{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"280b51999ac6b7697b03b014","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/280b51999ac6b7697b03b014","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/280b51999ac6b7697b03b014","title":"Software Development Engineer","description":"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.\nWhy Join Us?\nTo 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.\nWe 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.\nOur 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.\nIntroduction to the Team\nExpedia Technology teams partner with our Product teams 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.\nThe Software Development Engineer III position is part of the Servicing team, which builds and supports Web and Native App traveler self-service experiences for all Expedia brands and partners. In this role, you will design, build, and operate servicing experiences across web and native apps, collaborating closely with Product, XD, and Program Management.\nYou will contribute to the technical design and implementation of scalable services and user experiences in the traveler Servicing space, including applying AI- and agentic-driven capabilities to help travelers resolve their needs quickly and intuitively. As an SDE III, you will be a hands-on engineer, owning features end-to-end and helping to elevate engineering practices on the team through high-quality code, testing, and operational excellence.\nIn this role, you will:\nDesign, build, and evolve highly available, performant, and secure services and applications, including system design (LLD), API design, and data modeling across multiple domains.\nImplement clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, performing code reviews and providing technical guidance to improve code quality, reliability, and operational readiness.\nOwn end-to-end delivery of features and services, including requirements refinement, technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing support in production.\nDiagnose and resolve complex production issues, improve observability and resiliency, and drive continuous improvements in availability, latency, and cost efficiency.\nCollaborate with cross-functional partners (product, program, design, analytics, operations) to translate business and customer requirements into scalable technical solutions that work across multiple product areas.\nSafely integrate and operate AI/ML‑enabled solutions that improve outcomes, including familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.\nMinimum Qualifications:\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.\n5+ years of relevant professional experience.\nProfessional software development experience designing, implementing, and operating services or applications in at least one modern programming language and ecosystem.\nDemonstrated experience owning the end-to-end lifecycle of services or components, including system design, API design, data modeling, testing, deployment, and production support.\nHands-on experience with distributed systems, service-oriented or microservice architectures, and working with data stores (relational and/or NoSQL) and messaging or streaming technologies.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n5+ years of full‑stack development experience across front‑end and back‑end services\nRecent hands-on experience building and operating Node.js + React-based applications in production\nExperience implementing and maintaining GraphQL-based backends\nExperience designing and implementing service APIs and data models consumed by multiple teams or products\nExperience running production services with monitoring, alerting, and on-call participation (e.g., pager rotation)\nExperience as a Clean Code practitioner committed to producing high-quality code.\nSolid experience with agile project methodologies and working with distributed teams.\nPlease note that this role is only available in Austin in alignment with our flexible work model which requires employees to be in-office at least three days a week. We are unable to offer relocation assistance for this role.\nThe total cash range for this position in Austin is $146,000.00 to $204,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $233,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.\nStarting 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.\nExpedia 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.\nAccommodation requests\nIf 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.\nWe 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.\nExpedia 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™. © 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50\nEmployment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group’s Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is careers.expediagroup.com/jobs.\nExpedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. 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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.\nWhy Join Us?\nTo 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.\nWe 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.\nOur 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.\nIntroduction to the Team\nExpedia Technology teams partner with our Product teams 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.\nThe Software Development Engineer III position is part of the Servicing team, which builds and supports Web and Native App traveler self-service experiences for all Expedia brands and partners. In this role, you will design, build, and operate servicing experiences across web and native apps, collaborating closely with Product, XD, and Program Management.\nYou will contribute to the technical design and implementation of scalable services and user experiences in the traveler Servicing space, including applying AI- and agentic-driven capabilities to help travelers resolve their needs quickly and intuitively. As an SDE III, you will be a hands-on engineer, owning features end-to-end and helping to elevate engineering practices on the team through high-quality code, testing, and operational excellence.\nIn this role, you will:\nDesign, build, and evolve highly available, performant, and secure services and applications, including system design (LLD), API design, and data modeling across multiple domains.\nImplement clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, performing code reviews and providing technical guidance to improve code quality, reliability, and operational readiness.\nOwn end-to-end delivery of features and services, including requirements refinement, technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing support in production.\nDiagnose and resolve complex production issues, improve observability and resiliency, and drive continuous improvements in availability, latency, and cost efficiency.\nCollaborate with cross-functional partners (product, program, design, analytics, operations) to translate business and customer requirements into scalable technical solutions that work across multiple product areas.\nSafely integrate and operate AI/ML‑enabled solutions that improve outcomes, including familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.\nMinimum Qualifications:\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.\n5+ years of relevant professional experience.\nProfessional software development experience designing, implementing, and operating services or applications in at least one modern programming language and ecosystem.\nDemonstrated experience owning the end-to-end lifecycle of services or components, including system design, API design, data modeling, testing, deployment, and production support.\nHands-on experience with distributed systems, service-oriented or microservice architectures, and working with data stores (relational and/or NoSQL) and messaging or streaming technologies.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n5+ years of full‑stack development experience across front‑end and back‑end services\nRecent hands-on experience building and operating Node.js + React-based applications in production\nExperience implementing and maintaining GraphQL-based backends\nExperience designing and implementing service APIs and data models consumed by multiple teams or products\nExperience running production services with monitoring, alerting, and on-call participation (e.g., pager rotation)\nExperience as a Clean Code practitioner committed to producing high-quality code.\nSolid experience with agile project methodologies and working with distributed teams.\nPlease note that this role is only available in Austin in alignment with our flexible work model which requires employees to be in-office at least three days a week. We are unable to offer relocation assistance for this role.\nThe total cash range for this position in Austin is $146,000.00 to $204,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $233,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.\nStarting 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.\nExpedia 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.\nAccommodation requests\nIf 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.\nWe 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.\nExpedia 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™. © 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50\nEmployment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group’s Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is careers.expediagroup.com/jobs.\nExpedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.","datePosted":"2026-04-14T11:14:27.391Z","dateModified":"2026-04-14T11:14:27.391Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Expedia Group","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Austin","addressRegion":"TX","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"280b51999ac6b7697b03b014"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/280b51999ac6b7697b03b014"}}