Software Development Engineer III, Core Platform

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 global hybrid work setup (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.

Software Development Engineer III, Core Platform

The Core Platform team is a part of the Experience Platform org which enables developers across Expedia Group (EG, in short) to create and maintain their applications, user experiences and business domains, with reduced friction and increased leverage of cross-EG solutions and communities of practice.
Our focus is to develop technology platforms/frameworks that help develop reliable, scalable, production-ready, and brand-agnostic applications in a consistent and accelerated manner. Application developers can go from zero to app within minutes using our templates/generators and then extend, maintain and evolve the application using our libraries/modules/plugins. This results in increased developer productivity worth millions of dollars.
As a senior software developer on this team you will have the opportunity to create our next generation of innovative platforms for building the travel shopping experience of the future! Successful candidates have an established history of developing and delivering sophisticated distributed software systems and are driven to achieve results in a fast paced, dynamic environment.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and maintain web application platforms by using a variety of software development tools while acting as a spokesperson for software design best practices and operational excellence.
• Lead complex projects to successful completion by understanding requirements, designing the optimal solution approach, and implementing high-quality software in an efficient and timely manner.
• Research and recommend frameworks, architectural/code design patterns, and industry standards in development methodologies and technologies.
• Identify areas of improvements within the code and suggest solutions.
• Lead by example in advancing the team’s design methodology and quality programming practices, and mentor/coach junior engineers to up-level team standards.
• Lead a community of practice and bring people together for shared learning via excellent documentation, blog posts, and tech talks.

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent experience  PLUS 5+ years of software development experience with a focus on developing highly available, resilient and secure web applications or platforms/SDKs using JavaScript/Typescript and Node.js.
• Have strong technical proficiency and are capable of solving complex problems by applying critical thinking and a deep understanding of software design principles, algorithms and data structures.
• Experience using HapiJS/ExpressJS and/or GraphQL preferred
• Experience using code versioning tools (e.g. Git), CI/CD systems (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.), cloud technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, etc.) and agile development methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban).
• Using your strong communication skills, you articulate your ideas to peers and leaders, providing details and supporting your ideas with data where applicable.
• You focus on the team's technical operations and have a strong desire to lead by example.

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $137,500.00 to $192,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $220,000.00, 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.

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