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 part of the Digital Platform Engineering Team, you will have a unique opportunity to develop software solutions that capture data in real-time from a variety of sources and make data available programmatically to multiple stakeholders ranging from data scientists to business teams to end customers. You will be working on cutting-edge technologies to solve problems of scale and speed.

Technologies we use:

AWS, Docker, Mesos Dropwizard, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, HBase, Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, Samza, Confluent, Cascading, Java8.

Requirements:

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Strong CS fundamentals.
• 2+ years of professional Java software development experience.
• 1+ years of experience developing applications for data processing on Big Data platforms.
• Messaging / queuing system development experience.
• Prior experience building scalable/performant APIs (REST & JAX-RS) is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement high-performance data models in HBase, Cassandra, and similar NoSQL technologies.
• Develop API enabling access to highly-scalable data layer services.
• Work closely with data science and software engineers to design and build scalable data pipelines.
• Develop and configure Hadoop / Big Data components (e.g. YARN, Oozie, Cascading, Spark).
• Develop quality scalable, tested, and reliable data services using industry best practices.
• Dockerize apps and services for cloud deployment.
• Create and maintain quality software using best-in-class tools: Git, Splunk, New Relic, Sonar and TeamCity.

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.