Senior Backend Engineer - Content Systems and APIs

Expedia Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 171,500 - 274,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group in Chicago is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer (Content) to design, build, and evolve complex content and catalog services, APIs, and data models powering our travel platforms. You will lead system design, drive multi-service delivery, and collaborate with product, architecture, and partner teams to deliver scalable solutions.

We value experience designing microservice architectures, API contracts, and data modeling, with strong emphasis on CI/CD, observability, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of relevant professional software development experience.
• Experience owning backend or full‑stack services in production.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve complex services, APIs, and data models powering content/catalog experiences.
• Lead system design and low‑level design for content and catalog services, including API design and data modeling.
• Drive end‑to‑end delivery for multi‑service features from discovery to deployment and operations.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

APIs

Microservices

Data modeling

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

CI/CD

Observability

AI/ML concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring/Observability tools

Job description

Expedia Group in Chicago is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer (Content) to design, build, and evolve complex content and catalog services, APIs, and data models powering our travel platforms. You will lead system design, drive multi-service delivery, and collaborate with product, architecture, and partner teams to deliver scalable solutions.

We value experience designing microservice architectures, API contracts, and data modeling, with strong emphasis on CI/CD, observability, and