About Us:
Have you ever had the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of people in a meaningful way and help them enjoy time away with their friends and families building memories?

That is what we do here at HomeAway.com, an Expedia, Inc. company. We are the leading vacation rental website in the world with more than one million online bookable vacation rentals. Our mission is to make every vacation rental in the world available to every traveler in the world through our online marketplace and we're committed to helping families and friends find the perfect vacation rental to create unforgettable travel experiences together.

We're hiring for a Principal Front End Software Engineer to be a key member of the Traveler Home team, building world class intuitive UIs built for velocity and scale on top of our service-oriented architecture.

You are:

- Senior with over 8 years of experience developing highly available enterprise web applications with state of the art front end web technologies
- An analytical problem solver that is passionate about delivering a high quality user experience
- Dedicated to delivering tested and optimized high performance code(our stack satisfies 10s of thousands of requests per second!)
- Familiar with all aspects of software development

You are an expert in:

- All things JavaScript and JS MV* frameworks like Backbone.js,Angular and/or Ember
- ES6 Commonjs modules and/or The AMD model (Require.js)
- HTML5, CSS3 and Less/SASS
- JS task runners Grunt, Gulp, etc.
- Client side templating with Lodash/Underscore, Mustache andHandlebars

Bonus points for:

- Node, React, Flux/Redux, Express, NPM, Gulp, Webpack, Yeoman,Babel ES6/ES7
- Committing to open sources projects, participating in conferences
- Comfort with Service Oriented Java applications
- Vehement about automated testing
- Experience with modern VCS and build tools

Benefits:

- Competitive health and insurance benefits
- Competitive salary
- Annual target bonus or commission
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Vacation rental on a yearly basis (taxable benefit)
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Free snacks and beverages
- Frequent company update talks with our leadership team
- Free listing on HomeAway.com
- Electronic, adjustable stand-up desk
- Discounted Metro & Rail pass

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.