Introduction to Team:

Our Expedia Product & Technology division builds innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A unified, singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences for the traveler and our partners that drive loyalty and customer satisfaction.

This Software Development Engineer II role is part of the Content Team team which sits within our Technology division. The Content Team acquires, curates, enriches, and distributes content from suppliers, travelers, third-party sources, and Expedia Group to provide contextual, relevant, and trustworthy information throughout the travel journey. In this role, you will develop and manage products and services that support Expedia Group's content ecosystem and improve the quality, relevance, and personalization of content for travelers and partners.

In this role, you will:

• Design, build, and evolve reliable, scalable backend services and applications, including system design (LLD), API design, and data modeling for clearly scoped product capabilities.
• Deliver backend features across the full software development lifecycle by implementing designs, writing high-quality code, creating and executing tests, and contributing to deployment, monitoring, and ongoing operational support.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and technical partners to understand requirements, break down work, and implement backend solutions that integrate with multiple services and domains.
• Improve code quality, reliability, and performance by following and contributing to best practices in testing, observability, security, and operational excellence for the services you support.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing, steadily expanding your technical scope and impact while supporting a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes, with familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
• 2+ years of relevant professional software development experience delivering production backend services or applications.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language commonly used at Expedia Group and solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, object-oriented or functional design, system design (LLD), API design, and data modeling.
• Experience working with service-oriented or microservice architectures, including consuming and implementing APIs, working with data models, and contributing to the reliability, scalability, and security of services.
• Exposure to operating backend services in production environments, such as contributing to monitoring, on-call support, or improving systems based on operational data and feedback.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience contributing to the design and evolution of distributed backend systems and data models that handle significant traffic or data volume, including working with clear, well-versioned API contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of well-defined backend components or features, make sound implementation tradeoffs, and align solutions with established architectural and domain standards.
• Experience improving operational excellence through enhanced observability, automation of repetitive tasks, and improvements to service performance, resilience, or cost efficiency.
• Hands-on experience using AI-driven tools, platforms, or workflows in the software development lifecycle, and safely integrating AI/ML-enabled components into production backend services under guidance from more experienced engineers.
• Experience applying metrics, experimentation, or analytics to inform backend design decisions and improve product or system outcomes.

The total cash range for this position in Chicago is $111,000.00 to $155,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $177,500.00, 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.

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.