Software Development Engineer II

Expedia•Austin, TX

1d•$119,000 - $190,500•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 Software Development Engineer II position is part of the Servicing team, which builds and supports Web and Native App traveler self-service experiences for all Expedia brands and partners. In this role, you will design, build, and operate servicing experiences across web and native apps, collaborating closely with Product, XD, and Program Management. You will contribute to the technical design and implementation of scalable services and user experiences in the traveler Servicing space, including applying AI- and agentic-driven capabilities to help travelers resolve their needs quickly and intuitively. As an SDE II, you will be a hands-on engineer, owning features end-to-end and helping to elevate engineering practices on the team through high-quality code, testing, and operational excellence.

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 working on production systems and services.
Experience owning and delivering components or services within a larger system, including responsibility for design, implementation, testing, and operational readiness.
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language and core computer science fundamentals such as data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and distributed systems basics, including experience building and consuming APIs and working with relational or NoSQL data stores.

Nice To Haves

2+ years of full‑stack development experience across front‑end and back‑end services
Recent hands-on experience building and operating Node.js + React-based applications in production
Experience implementing and maintaining GraphQL-based backends
Experience designing and implementing service APIs and data models consumed by multiple teams or products
Experience running production services with monitoring, alerting, and on-call participation (e.g., pager rotation)
Experience as a Clean Code practitioner committed to producing high-quality code.
Solid experience with agile project methodologies and working with distributed teams.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality software components and services, contributing to low-level system design, API design, and data modeling within your team’s domain.
Implement robust, secure, and performant code using established engineering best practices, including automated testing, code reviews, observability, and continuous integration and delivery.
Collaborate with product, design, and engineering peers to refine requirements into clear technical solutions, breaking down work into incremental, shippable deliverables.
Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues, improving reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of services you own or support.
Safely integrate and operate AI/ML‑enabled solutions that improve outcomes, including familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.
Contribute to documentation, knowledge sharing, and cross-team collaboration, enabling your solutions to be reusable and fungible across multiple services and domains.