Software Development Engineer, Expedia Group
GraphQL Platform
$192.5-220k
OTE
$137.5-192.5k
BASE
Online travel shopping company
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Online travel shopping company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$192.5-220k
OTE
$137.5-192.5k
BASE
1001+ employees
Company mission
Expedia's mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years of hands-on software development experience, ideally in large-scale or enterprise environments
- Proven experience designing, developing, and maintaining robust, scalable, high-throughput applications
- Experience developing features with Rust and Kotlin, and a solid understanding of API design in GraphQL services. Experience with Rust is highly preferred
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with cloud architecture and platforms such as AWS
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, Spinnaker, or GitHub Actions
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
What the job involves
- This Software Engineer III role is part of the Experience API team, which powers the GraphQL platform behind mission-critical traffic across Expedia Group
- We design and operate the core GraphQL infrastructure, including high-throughput federated routers and schema tooling
- We’re solving complex challenges in API performance, schema evolution at scale, and platform reliability
- Much of our work is in uncharted territory, requiring thoughtful architecture and tight feedback loops with internal users
- We're looking for an engineer who is excited about building high-performance distributed systems and shaping how modern platforms are built
- Design, build, and develop the core GraphQL platform, including the router, schema workflows, and supporting infrastructure
- Provide technical support and guidance to platform users
- Collaborate with multiple engineering teams to find solutions that improve developer productivity
- Optimize existing observability and monitoring solutions
- Participate in code reviews to assess overall code quality and flexibility
- Drive continuous improvement and continuous delivery in our software development process within an agile development team
Application process
- End Date: August 16, 2025
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.
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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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