• United States - Washington - Seattle

• Technology

• Full-Time Regular

• 11/26/2025

• ID # R-99770

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.

Senior Software Development Engineer (C++ required)

Our Technology Team partners with teams across Expedia Group 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.

What is the first thing you do while planning your travel? Expedia Flights team is the traffic powerhouse for the Expedia Group and our Flights Shopping Platform is one of the largest in the world serving over 150 million queries a day and powering some of the strongest brands in the industry like Expedia, Orbitz, and Travelocity. Our technology operations are global, with representation in US, Europe, Australia and India.

What makes Flights technology unique?

One of the few companies in the world that develops a proprietary flight search engine (called Best Fare Search) which is used by millions of users every single day, Moving one of the world’s biggest flights platforms to AWS, Handle several 100 thousand booking transactions daily and collect terabytes of Flights Data and use Machine Learning to show the right content to our customers.

Our team is looking for someone who is passionate about the technology needed to drive a multi-billion dollar business. So, if working for a global, dynamic, and growing engineering organization energize you? Read on!

As a Software Development Engineer within the Flights Search team, you will work with a dynamic group of product managers and engineers to deliver a sophisticated, next-generation customer service platform at enterprise scale. You will provide insight and hand’s on engineering as we build an innovative suite of products and services, integrating seamlessly within our broad ecosystem. Come be a critical member of a growing team which is using the latest technology to enable an effortless customer experience across platforms.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and test high-performance, highly scalable, and reliable server applications

• Work closely with Architects and Product Managers to take technical ownership of critical flight search systems and services

• Produce production quality code with consideration for the operational aspects of the platform such as performance tuning, monitoring, and fault-tolerance

• Bring down the cost and time of delivery through ongoing improvements to our Continuous Delivery technologies and AWS Cloud deployments

• Utilize developing AI technologies to enhance the teams' productivity.

• Resolve issues found during testing or on live-site and deliver clear reports

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Software Development and Testing Experience.

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

• Excellent coding skills in C++ and experience working in large C++ codebases

• Experience working in a cloud or virtual environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Specific experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Expertise with continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD).

• Experience applying a DevOps approach to software development.

• Advanced knowledge of programming concepts, methodologies, and testing techniques.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, a passion for technology, and strong communication skills.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $173,000.00 to $242,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $277,000.00, 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.

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.

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