Expedia Group-posted 3 months ago
$137,500 - $192,500/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Seattle, WA
Administrative and Support Services

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. Introduction to the 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. This Software Development Engineer III role sits within the Type-Ahead team, which builds Expedia's auto-suggest capabilities. We are revolutionizing how millions of travelers find their perfect trip. As part of the Search division, our team is at the forefront of developing sophisticated, high-performing search solutions that deliver personalized and lightning-fast results. You'll be joining a team that combines cutting-edge backend technologies—including Kotlin, Elasticsearch, Redis, Apache Kafka, and Generative AI—with a commitment to constant innovation. This role offers a unique opportunity to directly impact and shape the traveler journey in a high-visibility, fast-evolving space.

  • Lead complex projects
  • Design and develop scalable, high-performance backend services that handle millions of search requests per day
  • Implement efficient data structures and algorithms to optimize auto-suggest, relevance, ranking, and retrieval using technologies like Elasticsearch and Redis
  • Work on messaging and event-driven systems with Apache Kafka to ensure reliable, low-latency data flow between services
  • Collaborate with product managers, engineers, scientists, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality, user-focused features
  • Maintain and improve our existing Kotlin-based codebase, following software engineering best practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and monitoring
  • Optimize and tune search performance in distributed systems, addressing fault tolerance, replication, and failover scenarios
  • Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to improving system reliability and operational excellence
  • Stay up to date with the latest technologies and contribute ideas to continuously improve our systems and processes
  • Mentor and coach junior engineers
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience
  • 5+ years of experience in backend software development, with a focus on scalable, distributed systems
  • Proficiency in Kotlin, or strong experience in another JVM-based language (e.g., Java) with a willingness to learn Kotlin
  • Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and system design principles
  • Experience building auto-suggest or search systems is a strong plus
  • Hands-on experience with search engines like Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
  • Experience with technologies such as Redis, Apache Kafka, or Generative AI in a production environment
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Medical/dental/vision insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Wellness & travel reimbursement
  • Travel discounts
  • International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership
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