Expedia

Software Development Engineer II

Expedia
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Chicago, IL, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and evolve reliable, scalable backend services and applications, including low-level system design, API design, and data modeling.
  • Deliver backend features across the full software development lifecycle by implementing designs, writing code, creating and executing tests, contributing to deployment, monitoring, and operational support.
  • Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and technical partners to understand requirements and implement solutions integrating with multiple services and domains.
  • Improve code quality, reliability, performance, observability, security, and operational excellence for supported services.
  • Participate in code reviews, design discussions, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
  • Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve product outcomes.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent related professional experience.
  • At least 2 years of relevant professional software development experience delivering production backend services or applications.
  • Proficiency in at least one modern programming language and understanding of algorithms, data structures, object-oriented or functional design, low-level system design, API design, and data modeling.
  • Experience with service-oriented or microservice architectures, including consuming and implementing APIs and contributing to service reliability, scalability, and security.
  • Exposure to operating backend services in production, including monitoring, on-call support, or improvements based on operational data and feedback.
  • Preferred: experience designing distributed backend systems and data models handling significant traffic or data volume and working with versioned API contracts.
  • Preferred: ownership of well-defined backend components, sound implementation tradeoffs, and alignment with architectural and domain standards.
  • Preferred: experience with observability, automation, service performance, resilience, cost efficiency, metrics, experimentation, analytics, and AI-driven tools or workflows.

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 (IATAN) membership.

Categories

Expedia

About Expedia

10,000+ employees

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.

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