Introduction to the Team
Expedia Technology teams partner with our Product teams 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.
The Software Development Engineer II position is part of the Servicing team, which builds and supports Web and Native App traveler self-service experiences for all Expedia brands and partners. In this role, you will design, build, and operate servicing experiences across web and native apps, collaborating closely with Product, XD, and Program Management.
You will contribute to the technical design and implementation of scalable services and user experiences in the traveler Servicing space, including applying AI- and agentic-driven capabilities to help travelers resolve their needs quickly and intuitively. As an SDE II, you will be a hands-on engineer, owning features end-to-end and helping to elevate engineering practices on the team through high-quality code, testing, and operational excellence.

In this role, you will:

• Design, develop, test, and deploy software solutions for defined services, applying solid coding practices and effective code reviews to maintain high quality and reliability
• Contribute to low-level system design, API design, and data modeling for services and components, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with architectural guidelines
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across the software development lifecycle, including debugging, performance tuning, and improving operational stability of owned services
• Collaborate with peers, technical leads, and partner teams to break down requirements, estimate work, and deliver features that support multiple products or domains
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes, including using AI-driven tools in development workflows and validating their outputs for correctness and safety
• Build familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and apply AI/ML concepts to real world products where appropriate, ensuring secure, compliant, and reliable adoption

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience
• 2+ years of relevant professional experience
• Professional software development experience applying object-oriented or functional programming, data structures, and algorithms to build and maintain production services or applications
• Experience owning components or services through the full development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational support
• Proficiency in system design at the component level, including API design, data modeling, and integration patterns within a service or small set of related services, including familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of full-stack development experience across front-end and back-end services
• Recent hands-on experience building and operating Node.js + React-based applications in production
• Experience implementing and maintaining GraphQL-based backends
• Experience designing and implementing service APIs and data models consumed by multiple teams or products
• Experience running production services with monitoring, alerting, and on-call participation (e.g., pager rotation)

Please note that this role is only available in the following locations: Austin, TX in alignment with our flexible work model which requires employees to be in-office at least three days a week. We are unable to offer relocation assistance for this role.

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $119,000.00 to $166,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $190,500.00, 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.

Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee's passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits.