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At Expedia Group we help travelers explore the world one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people trusted partnerships and leading technology we connect travelers partners and advertisers through our consumer brands B2B network and travel advertising business.
Here you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover book and experience travel with more ease confidence and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First Think Big Operate with Excellence Ownership Mindset and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility benefits and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.
Senior Software Development Engineer
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.
The Senior Software Engineer role sits within the Universal Messaging Platform (UMP) team—Expedia Group’s core communications platform. UMP powers high‑scale reliable delivery across Email SMS Push Inbox and emerging channels enabling timely trusted engagement with millions of travelers worldwide.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Inbox Experience team you will lead the architecture development and operation of mission‑critical systems that elevate traveler experience strengthen loyalty and drive business growth at global scale.
In this role you will:
Design build and evolve scalable reliable services and components including system design low-level design API design and data modeling to support high-traffic customer-facing and platform experiences.
Write review and maintain high-quality well-tested code driving engineering best practices in code quality security observability and performance across the team.
Take end-to-end ownership of complex features or services from technical design through implementation deployment monitoring and iterative improvement in production.
Collaborate closely with product design and cross-functional engineering teams to break down ambiguous business problems into clear technical solutions that can be reused across multiple domains.
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.
Contribute to technical direction by participating in design reviews proposing improvements to architecture and operational processes and mentoring other engineers to raise the overall technical bar.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
8+ years of relevant professional experience.
Proven experience owning services or components through the full software development lifecycle including design implementation deployment and on-call or operational support.
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language and associated frameworks with strong understanding of system design API design and data modeling concepts.
Expert proficiency in Java Kotlin GraphQL grpc Spring boot
Strong experience building distributed systems RESTful APIs and microservices.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure) and containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes).
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines infrastructure code and DevOps practices.
Experience working on systems that integrate with multiple services or domains ensuring reliability scalability and effective observability.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience designing and evolving service or multi-service architectures at scale including patterns for resiliency fault tolerance and performance optimization.
Track record of leading technical design efforts influencing architectural decisions and driving improvements to engineering practices and operational excellence within a team or domain.
Hands-on experience with data-driven decision making including defining metrics using logging/monitoring/analytics to guide iterations and improving system health and user outcomes.
Familiarity with AI-driven systems tools or workflows with experience safely integrating and operating AI/ML‑enabled solutions that enhance product capabilities or developer productivity including Safely integrating and operating AI/ML‑enabled solutions that improve outcomes.
Demonstrated depth in one or more technical domains (such as distributed systems data-intensive services or full stack web applications) while remaining adaptable to work across multiple domains as business needs evolve.
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.
Benefits and perks
Expedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families including medical dental and vision coverage paid time off an Employee Assistance Program wellness and travel reimbursement travel discounts and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership. Learn more about life at Expedia Group at https://careers.expediggroup.com/life.
Accommodation requests
Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process please submit a request at https://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation.
About Expedia Group
Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia Hotels.com and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.
Important notice
Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official place to find and apply for roles is https://careers.expediagroup.com/jobs/.
Equal Opportunity
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.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience
- Expert proficiency in Java Kotlin GraphQL grpc Spring boot
- Strong experience building distributed systems RESTful APIs and microservices
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure) and containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes)
Expedia Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits—Travel and wellness reimbursements employee travel discounts and flexible stipends are presented as standout perks that add meaningful lifestyle value. Mental-health resources and pet support broaden the package beyond core pay.
- Parental & Family Support—Paid parental leave for all parents with additional time for birthing parents plus adoption surrogacy and caregiver support are highlighted as generous and accessible. Immediate eligibility for parental leave reinforces the family-friendly design.
- Healthcare Strength—Medical dental and vision coverage is paired with inclusive healthcare extending to partners and covering fertility and transgender services. Access to mental-health platforms complements the core medical offering.
Expedia Group Insights
What We Do
Expedia Group powers travel for everyone everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers. 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™.
Why Work With Us
As travelers and technologists we are passionate about making travel more seamless accessible and memorable. We embrace different perspectives celebrate new ideas and empower every Expedian to drive meaningful change. The experiences we create bridge divides and broaden horizons – helping create unforgettable memories through travel.
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