Senior Software Development Engineer - AI Foundations

Expedia Group

$184K — $258K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 6+ years with a Master's degree.
  • Experience working on at least 2 multi-quarter projects.
  • Leadership experience mentoring a minimum of 3 individuals.
  • End-to-end technical design experience on at least 3 projects.
  • Active contribution to the engineering community, such as blogging, open-source work, or tech talks.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex and vaguely-defined projects, guiding efforts across decentralized teams.
  • Mentor junior engineers, sharing knowledge and fostering their growth.
  • Collaborate with technical leadership and cross-functional peers to align technology with business goals.
  • Conduct day-to-day work, solving complex issues in engineering effectively.
  • Serve as a spokesperson for best practices in software design and development.

Benefits

  • Full benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Generous paid time off and parental leave.
  • Flexible work model with appealing office spaces.
  • Travel perks, discounts, and wellness reimbursement to fuel employees' passion for travel.
  • Access to career development resources to aid professional growth.
Full Job Description
Introduction to Team

Our Technology Team partners with teams across Expedia Group to create innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences that drive loyalty and traveler satisfaction.

This Senior Software Developer Engineer position will be part of the DevEx AI Agents Marketplace team. This team is responsible for building a set of autonomous AI Agents to improve Developer Experience across EG. This is an open marketplace to enable platform use-cases and allow teams to use and build their own custom agents to solve broad development problems. This will be a high impact technical leadership role, defining tech strategy, while also being deeply hands on in building out the AI Agents experience.

In this role, you will:

  • Lead a community of practice, bringing people together for shared learning and development.
  • Partner with business stakeholders to build a clear understanding of how the technology stack is tied to business outcomes.
  • Serve as a guide to other engineers, sharing your domain and industry knowledge across cross-functional teams.
  • Research, recommend, and implement frameworks, architectural patterns, and code design patterns.
  • Advocate for operational excellence, including unit testing, establishing SLAs, and programming for resiliency and scalability.
  • Apply systems thinking to analyze issues, making recommendations to improve processes and implement holistic solutions.
  • Facilitate collaboration with diverse stakeholders to develop effective and innovative solutions to complex issues.
  • Take ownership of the full software development lifecycle, from technical design to testing, deployment, and maintenance.
  • Report on the status and progress of high-level projects to technology leadership.


Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
  • 6+ years of professional software development experience with a Master's degree, or 8+ years with a Bachelor's degree.
  • Proven experience driving the end-to-end technical design of multiple complex, multi-quarter projects.
  • Proficiency in multiple programming languages and/or technologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to understand highly complex systems and design moderately complex systems.
  • Experience collaborating with business partners to identify problems and deliver technical solutions that meet their needs.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Prior experience working with AI Agents
  • Experience serving as a subject matter expert for a given technical domain.
  • Contributions to the wider engineering community (e.g., blog posts, open-source contributions, tech talks).
  • A deep understanding of modern testing, monitoring, and alerting tools and technologies.


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.expediggroup.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.

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 [redacted].com. The official place to find and apply for roles is https://careers.expediagroup.com/jobs/.

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