Software Development Engineer II

Expedia, Inc.; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Expedia Group in Gurgaon (India) seeks a Software Development Engineer II to design, build, and maintain high‑performance services in our Service Data Platform. You will own features from design through production, collaborating with product and operations to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

You will apply CI/CD, unit and integration tests, and contribute to AI/ML‑enabled capabilities in production. Join a team that values experimentation, reliability, and impact across travel platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 2+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Proficiency in object‑oriented and functional programming languages (e.g., Kotlin, Java) and core software engineering practices (code reviews, testing, CI/CD, observability).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, high‑performance services and applications across multiple domains.
• Implement clean, testable code including API design and data modeling for scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with product and operations to translate requirements into technical outcomes using data-driven decisions.
• Own the full software development lifecycle for your services: reviews, testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML‑enabled solutions to improve outcomes in real‑world products.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

Data structures & algorithms

Code reviews

Unit testing

CI/CD

Observability

Education

2+ years of relevant professional experience

Job description

## Software Development Engineer IIApply: India - Gurgaon: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 13, 2026 (4 days left to apply): R-110320At 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**Service Data Platform, part of Expedia Group’s AI and Data Organization, is afoundational component of our Service Platform. Our Context Engineering team serves real-time traveler, booking, and trip data across all servicing channels – powering identification and verification, differentiated servicing, contextual routing, and agent tools for the AI and human agents who support our travelers and partners. Join us to build high-scale data services at the heart of Expedia’s AI-powered servicing experience. **In this role, you will:**• Design, develop, and maintain robust, high-performance services andapplications, contributing to end-to-end feature delivery across multipledomains.• Implement clean, testable code, including system design (low-level design), APIdesign, and data modeling, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, andmaintainable.• Collaborate with peers, product, and operations teams to translate business andcustomer requirements into technical solutions, using data and metrics to guidedecisions.• Own the full software development lifecycle for your services, including codereviews, automated testing, deployment, monitoring, and operational support inproduction environments.• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML‐enabled solutions that improve outcomes,including familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applyingAI/ML concepts to real world products.• Contribute to shared platforms, libraries, and patterns that can be reused acrossteams, increasing engineering efficiency and enabling fungibility across multipleproduct and service areas. **Minimum Qualifications:**• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field; or Equivalentrelated professional experience.• 2+ years of relevant professional experience• Hands-on experience with object-oriented and functional programminglanguages (such as Kotlin, Java, or similar), data structures and algorithms, andcore software engineering practices such as code reviews, unit/integrationtesting, CI/CD, and observability.• Demonstrated ability to design and implement service- or API-based solutions,including basic data modeling and system design within a single service or smallset of services.• Experience collaborating in an agile environment, owning features from designthrough deployment, and supporting them in production within a team orproduct area. **Preferred Qualifications:**• Experience designing and evolving service architectures, including thoughtfullow-level design, API contracts, and data models that support reliability,performance, and extensibility.• Proven experience operating systems at scale, including monitoring, alerting,incident response, and continuous improvement of reliability, latency, and cost.• Track record of using data and experimentation to drive engineering decisions,optimize user experiences, and improve system behavior.• Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/MLconcepts to real world products, including safely integrating AI/ML‐enabledcapabilities into existing services.• Experience contributing to technical direction within a team through code anddesign feedback, and applying modern engineering practices (e.g., automation,security-by-design, performance tuning) to elevate overall code quality.**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.