Software Development Engineer II - InsurTech
About The Position
Expedia's Insurance and Assurance team is seeking a backend-leaning full-stack engineer (approximately 70% backend) who thrives in high-scale, distributed systems and enjoys solving complex business problems in fintech and insurance domains. This role is ideal for engineers who have experience building financial, insurance, or pricing systems at scale, enjoy working on 0→1 products and rapid experimentation cycles, can navigate cross-team dependencies and system orchestration, and are energized by fast delivery timelines and high business impact. The engineer will design, build, and operate high-throughput backend services that power insurance and fintech products across the Expedia platform, lead and contribute to complex, cross-team initiatives, develop scalable APIs, pricing engines, and data models, contribute to zero-to-one product launches, write clean, maintainable, and testable code with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and scalability, troubleshoot and resolve issues within distributed, high-scale systems, leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate development and delivery, and participate in an on-call rotation approximately once per quarter.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong experience building backend services and APIs in distributed systems
- Experience with system design for scalable, high-availability platforms
- Proficiency in Kotlin or Java
- Experience working in AWS
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows or AI/ML-enabled systems
Nice To Haves
- Experience in FinTech, InsurTech, or pricing/financial systems at scale
- Proven experience building or contributing to 0→1 products or major feature launches
- Experience working on cross-domain systems with many upstream/downstream dependencies
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, execution-focused environments with tight timelines
- Strong understanding of pricing strategies, risk systems, or transactional platforms
- Demonstrated ability to improve system scalability, reliability, and operational performance
- Full-stack capability (backend-heavy) with the ability to contribute to frontend when needed
- Strong problem-solving mindset with a business and customer impact orientation
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate high-throughput backend services that power insurance and fintech products across the Expedia platform
- Lead and contribute to complex, cross-team initiatives that require coordination across dozens of systems (pricing, checkout, booking, servicing, etc.)
- Develop scalable APIs, pricing engines, and data models to support dynamic and synthetic product offerings
- Contribute to zero-to-one product launches and rapidly iterate post-launch to expand capabilities across brands and markets
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and scalability
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues within distributed, high-scale systems
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude) to accelerate development and delivery
- Participate in an on-call rotation (~once per quarter) supporting production systems
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness reimbursement
- Travel reimbursement
- Travel discounts
- International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
