Software Development Engineer II - Backend
Expedia
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.
Introduction to the Team:
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.
In this role, you will:
- Contribute to the development of features for the traveler experience across all of EG brands’ Landing Pages.
- Be responsible for implementing code that adhere to high-quality standards and utilize recommended best-practices.
- Learn and apply basic automation, monitoring, and logging practices to your everyday tasks.
- Understand your team’s goals, and embrace a shared, collaborative mode of working.
- Suggest improvements to existing code, technologies, and tools.
- Communicate risk and impacts within your scope of work.
- Participate in communities of practice that align with your chosen technology stack.
- Actively seek feedback from your team, and improve software usability and quality.
Experience and qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience in the industry.
- 2+ years of hands-on software development experience, ideally in large-scale or enterprise environments.
- Experience designing, and implementing features based on known design principles and coding standards.
- Knowledge in one or more programming languages
- Server-side technologies: Java, Kotlin, experience with GraphQL/RESTful services
- Frontend libraries and frameworks: Javascript/Typescript, HTML/CSS, React.js, Node.js
- Familiarity with cloud architecture and platforms like AWS is a plus
- Knowledge of unit and integration testing, and experience with common frameworks and tools like JUnit, Mockito, Jest, Cypress, or Selenium.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, Spinnaker, or GitHub Actions.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
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.
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