Software Dev Engineer II-Developer Educator

We are looking for a Developer Educator to be part of our Expedia Group Conversation Platform Developer Experience team. This is a meaningful role in supporting developers while sustaining a relationship that fuels every developer's journey to learn, know, and love the platform. We are looking for someone that will be a hands-on advocate who can go wide and deep on developer enablement and solution positioning for developers and partners' growth. If you thrive in an environment working closely with developers and business partners this is the position for you!

What you'll do:

• Be the voice of developers. Act as advocate-in-chief for the developers thru various means of communication

• Build quick start samples, demos, example apps, and other developer productivity tools and enablers for different platform capabilities

• Write programs in a variety of different programming language, Java, Kotlin, Swift, JavaScript

• Build and maintain the Conversation Platform documentation and training content

• Contribute to and provide feedback on APIs, SDKs, documentation, and platform functionality through hands-on development, individual opinion, discussions with the developer community, and by coordinating and running beta/alpha programs

• Drill down into root cause analysis to identify sources and solutions of problems developers have identified

• Provide developer support for the Conversation Platform concepts, tutorials, and APIs

• Maintaining the support channels such as the Slack, GitHub, etc

Who you are:

• 3-5 years of industry experience as a technology professional, including hands-on software development experience.

• Can write code that others can use as a sample

• Experience in ad-hoc stitching together solutions from different API suites to resolve real-world problems

• Proficient in current and future technology trends with bias towards API development.

• Experience building and maintaining developer communities

• Strong oral and written communication skills - Experience speaking at major tech conference, hosting webinars. Experience in writing/organizing/publishing user documentation, blogs, and newsletters that are geared towards developer engagement

• Solid sense of what features, tools, and/or process changes can translate to business benefits. Ability to conduct research to validate those assertions

• Collaborative - Ability to work across internal/external organizations effectively, with ability to influence business partners to achieve positive results

Why join us: 

Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people.  We are a global travel platform, made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business.  Our brands recognize the power of travel to break down barriers and bring the world within reach – that responsibility inspires us to be the place where exceptional people want to do their best work, and to provide them the tools to do so. 

Whether you're applying to work in engineering or customer support, marketing or lodging supply, at Expedia Group we act as one team, working towards a common goal; to bring the world within reach.  We relentlessly strive for better, but not at the cost of the customer.  We act with humility and optimism, respecting ideas big and small.  We value diversity and voices of all volumes. We are a global organization but keep our feet on the ground so we can act fast and stay simple.  Our teams also have the chance to give back on a local level and make a difference through our corporate social responsibility program, Expedia Cares.

If you have a hunger to make a difference with one of the most loved brands in the world and to work in the dynamic travel industry, this is the job for you.

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Our family of travel brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Egencia®, trivago®, Vrbo®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Wotif®, ebookers®,

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.