Senior Software Development Engineer

Expedia Group; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Expedia Group is building the Flights Central Tool and related filters and ranking systems to help travelers discover and compare flight offers in real time. This backend‑driven team focuses on scoring, blending, and ranking options while balancing price, convenience, and traveler preferences.

You will work on AI/ML‑enabled features, integration of filters, and data modeling to support scalable flight experiences used by millions of customers worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience owning features or components within a service or application from design through deployment and operational support.
• Proficiency in software development, API integration, data modeling, version control, automated testing, debugging, and production support.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain high-quality software for reliable customer experiences.
• Translate product requirements into scalable technical solutions using modern software practices.
• Contribute to low-level system design, API design, and data modeling for maintainable applications.
• Own features or components across design, implementation, testing, deployment, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Collaborate across engineering, product, design, and other teams to deliver outcomes.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions to improve product and engineering outcomes.

Skills

Software development

API integration

Data modeling

Version control

Automated testing

Debugging

Production support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD

API design

Job description

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business.

Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.

Introduction To The Team

The Air Filters & Ranking team at Expedia Group sits at the heart of how travelers discover and select flights. We are a backend‑focused, data‑driven team that builds the intelligence behind flight search results—ensuring that millions of customers around the world can find the right itinerary quickly, confidently, and at scale.

What We Build

Our team owns and evolves the Flights Central Tool, as well as the filters and ranking systems that shape what travelers see on the flight search results page.

Flights Central Tool

We provide a central control plane for flight experiences: configuration, feature flags, experiments, and insights that let product, analytics, and operations teams fine‑tune how flight offers are selected and presented. This tool is the hub where business strategy meets technical execution for air.

Ranking & Offer Selection

We integrate ML models at multiple layers of the stack to score, blend, and rank flight offers in real time. Our goal is to surface the most relevant options—balancing price, convenience, reliability, flexibility, and traveler preferences—so that customers see compelling choices at the very top of the results.

Filters & Intent Understanding

We design and power flight filters (e.g., stops, times, airlines, fare attributes, flexibility) so that travelers can narrow hundreds of itineraries down to a small, manageable set. We are increasingly intent‑aware, using behavior and context to order and apply filters in ways that speed up decision‑making.

In This Role, You Will

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain high-quality software that delivers reliable, accessible, and intuitive customer experiences.
• Translate product requirements into scalable technical solutions using modern software development technologies and sound engineering practices.
• Contribute to low-level system design, API design, and data modeling to support maintainable, resilient, secure, and operationally reliable applications.
• Own features or components across design, implementation, testing, deployment, troubleshooting, production support, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate across engineering, product, design, and other technical teams to deliver outcomes and apply your expertise across multiple problem spaces.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve product and engineering outcomes, applying foundational AI/ML concepts to real-world products and workflows.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience owning features or components within a service or application from design and implementation through testing, deployment and operational support.
• Proficiency in software development, API integration, data modeling, version control, automated testing, debugging, and production support.
• Familiar… etc for required ... lot

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering software products at scale with a focus on performance, accessibility, usability, security, and operational excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to make data‑driven technical decisions, diagnose complex issues, and improve the reliability and maintainability of production applications.
• Experience contributing to architecture and design decisions across multiple services or technical domains while collaborating effectively with partner teams.
• Practical experience using AI‑assisted development tools or applying AI/ML concepts to improve product capabilities, engineering workflows, or customer outcomes.
• Experience safely integrating, monitoring, and operating AI/ML-enabled features within software applications, with attention to reliability, governance, and measurable impact.

Accommodation requests

Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request at https://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation.

About Expedia Group

Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.

Important notice

Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official place to find and apply for roles is https://careers.expediagroup.com/jobs/.

Equal Opportunity

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.