Software Development Engineer II

Software Development Engineer II (Backend)

As a Software Development Engineer II, you will be contributing to improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of the world's largest online travel platform at scale within the Reliability Engineering organisation.

Position Overview

A backend development engineer with platform engineering experience working on building Reliability Engineering tools and services focusing on the Service Level Objectives Framework for Expedia, reporting data, and standardisation with the implementation of SLO Quality.

When observing something as unreliable, you cannot help but understand it and help to fix it. A self-starter who is highly organized, communicative, and passionate about quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to technical design and documentation, functional analysis, implementation, and problem-solving of mid-to-large sized reliability projects.
• Develop and improve the quality of code and integrations in a continuously integrated environment.
• Communicate and work effectively with geographically distributed multi-functional teams using agile methodologies.
• Proactively monitor the health of applications owned by the team and address issues through effective troubleshooting and following through on details to drive issues to closure.
• Promote good development methodologies via code review, software design reviews, and knowledge sharing/tech talks within the group.
• Resolve problems and technical blockers as they occur with peers and unblock junior members of the team.
• Work with the technology and product managers to refine requirements and functional specifications to deliver products that satisfy customers’ needs.

Competencies

• Strong Object-Oriented design knowledge and development experience with 1 or more programming languages such as Java, Go, or Python.
• 3+ years of software development experience working in a team environment.
• Strong observability engineering experience and exposure to Prometheus, Grafana, or SaaS-based monitoring platforms (DataDog preferred).
• Experience with data streaming and messaging service platforms (e.g., Kinesis, Kafka, SNS).
• Experience with datastore platforms and technologies (e.g., DynamoDb, Aurora, RDS, Cassandra, MongoDb).
• Experience with deploying onto containerization and orchestration platforms (such as Docker and Kubernetes).
• Experience with cloud platforms and services (AWS preferred).
• Strong communication skills (able to explain concepts to non-technical people as well as engineering peers).

Experience and Qualification

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.

About Expedia Group

Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) powers travel for everyone, everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good, we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success, while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers. 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™.

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, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.