Software Development Engineer III - Reliability Engineering

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 global hybrid work setup (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.

Introduction to team:

Expedia Product & Technology builds 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 for the traveler and our partners that drive loyalty and customer satisfaction. The Software Development Engineer III role will report to the Resiliency Solutions team which sits within our Product & Technology division. This team is responsible for building software solutions to support disaster recovery and incident remediation for enterprise-scale multi-region systems.. In this role, your primary focus will be on the reliability of the applications and systems that power the world's largest online travel platform.

In this role, you will:

• You will develop, design, debug, and modify components of software applications and tools.

• Write automated unit, integration and acceptance tests as appropriate to support our continuous integration pipelines.

• Support and troubleshoot data and/or system issues as needed.

• Prototype creative solutions quickly by developing minimum viable products and work with seniors and peers in crafting and implementing the technical vision of the team.

• Communicate and work effectively with geographically distributed multi-functional teams.

• Participate in code reviews to assess overall code quality and flexibility.

• Resolve problems and roadblocks as they occur with peers and unblock junior members of the team. Follow through on details and drive issues to closure.

• Define, develop and maintain artifacts like technical design or partner documentation.

• Drive for continuous improvement in software and development process within an agile development team.

• Participate in user story creation in partnership with the team(s).

Experience and qualifications:

• Bachelors or master’s degree in computer science or a related major and/or equivalent work experience.

• Demonstrated expertise in the software development lifecycle.

• Experience and proficiency in one of these programming languages - Java, Golang, or Kotlin (required) .

• Previous experience in Typescript/REACT (nice to have).

• Demonstrated expertise building and operating containerized applications using Kubernetes and Helm charts.

• Demonstrated experience building and operating services on AWS.

• Experience using code versioning tools such as Git.

• Experience in Agile/Scrum software development practices

• Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly and concisely.

• Demonstrated commitment to reliability engineering, particularly related to cloud-based systems (AWS preferred).

• 3-5+ years of industry experience in Software Engineering.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $137,500 to $192,500. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $220,000, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $137,500.00 to $192,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $220,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting 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.

Accommodation requests

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We 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.

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