Senior Backend Engineer, AI-Driven, Scalable Cloud Services

Expedia Group; Washington (District of Columbia); Presencial; USD 131.000 - 161.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness stipend

Travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Descripción de la vacante

Expedia Group is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and scale highly available services across multiple domains in a Seattle-based role. You will mentor engineers, conduct design reviews, and drive reliable architectures using AWS, Kafka Streams, and Kinesis.

You will collaborate with product, design, data, and other teams to deploy AI-enabled features, implement telemetry, and uphold SLAs.

Formación

• Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Proven ownership of complex services, including design, implementation, health, and iterative improvement.
• Strong skills in system design (low-level), API design, and data modeling for scalable solutions.
• Familiarity with AI-driven systems and safely integrating AI/ML concepts into real-world products.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and evolve complex, highly available services and applications (LLD, API design, data modeling).
• Lead end-to-end implementation from requirements through deployment and support, ensuring high code quality.
• Drive technical direction by evaluating tradeoffs and influencing architecture for reliability and security.
• Collaborate with product, design, data, and other teams to deliver reusable, extensible features.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions to improve outcomes across services.

Conocimientos

Java

Scala

Kotlin

AWS

Kafka Streams

API design

Data modeling

Distributed systems

AI/ML concepts

Caching (Redis)

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Herramientas

Kafka Streams

AWS Kinesis

Redis

Couchbase

Memcached

Descripción del empleo

Expedia Group is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and scale highly available services across multiple domains in a Seattle-based role. You will mentor engineers, conduct design reviews, and drive reliable architectures using AWS, Kafka Streams, and Kinesis.

You will collaborate with product, design, data, and other teams to deploy AI-enabled features, implement telemetry, and uphold SLAs.