Android Engineer II

Expedia•Austin, TX

65d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. The Android Engineer II role is part of the VR Differentiators team, a key part of our Multi-Channel Shopping organization. Our team owns and operates across a number of critical Tier-1 applications and features that powers shopping experiences for Vacation Rentals (VR) across multiple brands (Vrbo, Expedia, and others). In this role, you will lead and deliver impactful features and improvements in our native applications, directly influencing the shopping experience for millions of travelers. You will collaborate closely with iOS, Web, and backend contributors and will coordinate with additional stakeholder teams to create cohesive, high-quality experiences to improve the shopping journey on every device our customers use.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
2+ years of relevant professional experience.
Professional software development experience building Android applications, including hands-on work with Kotlin and core Android SDK components.
Experience owning features or services within an Android application, including end-to-end implementation from API consumption through UI, data modeling, and system design (LLD).
Proficiency in mobile development fundamentals such as concurrency, networking, data persistence, testing, and version control within a collaborative engineering environment.

Nice To Haves

Strong experience building Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, with the ability to develop scalable, high‑quality UI and component architectures.
Experience delivering Android applications or features used at scale, with a focus on performance, reliability, and efficient resource usage.
Background in designing and evolving Android app architecture (e.g., modularization, clean architecture, reactive patterns), APIs, and data models that support long-term maintainability.
Demonstrated strength in operational excellence, including monitoring, logging, incident analysis, and continuous improvement for Android applications in production.
Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products on mobile, including safely integrating AI/ML‑enabled features into Android apps to enhance user experiences.
Experience leveraging AI-assisted development or testing tools in the Android ecosystem to improve developer productivity, code quality, or app performance.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain Android applications using Kotlin, ensuring high-quality, performant, and maintainable code across features and services.
Implement and evolve mobile application architecture, including system design (LLD), API integration, and data modeling, to deliver scalable and resilient Android solutions.
Collaborate with cross-functional partners to translate product and experience requirements into robust technical solutions, balancing usability, performance, and reliability.
Write and maintain unit, integration, and UI tests, contributing to continuous integration and delivery practices and improving overall code quality and release confidence.
Diagnose and resolve defects and performance issues in Android applications, using data, logs, and analytics to drive root-cause analysis and continuous improvement.
Apply familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products, and safely integrate and operate AI/ML‑enabled solutions that improve outcomes in the Android experience.