Senior Software Engineer - Distribution and Supply

Expedia•Seattle, WA

About The Position

At Expedia Group, our Distribution and Supply organization builds the core systems powering the global travel marketplace processing trillions of pricing requests daily and serving hundreds of millions of travelers across hotels, vacation rentals, cars and packages, while helping thousands of partners optimize pricing, inventory, and visibility in real time. We're looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to build and scale our next-generation pricing and marketplace infrastructure. You'll design and operate highly available, low-latency distributed systems handling massive request volumes, owning critical services that directly shape traveler experience and partner success across the Expedia ecosystem. We value engineers who can pick the right tool for the job, our stack spans JVM languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala) and systems languages like Rust, and we're open to the technology that best fits the problem over dogma about any one language.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
8+ years of experience, highly proficient in Java/JVM languages (Scala, Kotlin) or systems languages like Rust.
Demonstrated ownership of services or components through technical design, implementation, quality, and operational health.
Strong system design (LLD), API design, and data modeling skills, with experience in microservices architectures, automated testing, and CI/CD.

Nice To Haves

Experience with large-scale, high-traffic distributed systems and have led performance tuning, capacity planning, and resilience engineering.
Hands-on experience with Rust or other systems-level languages for performance-critical, low-latency components.
Track record of technical leadership such as leading/reviewing designs and code, and mentoring/coaching junior engineers to influence best practices across teams.
Strong observability and operational excellence skills such as metrics, alerting, incident response, and post-incident analysis.
Familiarity with AI-driven development tools (code generation, testing, operational insights), applied responsibly to boost productivity.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and own scalable, resilient services end-to-end from system design, API design, and data modeling through implementation, testing, deployment, and operational support.
Drive technical direction by evaluating trade-offs and setting best practices for code quality, observability, and performance, while mentoring and coaching junior engineers to help them grow.
Collaborate with product, design, and partner engineering teams to deliver integrated, reliable, scalable solutions.
Proactively resolve production issues and improve system reliability through automation and monitoring.