8 days ago
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate high-throughput backend services for insurance and fintech products.
- Develop scalable APIs, pricing engines, and data models supporting dynamic and synthetic products.
- Lead and contribute to complex cross-team initiatives involving pricing, checkout, booking, servicing, and other systems.
- Contribute to zero-to-one product launches and rapidly iterate on capabilities across brands and markets.
- Write clean, maintainable, testable code with emphasis on performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in distributed, high-scale systems.
- Use AI-assisted development tools such as Copilot and Claude.
- Participate in an on-call rotation approximately once per quarter.
- Contribute frontend work when needed as part of a backend-heavy full-stack role.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent related professional experience.
- At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong experience building backend services and APIs in distributed systems.
- Experience designing scalable, high-availability platforms.
- Proficiency in Kotlin or Java.
- Experience working in cloud-based environments.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows or AI/ML-enabled systems.
- Preferred experience in FinTech, InsurTech, or pricing and financial systems at scale.
- Preferred experience building or contributing to zero-to-one products or major feature launches.
- Preferred experience with cross-domain systems and many upstream and downstream dependencies.
- Preferred understanding of pricing strategies, risk systems, or transactional platforms.
- Ability to improve system scalability, reliability, and operational performance.
- Full-stack capability with backend emphasis and ability to contribute to frontend work.
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced environments with tight timelines.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Paid time off and an Employee Assistance Program.
- Wellness and travel reimbursement.
- Travel discounts and International Airlines Travel Agent Network membership.
- Seattle-based flexible work model requiring at least three days in the office per week.
- Relocation assistance is not provided.
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About Expedia
Expedia Group builds a global online travel marketplace where consumers book flights, hotels, vacation rentals, cars, and activities, and partners distribute and market inventory across its platform. It monetizes through commissions, merchant/agency models, and advertising via brands including Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Seattle, the public company (NASDAQ: EXPE) serves travelers and partners in more than 70 countries with B2C, B2B, and ad tech offerings.
