Software Development Engineer III - Full Stack

Expedia Group • Seattle, WA

1d • $146,000 - $204,500

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. 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 We are the Acquisition Marketing & Growth (AMG) team that plays a key role in shaping the first impressions of millions of travelers entering our ecosystem. We’re looking for a motivated, curious, and creative thinker to help us build and elevate the upper-funnel landing experience for customers. As an integral member of the AMG team, you'll design and implement engaging entry points for users coming through a range of channels—including direct traffic, paid advertising, organic SEO, SEM, and social platforms. Our goal is to craft a contextual and personalized experience that draws customers in and supports them as they explore and find the perfect travel options within the Expedia ecosystem. In this role, you will: Lead development of features for the traveler experience across all of EG brands’ Landing Pages Explore, learn, design, and implement modular and scalable software components, based on your understanding of the EG ecosystem, complemented by current industry trends Understand the business problem space, and communicate impact to technical decisions Provide high-level estimates, and breakdown of tasks for the solutions proposed Enable decision making to architecture, and technical challenges faced by the team Document and share best practices, maintain and enhance quality of code written Optimize existing observability, and monitoring solutions, and proactively identify methods to close the gap to maintain high operational excellence Mentor junior developers in your chosen area of technology Actively participate and contribute to communities of practice in your area of expertise.

Requirements

• 5+ years for Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years for Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience in the industry
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience, ideally in large-scale or enterprise environments
• Proven experience designing, developing, and maintaining robust, scalable applications
• Advanced knowledge in one or more programming languages
• Server-side technologies: Java, Kotlin with a solid understanding of API design in GraphQL/RESTful services
• Frontend libraries and frameworks: Javascript/Typescript, HTML/CSS, React.js, Node.js
• Familiarity with cloud architecture and platforms like AWS
• Strong experience in unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing, using frameworks and tools like JUnit, Mockito, Jest, Cypress, or Selenium
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, Spinnaker, or GitHub Actions
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Capable of mentoring junior developers and participating in technical discussions and decision-making processes

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing and evolving multi-service or domain-level architectures, including API contracts, data modeling strategies, and low-level design for complex business scenarios
• Demonstrated ability to drive operational excellence, using metrics, logging, alerting, and automation to improve availability, performance, and maintainability at scale
• Hands-on experience integrating or consuming AI/ML enabled capabilities in applications or services, including safely operating AI-driven features in production, and familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows in engineering environments
• Proven track record of using data and experimentation to inform technical decisions, optimize system behavior, and guide iterations on product and platform capabilities
• Experience leading technical delivery for cross-team initiatives, mentoring other engineers on full stack practices, and contributing to shared frameworks that can be reused across domains, including applying foundational AI/ML concepts to enhance developer productivity or product functionality

Responsibilities

• Lead development of features for the traveler experience across all of EG brands’ Landing Pages
• Explore, learn, design, and implement modular and scalable software components, based on your understanding of the EG ecosystem, complemented by current industry trends
• Understand the business problem space, and communicate impact to technical decisions
• Provide high-level estimates, and breakdown of tasks for the solutions proposed
• Enable decision making to architecture, and technical challenges faced by the team
• Document and share best practices, maintain and enhance quality of code written
• Optimize existing observability, and monitoring solutions, and proactively identify methods to close the gap to maintain high operational excellence
• Mentor junior developers in your chosen area of technology
• Actively participate and contribute to communities of practice in your area of expertise.

Benefits

• 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
• medical/dental/vision
• paid time off
• Employee Assistance Program
• wellness & travel reimbursement
• travel discounts
• International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level