Software Development Engineer, Expedia Group
ML Platform
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
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field, or equivalent related professional experience
- 2 years of experience in software development
- Proficiency with JVM-based languages (Java/Kotlin) or Python
- Strength in OO programming languages and moderate familiarity with other applicable languages
- This role is more back-end focused but any front-end software development experience in React/NodeJS/TypeScript is a plus
- Familiarity with a couple of data stores or API access patterns and integration
- Experience working with ML models or ML platforms is a plus
- Familiarity with Kubernetes (k8s) and container technologies
- Ability to test and monitor your own code
- Understanding of testing and monitoring tools
What the job involves
- Expedia Technology teams collaborate with our Product teams to create innovative products, services, and tools that deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and employees
- Our unified technology platform, powered by data and machine learning, provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences that drive loyalty and traveler satisfaction
- The Software Development Engineer II role is part of our ML platform team within the Platform Engineering Organization
- This team supports the MLS and MLE community across Expedia Group in exploring, building, running, and optimizing machine learning models throughout EG's tech stack
- These models range from traveler recommendations to optimizing the resiliency and reliability of the application stack
- In this role, you will collaborate with a larger cross-functional group to design and develop scalable solutions while driving innovation within the AI and Analytics ecosystem
- Develop and test standard software applications and related programs to ensure they meet design requirements
- Apply software design principles, data structures, design patterns, and computer science fundamentals to write clean, maintainable, optimized, and modular code with good naming conventions
- Utilize knowledge of database design to address data requirements
- Work closely with other functions like Product and Program management to deliver meaningful solutions
- Coordinate stakeholder input and collaboration efforts when developing solutions to issues
- Understand the importance of system and technology integration and the basic features and facilities involved in the integration process
- Think broadly and understand how, why, and when policies/processes are standardized and when they differ across the organization
- Execute tasks and/or provide data to support the implementation of holistic solutions that forge linkages between structure, people, process, and technology
- Report clearly on current work status and ask challenging questions when empowered to do so
- Develop technical proposals and communicate them to stakeholders (engineering, product, program)
Application process
- End Date: July 26, 2025
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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