Software Development Engineer, Expedia Group
Online travel shopping company
Job no longer available
Online travel shopping company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
Expedia's mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere.
Role
Who you are
- At least 1-2 years of development experience cross the stack
- Must have: willing to learn and explore full-stack development
- Must have skills: ReactJS
- Good to have skills: Proficiency in Java/Kotlin or any other backend language and graphQL is a plus
- Ability to learn quickly and work through the stack on multiple technologies with a get-it-done attitude
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Communicate and work with distributed teams to drive towards results
- Experience in Continuous Integration/Delivery is a plus
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science or related field
- Relevant years of software development experience developing web services applications
- Comfortable collaborating on a multi-functional team including product management, architects, and UI designers
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum team environment
- Skilled in building RESTful APIs
- Ability to write clean & coherent code and follow established coding conventions
- Knowledge/experience of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git, Docker, TeamCity, etc.) a plus
- Experience at other fast-paced Internet companies, especially Travel companies, is a huge plus
What the job involves
- A supporting-level team member who is well-versed in basic principles of software engineering and work as a supporting player on complex projects and engages in discussion of new topics and feel empowered to challenge the status quo
- Expedia Group is seeking a talented Software Developer to join our checkout experience team in London
- We are looking for someone passionate about technology, problem-solving, and out-of-the-box thinking to join us
- As a Software Development Engineer, your primary responsibility is to design, develop, document and thoroughly test your code
- You will be working along with other SDEs on the software components of the microservices architecture-based application and you will be helping us in improving and enhancing our products daily
- You will join a very experienced, successful, and high-performing cross-functional team
- You will work on large-scale systems design and troubleshooting and be fluent in systems programming and/or automation
- You will have a desire to tackle the complex problems of scale which are unique while using your expertise in coding, analysis and large-scale system design
- You will get to expand your skills in developing high-quality, distributed and scalable software
- You will learn best practices and will have a unique opportunity to grow to the next level
- Build scalable design and architectures with modern frameworks
- Build end to end features spanning across front end and backend systems
- Demonstrate user behavior data and A/B testing to better understand our customers, fostering a community of trust to incrementally increase booking conversion rates
- Develop features relying on driven data, microservices, and data science programming models
- Develop fast, scalable, highly available, and reliable apps
- Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
- Optimize components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browser
- Create and maintain quality software using best-in-class tools: Git, Splunk etc
- Participate in resolution of production issues and lead efforts toward solutions
- Grow a performant production environment in a way that makes the system increasingly reliable
Salary benchmarks
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
- Private Health 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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