Software Development Engineer II

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.

The Software Development Engineer II position is part of the Servicing team which builds the agentic AI systems that power traveler self-service experiences across all Expedia brands and partners. In this role you will design build and operate the agents and supporting infrastructure that enable travelers to resolve complex servicing needs end-to-end — without human intervention. This includes working on agent orchestration tool integration LLM-powered reasoning pipelines and the backend services that make these experiences reliable at scale. You will collaborate closely with Product XD and Program Management to shape both the technical direction and the traveler experience.
As an SDE II you will own features end-to-end contribute to technical design and help raise the bar for engineering quality through rigorous testing observability and operational excellence.
In this role you will:

• Design implement and maintain robust secure and scalable services and applications including system design (LLD) API design and data modeling to support business-critical capabilities across multiple domains.
• Write clean reliable and well-tested code applying sound engineering principles design patterns and code review practices to improve quality performance and maintainability for complex systems.
• Own end-to-end delivery of features and services from technical design and implementation through deployment monitoring and iteration ensuring high availability and operational excellence.
• Diagnose and resolve complex production issues perform root cause analysis and drive long-term improvements in reliability observability and resilience across services and dependencies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners contributing technical expertise to product discovery backlog prioritization and data-driven decision making while ensuring solutions are reusable and fungible 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
• 2+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing system components including APIs low-level design and data modeling for single or multi-service ownership.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language and associated frameworks with solid understanding of data structures algorithms debugging and unit/integration testing.
• Experience contributing to the operational lifecycle of services (monitoring alerting deployment pipelines and incident handling) within a team setting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Full-stack engineer with proficiency in JavaScript TypeScript React Java/Kotlin and GraphQL.
• Proficiency with LLM-powered applications agentic workflows or conversational AI systems — including prompt design tool integration or orchestration frameworks.
• Experience maintaining and operating at least four software projects or products in production environments including bug fixing troubleshooting monitoring and operational support within defined SLAs.
• Experience selecting technologies to solve business problems and understanding trade‑offs between languages and platforms.
• Experience creating APIs consumed across teams or business units.
• Solid understanding of how projects and teams interact with other teams and align to business needs.
• Experience with AI-enabled software development workflows including use of AI coding assistants and automated testing tools.

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.

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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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