Software Development Engineer II - Data Processing

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.

Why Join Us?

To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.

We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.

Introduction to the Team

Expedia Technology teams partner with our Product teams to create innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences that drive loyalty and traveler satisfaction.

This Software Development Engineer II position sits on the Data Processing team within the Data Platform organization. We build and run Expedia Group’s central data processing platform, helping teams across the company turn large volumes of data into fast, reliable analytics and machine learning that power better traveler experiences. In this role, you will build and enhance core data processing and AI capabilities, improving the reliability, performance, and usability of our platform so teams can more easily create and operate pipelines for critical business decisions.

In this role, you will:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain high‑quality software services and components, including system design (LLD), API design, and data modeling, to solve well‑scoped business and technical problems.

• Collaborate with peers, product, and design to break down requirements, estimate work, and deliver features and fixes that improve customer outcomes across multiple domains.

• Write clean, reliable, and maintainable code, including unit and integration tests, and participate in code reviews to raise code quality and share technical knowledge.

• Diagnose, debug, and resolve issues in production and non‑production environments, contributing to operational excellence through monitoring, alerting, and continuous improvement.

• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML‑enabled solutions that improve outcomes, including familiarity with AI‑driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.

• Adapt quickly to new technologies, frameworks, and domains, contributing effectively across different services or components where needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.

• 2+ years of relevant professional experience.

• Professional software development experience, including object‑oriented or functional programming, version control, and debugging in at least one modern language (for example, Java, C#, Kotlin, Scala, Python, JavaScript, or similar).

• Experience designing and implementing APIs, data models, and low‑level system designs, and delivering features or services in a production environment.

• Experience owning well‑defined services, components, or features through the software development lifecycle, including development, testing, deployment, and support.

• Familiarity with AI‑driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing and implementing scalable, resilient services or components, including thoughtful API design, data modeling, and system design (LLD) in a cloud or distributed environment.

• Experience operating services in production at scale, including monitoring, logging, alerting, incident investigation, and improving reliability and performance.

• Demonstrated contributions to improving engineering practices (for example, test coverage, CI/CD pipelines, automation, or code review standards) that raise the quality bar for a team or domain.

• Experience safely integrating and operating AI/ML‑enabled solutions that improve outcomes, such as incorporating AI‑powered APIs, tools, or workflows into existing services while managing quality, performance, and risk.

• Experience applying AI‑assisted development or analysis tools in day‑to‑day engineering work to improve productivity, code quality, or operational insights.

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $119,000.00 to $166,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $190,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits.

Accommodation requests

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.

We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.

Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™. © 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50

Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group’s Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is careers.expediagroup.com/jobs.

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.