Software Development Engineer III - Supply Partner Experience

Expedia Group • Seattle, WA

69d

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. Software Development Engineer III 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 SDE III role sits in the Core Experience Team under Supply Partner Experience. The Expedia Supply Partner team is the business powerhouse for Expedia Group and contributes the largest share of our company’s revenue. Our Lodging Platform operations are global, with representation in 8 countries and 17 offices. Core Experience team is responsible for common capabilities, such as navigation, landing page, and ai-chat for lodging partner portals. You’ll be helping to build gen-AI/LLM based capability to provide insight, leverage existing data to help market-manager share better coaching and guidance to supply partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experienced in backend and/or full stack development - 5+ years of experience with Bachelor's. 3+ years of experience with Master's
• Advanced proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or similar programming language.
• Background in software architecture and prior experience leading design of client side and server-side architecture.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Experience designing and building microservices and RESTful APIs.

Nice To Haves

• Proficient in modern CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and front-end frameworks such as ReactJS.
• Prior experience working with Data Science & Machine Learning teams.
• Experience working with machine learning models, including prompt engineering for LLMs, and output evaluation to ensure model performance and reliability.
• Knowledge of big data technologies such as Apache Spark, Hadoop, or Kafka.
• Prior experience with GraphQL.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, debug, and modify software components and tools, applying strong algorithms, data-structures, and system-design principles.
• Rapidly prototype MVPs and help craft and implement the team’s technical vision with peers and senior engineers.
• Collaborate across geographically distributed, cross-functional teams; contribute to user story creation and agile processes.
• Participate in code reviews, maintain technical/partner documentation, and drive issues to resolution.
• Mentor and unblock team members while committing to continuous improvement of the software and development process.

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
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees