Software Development Engineer III

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.

Why Join Us?

To 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.

We 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.

Private Label Solutions (PLS) is the B2B arm of Expedia Group. We open up our supply and innovative technology to businesses looking to take on the world of travel. These businesses, sometimes referred to as our 'demand partners', include global financial institutions (e.g. AMEX), corporate managed travel, offline travel agents (e.g. Flight Centre), global travel suppliers (e.g. Delta) and many more.  

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Software Developer to join our development team. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in JVM languages (such as Java, Scala, or Kotlin), consistently apply software engineering principles to business contexts, lead small, well-defined projects, contribute as a supporting team member on complex projects, and proactively identify inefficiencies in existing systems.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and test standard software applications, related programs, and procedures to ensure they meet design requirements.

• Collaborate with team members to co-develop solutions and resolve problems.

• Seize opportunities to build new technical expertise in a specific engineering area.

• Understand the significance of system and technology integration, as well as the fundamental features and processes involved.

• Apply software design principles, data structures, design patterns, and computer science fundamentals to write clean, maintainable, optimized, and modular code with clear naming conventions.

• Utilize database design knowledge to address data requirements.

• Help coordinate stakeholder input and collaboration efforts when developing solutions to issues.

• Think broadly, recognizing when policies and processes should be standardized and when variations across the organization are necessary.

• Complete tasks and/or provide data to support the implementation of holistic solutions that integrate structure, people, processes, and technology.

• Apply formal training methods to current workloads.

• Report clearly on work status.

Experience and qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree or 2+ years with a Master's degree.

• Experience developing software in a team environment of at least five engineers (agile methodologies, version control, etc.).

• Built and maintained software projects/products in production environments within public or hybrid cloud infrastructure.

• Proficiency in a JVM language, with moderate familiarity with other applicable languages.

• Familiarity with at least two data stores, API access patterns, and integrations.

• Understanding of relevant technologies within their specialization as part of a broader ecosystem.

• Ability to grasp how projects fit within the team's objectives.

• Experience working with moderately complex systems.

• Ability to test and monitor personal code effectively.

• Familiarity with testing and monitoring tools.

• Proficiency in debugging applications.

• Understanding of how team goals align with business needs.

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