Software Development Engineer II - Full-Stack - Front-End Focus

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.

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.

We are the Strategic Partnerships & Affiliates team in the Expedia Product & Technology division of Expedia Group. We are building the next-generation scalable B2B partnership platform that will power hundreds of thousands of demand partners across the industry ranging from big businesses and enterprises to small bloggers micro influencers and creators in helping them recommend Expedia Group brands to their audiences and in the process grow their businesses. We aim to redefine the travel partnerships sector by building innovative partner tools and solutions that incorporate the new ways in which today’s travelers discover and shop for travel products.

To do this we need technically passionate engineers with a strong frontend foundation an entrepreneurial approach and a love of solving complex problems. This role is primarily focused on building modern scalable user experiences using React.js and TypeScript while also contributing to backend services and APIs in Java

• Design build test and maintain scalable frontend applications and user-facing platform capabilities for advertising technology products and services with a primary focus on React.js and TypeScript

• Develop intuitive performant and maintainable web experiences that support a wide range of B2B partners from large enterprises to creators and small businesses

• Contribute to backend services and APIs using Java or Kotlin supporting frontend functionality and end-to-end product delivery

• Participate in system design low-level design API design and data modeling to deliver reliable extensible solutions across frontend and backend components

• Collaborate with engineers product and partner teams to translate business needs into technical solutions that improve advertising platform capabilities and customer outcomes

• Own well-defined components and services troubleshoot production issues and improve operational health through monitoring debugging automation and continuous improvement

• Write high-quality secure and well-tested code participate in code reviews and follow engineering standards that support performance scalability accessibility and resilience

• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes including familiarity with AI-driven systems tools or workflows and apply AI/ML concepts to real-world products

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript TypeScript React.js GraphQL

• Working proficiency in Java or Kotlin for backend development and service integration

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

• 2+ years of software development experience building and supporting production systems and services

• Experience building frontend applications in a modern web stack with an emphasis on component-based architecture state management performance and maintainability

• Experience owning components or services within a team with responsibility for implementation testing deployment and operational support

• Proficiency in software engineering fundamentals including coding data structures algorithms debugging and version control with working knowledge of system design low-level design API design and data modeling

• Experience developing reliable scalable applications and working across more than one technical area or service with the ability to diagnose issues and deliver maintainable solutions

• Experience building software for advertising technology marketplace or other high-scale distributed platforms

• Demonstrated strength in frontend engineering including building responsive accessible and high-performing user interfaces with React.js and TypeScript

• Experience contributing to architecture or design discussions for frontend applications services APIs and data models within a team-owned domain

• Demonstrated ability to improve service quality through observability automation performance tuning and operational excellence practices

• Familiarity with AI-driven systems tools or workflows and experience applying AI/ML concepts in production-oriented software environments

• Experience using data and metrics to inform engineering decisions prioritize improvements and measure the impact of technical solutions

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

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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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