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Software Development Engineer III

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Hybrid
Seattle, WA, USA
146K-234K Annually
Senior level
Hybrid
Seattle, WA, USA
146K-234K Annually
Senior level
Design, build, test, and operate scalable services that ingest, store, and distribute lodging rates and availability. Own technical execution, contribute to system architecture, resolve production issues, and improve reliability through monitoring, automation, and operational excellence. Collaborate cross-functionally and safely integrate AI/ML-enabled solutions.
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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

Our Technology Team partners with teams across Expedia Group 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. 

Introduction to the Team

Expedia Group is revolutionizing the way people search for and book travel. As part of Product & Technology, the Distribution and Supply Tech - Inventory team builds the platform that ingests, stores, and distributes lodging rates and availability data across all Expedia Group brands. Using cloud technologies and modern engineering practices, we power travel shopping and booking experiences on a global scale. 

In this role, you will: 

  • Design, build, test, and deliver reliable software solutions across services and domains, applying strong coding fundamentals, low-level design, API design, and data modeling practices. 

  • Own technical execution for complex components and services, translating business and product needs into scalable, maintainable engineering outcomes. 

  • Contribute to system design and architecture decisions, balancing performance, availability, security, and operational excellence in production environments. 

  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, improve service health through monitoring and automation, and drive continuous improvements in quality, resilience, and developer efficiency. 

  • Collaborate effectively with engineers and cross-functional partners to deliver end-to-end solutions, sharing technical knowledge and contributing across multiple technology areas as needed. 

  • 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. 

Minimum Qualifications:  

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience. 

  • 5+ years of software development experience building and supporting production systems. 

  • Demonstrated ownership of design, development, and operation of services or multiple components within a domain, with accountability for code quality, testing, and operational reliability. 

  • Strong technical foundation in software engineering, including object-oriented or modern programming languages, low-level system design, API design, data modeling, and debugging distributed systems. 

  • Experience working in cloud-based and service-oriented environments with version control, CI/CD practices, monitoring, and secure engineering fundamentals. 

  • Experience in JVM technologies, specifically Kotlin and functional programming. 

  • Experience with SQL (Aurora) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB, DocumentDB) 

 

Preferred Qualifications:  

  • Experience leading technical delivery for complex initiatives, influencing design decisions, and improving engineering practices within a team or domain. 

  • Demonstrated success building scalable, high-availability systems and driving operational excellence through observability, automation, and performance optimization. 

  • Strong judgment using data and metrics to identify issues, prioritize improvements, and inform technical decisions. 

  • Experience contributing across the full stack or multiple technical domains, adapting quickly to new technologies and business problem spaces. 

  • Experience evaluating or implementing AI/ML-enabled capabilities in software products, and using AI-driven development tools or workflows to improve engineering outcomes. 

  • Experience working effectively in decentralized or geographically distributed teams. 

Please note that this role is only available in Seattle, WA, in alignment with our flexible work model, which requires employees to be in-office at least three days a week. We are unable to offer relocation assistance for this role. 

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $146,000.00 to $204,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $233,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits.

Accommodation requests

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.

We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.

Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™. © 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50

Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group’s Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is careers.expediagroup.com/jobs.

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, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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.
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