Software Development Engineer, Expedia Group
$112-179k
OTE
Online travel shopping company
Job no longer available
Online travel shopping company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$112-179k
OTE
1001+ employees
Company mission
Expedia's mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Degree in software engineering, computer science, or a similar field
- 2-3 years of industry experience in comparable roles
- Comfortable programming in Python, Java, Go
- Good understanding of machine learning pipelines and machine learning practices
- Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming concepts, data structure, algorithms, and system-level programming (including multi-threaded programming)
- Strong communication skills in written and verbal form
- Experience testing, automating, and instrumenting your code
- A degree in computer science or related technical field or equivalent related professional experience
- Prior experience developing and supporting Web Services is a plus
- Working knowledge of AWS technologies, tools like Airflow
What the job involves
- Our mission is to partner with our Machine Learning Science counterparts to use AI/ML to collaboratively transform Expedia's data assets into intelligent and real-time insights to support various applications used by 1000+ market managers, analysts, our supply partners, and our travelers
- Our work spans a variety of datasets and ML models and a diverse technology stack ranging from Spark, Airflow, Databricks, Kubernetes, Vector databases, AWS, and much more!
- Write code that is clean, maintainable, optimized, modular with good naming conventions, and in a way that enables additional capabilities in the Expedia-wide Machine Learning Platform
- Work across teams of Machine Learning engineers and Machine Learning Scientists to design and code large-scale batch and real-time ML platform capabilities
- Prototype creative solutions quickly by developing minimum viable products and working with seniors and peers in crafting and implementing the technical vision for the team
- Select valid approaches, appropriate in terms of level of effort, favoring iterative delivery that solves for the objective, not the ask (i.e., not just order-taking). Use advanced and sophisticated understanding of the business problem space to inform the design of the solution
- Communicate and work with geographically distributed cross-functional teams
- Participate in code reviews to assess overall code quality and flexibility
- Drive for continuous improvement within an agile development team
- Participate in user story creation in collaboration with the team
- Support and troubleshoot data and/or system issues as needed
- Expand your skills in developing high-quality, distributed, and scalable software
- Team up with peers across the organization to build an understanding of cross-dependencies and shared problem-solving
- Seek, learn, and use new technical skills in an engineering area
- Share new skills and knowledge with the team to increase efficiency
- Lead/clarify code evolution in code reviews and pull requests
- Spot areas of inefficiency in code or systems operation and offer suggestions for improvements
- Compile and generate reports on major operational or technical initiatives (like RCAs) to larger groups, whether via written or oral means
Our take
Expedia is an online travel agency. They enable users to access a wide range of services including airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and various attractions and services via the world wide web and telephone travel agents. Its primary web businesses include Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, and Egencia.com.
Between 2021 and 2022, Expedia has been selling and merging a list of its sub-brands in a bid to simplify its operations, including Egencia and Classic Vacations. Due to plummeting share prices, mostly in the case of its sub-brands, Expedia has been leveraging its subsidiaries' customer base and merging them into the company’s core brand. Contrasting this move, Expedia has also been partnering with tech start-ups in a bid to make travel more accessible to underserved groups. Becoming Rentable, a travel company for the disabled is one of 12 startups that are part of Expedia Group’s new Open World Accelerator Programme.
What this indicates is Expedia’s shift from buying other travel companies and a move towards enhancing the experience of its preexisting customer base. This move is aiding in a long-term plan for greater long-term traveler loyalty, utilizing Expedia’s vast amounts of data, not just from reviews, but from check-in, cleanliness, communication, cancelations, etc to inform how guests experience a property.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Leisure Travel Reimbursement
- Travel Discounts
- Family & Friends Discount
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Reimbursement
- Global Service Awards
- Business Travel Medical Insurance
- Matching Gifts
- Expert Medical Opinion
- New Parent Benefit
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- 401K Plan
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Life Insurance
Company HQ
Interbay, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Peter M. Kern
(CEO, not founder)Has been a director of Expedia Group since completion of the IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off and has served as Vice Chairman of Expedia Group since June 2018. Previously CEO of Tribune Media and Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners VII, LP, a private equity firm.
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