Senior Software Development Engineer

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’re the Rates & Inventory Experience team that owns VRBO’s partner calendar and managing every rate plan and inventory across all properties in EG. We bring Expedia Group's innovative technology and distribution solutions to partners across the world. As a partner‑facing unit we design and deliver tools that let partners effortlessly control their listings, while our full‑stack focus—spanning an advanced UI and robust middle layer—ensures a frictionless experience powered by the latest tech stack.

Dish for a technically passionate engineer who’s prepared to take the next big challenge, run multi‑quarter, cross‑team initiatives, and take pride in delivering best‑in‑class products; join us and contribute to a geo‑distributed team of innovators spanning Seattle, Austin and London.

In this role, you will:

• Design and implement scalable solutions for data capture and real‑time data processing across microservice architectures.
• Solve complex problems in distributed systems, web platform integrations, and high‑performance data pipelines.
• Collaborate with TPMs, product managers, and operations in an agile environment to deliver high‑quality code to production regularly.
• Mentor teammates and foster a culture of innovation, safety, and continuous improvement.
• Extend influence beyond your immediate team to collaborate across Expedia Group.

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven expertise in building services using technologies such as Kotlin, Java, Graph
  
  QL, React, Typescript, and JavaScript.
• Proficiency in core concepts like clean architecture, concurrency, micro‑services, and Graph
  
  QL/REST API schema design.

• Master’s degree with 6+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience leading technical designs and mentoring other developers.
• Proficiency in React/Node.js (Type Script), including Hook‑based patterns, SSR/SSG, performance tuning, and advanced CSS methodologies.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Github Actions, Jenkins), Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience designing for high‑traffic, low‑latency workloads utilizing strategies like rate‑limiting, caching, and CDNs.

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $ to $. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $, 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 &…