Senior Software Development Engineer

PowerToFly; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global travel organization is seeking a Fullstack Engineer to join their Product Experience team in London. The role involves designing and maintaining robust applications while collaborating with diverse teams across several countries. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in software engineering, be adept at problem-solving, and possess strong communication skills. The company values a growth mindset and offers a full benefits package, including flexible work options and career development resources.

Benefits

Exciting travel perks

Generous time-off

Parental leave

Flexible work model

Career development resources

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Ability to break down complex problems and ship innovative solutions.
• Proven experience building scalable, user-centric products.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust full stack applications.
• Lead the end-to-end development process, ensuring quality of solutions.
• Collaborate across teams to drive technology strategy.

Skills

Strong engineering skills

Curiosity to push with modern tech

Clear communication skills

Growth-minded and data-driven

Familiarity with AI-driven systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

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.

The team

As a Fullstack engineer in the Product Experience team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining our high‑availability, high‑transactional Property Detail Pages on the app.
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.

Our London team is looking for curious, empathetic, and creative problem solvers with a growth mindset. We value our team culture and work together from the office three times a week.

In this role, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain robust full stack applications and scalable services across multiple domains, applying deep technical expertise and architectural skills.

• Lead the end‑to‑end development process, including system design, API design, and data modelling, ensuring quality and maintainability of solutions.

• Collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams to define requirements, deliver impactful features, and drive technology strategy.

• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering best practices in coding, testing, and operational excellence within and across teams.

• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML‑enabled solutions to improve business and customer outcomes, ensuring secure and ethical adoption.

• Demonstrate adaptability by contributing to projects spanning different technical stacks, domains, and platforms.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience.

• Strong engineering skills and curiosity to push what’s possible with modern tech, regardless of stack.

• Ability to break down complex problems and ship simple, innovative solutions with a cross‑functional team.

• Proven experience building scalable, user‑centric products that power great user experiences.

• Clear, concise communication skills, translating technical details for both technical and non‑technical audiences.

• Growth‑minded and data‑driven, always learning, experimenting, and raising the bar for how we build products and experiences.

• Familiarity with AI‑driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands‑on experience with multiple system architectures (e.g. microservices, event‑driven, composable) and the ability to evaluate and communicate the trade‑offs between them for scale, reliability, and speed of delivery.

• Proven track record of refactoring and modernising legacy codebases and architectures, improving performance and maintainability while minimising risk and customer impact.

• Track record of integrating and optimizing AI/ML‑enabled features or workflows within production systems.

Accommodation requests

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.

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.

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.