Backend Software Engineer II - Scalable Pricing & AI-Driven

Expedia, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking a Software Development Engineer II (Backend) to design and build high-throughput backend services for pricing. You will implement cache layers and participate in API design and data modeling for scalable microservices.

The role emphasizes hands-on development with Java/Scala/Kotlin, distributed systems, and collaboration across cross-functional teams to deliver reliable pricing capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• 2+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Hands-on backend development with Java/Scala/Kotlin or similar languages and building scalable distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-throughput, low-latency backend services for pricing at scale.
• Implement robust caching to improve performance and reduce latency.
• Participate in system design, API design, and data modeling for scalable microservices.

Skills

Java

Scala

Kotlin

Distributed systems

Caching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Redis

Couchbase

Memcached

Kafka Streams

AWS Kinesis

Job description

Expedia Group is seeking a Software Development Engineer II (Backend) to design and build high-throughput backend services for pricing. You will implement cache layers and participate in API design and data modeling for scalable microservices.

The role emphasizes hands-on development with Java/Scala/Kotlin, distributed systems, and collaboration across cross-functional teams to deliver reliable pricing capabilities.