Software Developer Engineer III

at  Expedia Group

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.

WHO YOU ARE:

• You’ve strong experience using backend technologies to build APIs preferably in VM languages (Java/Kotlin/Scala/Clojure/Groovy)
• You are interested, or have some experience, working with frontend or Native tech too (React/Switf/Kotlin)
• Be self-motivated with drive and good organisational skills to work on a fast-paced team delivering product features
• Critical thinker, expected to speak out and voice concerns when needed
• Passionate about learning and improving our codebase and developer experience
• You have collaborated closely with Product Managers to represent the technical feasibility of work and turn requirements into technical solutions
• You have a passion for teaching others - you will have coached or mentored other Engineers, elevating their technical skillsets

Good to know

• We are looking for someone that can lean into the Frontend or Native, and Backend when needed. If you only have experience as a Backend engineer, but you are interested in learning, please still apply as we do not expect you to be an expert in both platforms, and we are happy to teach you.
• This is a hybrid role, we work from our London office Three times a week.

A high performing individual contributor who acts as a mentor to more junior engineers, applies new engineering principles to improve existing systems, and is responsible for leading complex, well-defined projects.
As software engineer in the Property Experience team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining our high-availability, high-transactional Property Detail Pages and the underlying experience APIs that power them.
You will be part of a multi-functional team of Product Managers, TPMs, Engineering Managers, and Software Engineers based in Gurgaon, Bangalore, London, and Madrid. We prioritise building high-quality software with a focus on availability, performance, scalability, and system resiliency.

What you’ll do:

• Act as a point of contact for technical issues related to specific work streams within a project.
• Implement product features working as part of a multi-functional team using agile methodologies and run what you build approach
• Lead the team to identify and develop lean technical solutions, guiding the team to find the right balance between technical excellence and shipping value to our users
• Learn from others and share your own skills & perspectives too - we believe that no one is the finished article, and that there should be learning and career development in every role you do.