Senior Web/UI Engineer

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HomeAway, a world leader in the vacation rental industry, is the place to book beach houses, cabins, and condos with more than two million places to stay in 190 countries. The site makes it easy to find and book the perfect vacation rental for any getaway, often for less than the cost of traditional hotel accommodations. HomeAway is part of the Expedia Group family of brands.

The Opportunity:

As a member of the Digital Platform team, you will have a unique opportunity to develop data products and services that surface deep insights about our markets, properties, and competition, while being part of an engineering group leading the way in building a world-class data platform.

Challenges you can work on:

  • Building component based web UI architectures with modern frameworks (React, Redux, Node etc).
  • Leverage user behavior data and A/B testing to better understand our customers, fostering a community of trust to incrementally increase booking conversion rates.
  • Develop fast, scalable, highly available, and reliable web apps.
  • Use realtime data to understand customers’ needs before they do.
  • Dockerize our apps and services for cloud deployment.
  • Develop features that will drive our business through real-time feedback loops.
  • Develop smart web apps that will allow for in-session personalization based off user behavior and data.
  • Simplify core booking and listing workflow to enhance our travelers & suppliers experience.

Technologies we use:

  • Node.js, React.js, Hadoop, Elastic Search, Cassandra, AWS, Docker, Linux.
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience developing highly available enterprise web applications with state of the art front end web technologies.
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to work well cross-functionally across multiple department.
  • An analytical problem solver that is passionate about delivering a high quality user experience.
  • UI design experience is definitely a plus.
  • Cross-browser development & compatibility experience.
  • HTML, CSS and Less/SASS experience.

Responsibilities:

  • Work with off-shore development engineering team.
  • Drive new features from inception to production, working across the company with product managers, UX designers and other stakeholders.
  • Dedicated to delivering tested and optimized high performance code for a distributed SOA environment.
  • Create and maintain quality software using best-in-class tools: Git, Splunk, New Relic etc.
  • Work with QA, product management and operations in an agile environment.
  • 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.
  • Participate in our inner source culture (Internal Open Source) by delivering high quality code that levels up not only your team but the entire organization.
  • Opportunities to showcase your work on our tech blog and internal & external conferences.
  • Conduct peer code reviews and act as a resource for junior developers.

Benefits & Perks:

  • 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.
  • Casual dress.

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.

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Expedia Group has three offices in the Austin area with a 16-story building now open in the Domain.

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