Senior Software Development Engineer

Expedia Group; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness benefits

Travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group in Seattle seeks a Senior Software Developer to join the BEX Product team. You will design, develop, and maintain high-quality full-stack software powering Home, Attach, and Trip Management experiences for travelers and partners.

The role emphasizes ownership, performance, accessibility, security, and testing, with opportunities to leverage AI-assisted tools and collaborate across product managers, designers, data partners, and engineers to deliver measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience building and operating production software in a team environment.
• Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language with backend and frontend development experience.
• Demonstrated ownership of services across system design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and operational support.
• Solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, system design, API design, and software quality practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve full-stack products and services with emphasis on maintainability and performance.
• Develop production software focusing on accessibility, security, and automated testing.
• Translate requirements into traveler-focused experiences and resilient integrations.
• Own features through design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and improvement.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, data partners, and engineers to deliver outcomes.
• Lead technical discussions, establish engineering standards, and guide decisions in evolving problems.
• Improve system reliability through observability, tuning, automation, and incident response.
• Use product analytics and operational metrics to validate hypotheses and measure impact.
• Contribute to engineering excellence via code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Use AI-assisted tools responsibly to accelerate work while ensuring quality and security.

Skills

Full-stack development

Modern programming languages

System design

Ownership of services

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

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 Team

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.

This Senior Software Developer role is part of the BEX Product team which sits within our Technology division. The team delivers end-to-end Brand Expedia experiences across Home, Attach, and Trip Management, with a focus on creating differentiated lodging experiences and supporting travelers, particularly families and One Key members. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain high-quality software solutions that empower travel growth and enhance user experiences.

What You Will Do

• Design, build, and evolve full-stack products and services, contributing to system design, API design, data modeling, user interfaces, and technical implementation.
• Develop high-quality production software using appropriate frontend and backend technologies, with an emphasis on maintainability, performance, accessibility, security, and automated testing.
• Translate customer, product, and design requirements into intuitive traveler experiences and resilient service integrations across the Trips Experience domain.
• Own features and services through the full lifecycle: technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, data partners, and engineers across Brand Expedia to clarify problems, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Lead technical discussions and design reviews, establish practical engineering standards, and make thoughtful decisions in ambiguous or evolving problem spaces.
• Improve system reliability and operational excellence through observability, performance tuning, automation, incident response, and post-incident learning.
• Use experimentation, product analytics, and operational metrics to validate hypotheses, prioritize work, and measure the impact of delivered experiences.
• Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence through code reviews, documentation, knowledge sharing, mentoring, and inclusive collaboration.
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly to accelerate design exploration, implementation, testing, debugging, and operational work while validating output for quality, security, privacy, and maintainability.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience building and operating production software in a team environment, including full-stack or comparable end-to-end product engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language and hands‑on experience with both backend service development and modern web application development.
• Demonstrated ownership of services or product features across system design, implementation, automated testing, deployment, monitoring, and operational support.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, system design, API design, data modeling, distributed systems, and software quality practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and evolving multi‑service, full‑stack architectures with well‑structured APIs, reusable components, reliable data flows, and clear integration boundaries.
• Demonstrated success improving customer‑facing or high‑traffic systems through performance tuning, resilience engineering, accessibility improvements, and reliability hardening.
• Strong operational‑excellence practices, including instrumentation, logging, metrics, alerting, SLOs, on‑call participation, incident response, and post‑incident analysis.
• Experience with experimentation, feature flags, A/B testing, product analytics, or other data‑informed methods for guiding technical and product decisions.
• Experience applying AI/ML capabilities or AI‑assisted development workflows responsibly, including evaluation, privacy and security considerations, guardrails, and measurement of quality or productivity impact.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $184,500.00 to $258,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $295,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Benefits And Perks

Expedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership. Learn more about life at Expedia Group at https://careers.expediagroup.com/life.

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, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I‑9 to confirm work authorization.