Senior Software Development Engineer - Content Platform

Overview As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Content, you will design and evolve scalable services powering Expedia Group’s content and catalog. You’ll lead system and low-level design, delivering end-to-end features across multiple services while collaborating with product and architecture teams. You’ll improve CI/CD, observability, and incident readiness, and safely integrate AI/ML into content workflows. This role offers impact on content quality and developer productivity at scale, in a DevOps environment that values learning and growth. Compensation / Benefitsmedical, dental, and vision coveragepaid time offEmployee Assistance Programwellness and travel reimbursementtravel discountsIATAN membership ResponsibilitiesDesign, build, and evolve complex services, APIs, and data models for content and catalog experiencesLead system and low-level design for content services including API contracts and data modelingDrive end-to-end delivery for multi-service features from discovery to deployment and operationsCollaborate with product, architecture, and partner engineering teams to define reusable content capabilitiesImprove CI/CD, observability, operational readiness, and incident response; mentor engineersSafely integrate AI/ML-enabled solutions into content workflows to improve content quality and developer productivity Key requirements8+ years of relevant professional experienceProven experience owning backend or full-stack services in productionExperience designing service-oriented or microservice architectures with API design and data modelingProficiency in Kotlin or Java and related frameworksStrong relational or NoSQL database skills (Redis/Valkey, Cassandra, ScyllaDB) including schema designExperience with design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations of servicesleadership and collaborationcommunication with cross-functional teamsproblem-solving and initiativeKotlinJavaAPI design