Software Development Engineer III

SDE III

Expedia, a world leader in online travel, is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join The Lodging Services (TLS) organization. This organization supports the services that run the pricing engine for Expedia's lodging partners.

In this position you will utilize your problem solving and critical thinking skills. You will collaborate with engineers and technical product managers to deliver functionality that is essential to our core business.

Back-end

You will collaborate with senior engineers, technical program managers, and product managers to deliver critical business applications and build products that are integral to our business. Most of our software is JVM based (including Scala and Kotlin) and is released on Linux.

What you’ll do

• Develop, design, debug, and modify components of software applications and tools
• Write automated unit, integration and acceptance tests as appropriate to support our continuous integration pipelines
• Support and fix data and/or system issues as needed
• Prototype creative solutions quickly by developing minimum viable products and work with seniors and peers in crafting and implementing the technical vision
• Communicate and work effectively with geographically distributed multi-functional teams
• Participate in code reviews to assess overall code quality and flexibility
• Resolve problems and roadblocks as they occur with peers and unblock junior members of the team
• Follow through on details and drive issues to closure
• Define, develop and maintain artifacts like technical design or partner documentation
• Contribute to continuous improvement in software and development process within an agile development team
• Participate in user story creation in collaboration with members of the team

Who you are

• Bachelors or master’s degree in computer science or a related major and/or equivalent work experience
• Experience using code versioning tools for e.g Git or others
• Experience in Agile/Scrum software development practices
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly and concisely
• 3-7+ years of proven ability in Software Engineering
• Strong experience in writing transactional web services
• Experience in JVM technologies, Scala or functional programming in an equivalent language a strong plus.
• Experience with AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda), Redis, Chef

Why join us:

Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people. We are the world's 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 make people's lives better – 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 desire to make a difference with one of the most loved consumer brands in the world and to work in the dynamic travel industry, this is the job for you.

Our family of travel brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Egencia®, trivago®, VRBO®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Wotif®, lastminute.com.au®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Hotwire®, Classic Vacations®, Expedia® Media Solutions, CarRentals.com™, Expedia Local Expert®, Expedia® CruiseShipCenters®, SilverRail Technologies, Inc., ALICE and Traveldoo®

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.