia ecosystem.

In this role, you will:

• Lead development of features for the traveler experience across all of EG brands’ Landing Pages
• Explore, learn, design, and implement modular and scalable software components, based on your understanding of the EG ecosystem, complemented by current industry trends
• Understand the business problem space, and communicate impact to technical decisions while providing high-level estimates, and breakdown of tasks for the solutions proposed
• Enable decision making to architecture, and technical challenges faced by the team and document and share best practices, maintain and enhance quality of code written
• Optimize existing observability, and monitoring solutions, and proactively identify methods to close the gap to maintain high operational excellence
• Mentor junior developers in your chosen area of technology.

Experience and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent related professional experience and 5+ years of hands-on software development experience, ideally in large-scale or enterprise environments.
• Proven experience designing, developing, and maintaining robust, scalable applications.
• Advanced knowledge in one or more programming languages
  • Frontend libraries and frameworks: Javascript/Typescript, HTML/CSS, React.js, Node.js
  • Familiarity with Server-side technologies: Java, Kotlin with a solid understanding of API design in GraphQL/RESTful services
  • Familiarity with cloud architecture and platforms like AWS.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, Spinnaker, or GitHub Actions.
  • Strong experience in unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing, using frameworks and tools like JUnit, Mockito, Jest, Cypress, or Selenium.
• Strong understanding of SEO principles, both on-page and technical.
• Experience with SEM campaign landing page development and A/B testing.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams. Capable of mentoring junior developers and participating in technical discussions and decision-making processes.

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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