Senior Software Engineer – Distribution & Supply

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to design and operate highly available distributed systems powering pricing and marketplace infrastructure. You will own critical services, collaborate with product and partner teams, and drive best practices in code quality, observability, and performance.

The role emphasizes safe integration of AI/ML features, mentoring peers, and delivering scalable solutions for millions of travelers, while meeting high reliability and latency

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a related field.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Ownership of services/components including design, quality, and operations.
• Experience with system design, API design, and data modeling for scalable, reliable systems.
• Experience with microservices, CI/CD, automated testing, and production monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own scalable, resilient software services and components.
• Lead end-to-end implementation across design, coding, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Set engineering best practices for code quality, observability, testing, and performance.
• Collaborate with product, design, and partner teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Safely integrate AI/ML-enabled solutions and manage associated risks.
• Identify, debug, and resolve production issues and reduce operational toil.

Skills

8+ years experience

Owns services/components

System design (LLD)

API design

Data modeling

SOA / microservices

CI/CD & testing

Observability & monitoring

AI/ML in production

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.

Senior Software Development Engineer

At Expedia Group, our Distribution and Supply organization builds the core systems that power the global travel marketplace. We enable travelers to discover, compare, and book travel while helping partners optimize pricing, inventory, and visibility across the platform. Our platforms support hotels, vacation rentals, flights, cars, packages, and cruises across Expedia Group brands. Every day, our systems process trillions of pricing requests, powering experiences for hundreds of millions of travelers worldwide.

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to help build and scale the next generation of pricing and marketplace infrastructure. In this role, you will design and operate highly available, low-latency distributed systems that ensure travelers always see the best possible deals while enabling partners to maximize their reach and revenue. This is a high-impact role where you will own critical services that directly influence traveler experience and partner success across the Expedia ecosystem. The systems you build will power the core marketplace infrastructure for global travel, influencing how millions of travelers find value and how thousands of partners optimize their business. You’ll work on mission-critical systems operating at massive scale, solving complex distributed systems problems while helping shape the future of travel technology.

In This Role, You Will

• Design, build, and own high-quality, scalable, and resilient software services and components, including system design (low-level design), API design, and data modeling aligned to Expedia Group engineering standards.
• Lead end-to-end implementation of complex features and services across the full software development lifecycle, from technical design and coding through testing, deployment, and ongoing operational support.
• Drive technical direction within your team by evaluating trade-offs, making data-informed decisions, and setting engineering best practices for code quality, observability, testing, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and partner engineering teams across multiple domains to deliver integrated solutions that meet functional, reliability, and scalability requirements.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes, including familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.
• Proactively identify, debug, and resolve production issues, improve system reliability, and reduce operational toil through automation, monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated ownership of one or more services or components, including responsibility for technical design, implementation, quality, and operational health.
• Proficiency in system design (LLD), API design, and data modeling, with the ability to design for scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Experience with service-oriented or microservices architectures, including automated testing, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and production monitoring practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and evolving large-scale, distributed systems or high-traffic services, including performance tuning, capacity planning, and resilience engineering.
• Track record of providing technical leadership within a team, including reviewing designs and code, mentoring other engineers, and influencing engineering best practices across services or domains.
• Deep experience with observability and operational excellence, including metrics, logging, alerting, incident response, and post-incident analysis to drive long-term improvements.
• Hands‑on experience integrating AI/ML‑enabled features or services safely into production systems, including working with AI/ML platforms, SDKs, or APIs and managing associated risks such as quality, security, and misuse.
• Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows for accelerating development (such as code generation, intelligent testing, or operational insights), and applying these responsibly to improve engineering productivity and product outcomes.

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

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• paid time off
• an Employee Assistance Program
• wellness and travel reimbursement
• travel discounts
• 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

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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.