We are the Acquisition Marketing & Growth (AMG) team that plays a key role in shaping the first impressions of millions of travelers entering our ecosystem. We’re looking for a motivated, curious, and creative thinker to help us build and elevate the upper-funnel landing experience for customers.

As an integral member of the AMG team, you'll design and implement engaging entry points for users coming through a range of channels—including direct traffic, paid advertising, organic SEO, SEM, and social platforms. Our goal is to craft a contextual and personalized experience that draws customers in and supports them as they explore and find the perfect travel options within the Expedia ecosystem.

What you'll do:

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of features across EG’s Landing Pages ecosystem.

• Research, design, and implement modular and scalable software components, leveraging your understanding of the EG ecosystem and current industry trends.

• Understand the business goals and constraints, and articulate the impact of technical decisions on outcomes.

• Propose high-level and detailed architectures for sustainable, long-term solutions.

• Provide high-level estimates and break down complex tasks into actionable steps.

• Address architecture and technical challenges, enabling informed decision-making within the team.

• Enhance observability, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms to ensure operational excellence.

• Optimize existing solutions to close gaps and maintain high-quality standards.

• Advocate for and implement software design best practices, including unit testing, programming for resiliency, and scalability.

• Mentor junior developers, providing guidance and knowledge-sharing to support their growth.

• Actively participate in or lead communities of practice, building expertise and fostering shared learning.

• Stay current with industry trends, exploring and recommending innovative methods to solve problems.

• Report on the status of difficult or high-level projects to local tech leadership via written or oral means. Ensure documentation is thorough and complete.

• Document designs, best practices, and implemented solutions for team and organizational benefit.

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.

• Technical degree preferred, with hands-on project experience.

• 8+ years of experience for Bachelor's or 6+ years for Master's degree holders.

• Proven experience leading the end-to-end design and implementation of at least three complex, multi-quarter projects.

• Hands-on experience working in decentralized teams and mentoring at least three individuals.

• Demonstrated contributions to the engineering community, such as blog posts, open-source contributions, or tech talks.

• Proficient in backend technologies (Java, Kotlin, GraphQL/RESTful (API's)

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Kubernetes) and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

• Advanced skills in unit, integration, and end-to-end testing with tools like JUnit, Mockito, Jest, Cypress, or Selenium.

• Ability to design highly complex systems and guide cross-team integrations.

• Advocate for best practices in software design and operational excellence.

• Establish robust testing, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms.

• Solve business problems by aligning team goals with organizational needs.

• Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of shared knowledge.

• Employ systems thinking to analyze issues and implement holistic, efficient solutions.