Software Development Engineer III - Expedia Global

Position Overview

The Software Development Engineer III position is part of the Payments Reconciliation team within Expedia Global Payments, under the Book-to-Trip division. This team builds and maintains consumer reconciliation services and administrative tools used to configure the entire consumer payments ecosystem, ensuring operational health of payment processing on the platform.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend payment services that support Expedia’s global travel platform.
• Apply software design principles, data structures and/or design patterns and computer science fundamentals to write code that is clean, maintainable, optimized, modular with good naming conventions.
• Implement secure data handling practices to protect payment information and meet compliance standards.
• Recommend and apply architectural patterns or GenAI capabilities to improve system design and innovation.
• Enhance service reliability through observability, automation, and continuous operational improvements.
• Lead and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑impact features aligned with Expedia’s strategic goals.

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in a related technical field, or equivalent related professional experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant hands‑on experience building and operating distributed cloud services.
• Proficiency in Java/J2EE, C#, or similar object‑oriented languages, with hands‑on experience integrating services with relational and No
  
  SQL databases.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure/test automation, and delivering features in Agile development environments.

• Experience working on payment platforms or implementing backend services leveraging GenAI technologies.
• Experience contributing to multiple multi‑quarter, cross‑team projects.
• Experience supporting complex distributed systems in production through monitoring, debugging, incident resolution, and root‑cause analysis.
• Demonstrated experience designing and deploying scalable services in a cloud environment (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

This role is only available in Seattle, WA. Employees are required to be in office at least three days a week. No relocation assistance will be offered. The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $ to $. Employees have the potential to increase their pay up to $ based on performance.

Expedia Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent (IATA) membership.

Expedia Group 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.