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.
Why Join Us?
To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.
We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.
Introduction to the Team
The Air Supply Organization at Expedia Group is seeking an experienced backend developer with a passion for building robust, scalable, and high-performance applications that help millions of people plan their travels and create lifelong memories. Join us as we revolutionize the travel industry!
The Air Supply Organization at Expedia Group is at the forefront of innovation in the travel industry. We leverage our cutting-edge, in-house platform to seamlessly integrate with airlines worldwide, delivering exceptional travel experiences to millions of users annually. Through APIs that adhere to NDC standards, we enable travellers to access top-tier content, enjoy an immersive ticket shopping experience, and add convenient ancillaries to their journeys with ease.
We are part of the partner connectivity platform that serves as the backbone of Expedia’s business, powering an efficient two-way marketplace that bridges supply and demand. Leveraging diverse integration methods—ranging from direct connections to NDC and GDS sourcing—our platform processes over 50 Tier-1 services and generates more than 8TB of data each month. Built with modern technologies like Java, Kotlin, Spring, MSSQL, DynamoDB, and Redis, our ecosystem supports millions of travelers in finding the best travel products tailored to their needs.
What Sets Us Apart
Global Scale: We operate a platform that impacts millions of users worldwide, making air travel more accessible, seamless, and personalized.
Innovation-Driven: We thrive on solving complex challenges, continuously improving our technology stack, and staying ahead in the fast-paced travel industry.
Collaborative Culture: Our geographically distributed team is empowered to drive high-priority initiatives independently while fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and shared success.
If you’re passionate about creating transformative solutions, tackling large-scale engineering challenges, and shaping the future of air travel, we’d love to have you on our team. Join us, and let’s redefine the way the world travels together!
In this role, you will:
Lead design and implement products and solutions that are highly scalable with high-quality, clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
Find opportunities for process and technology improvements, and work towards adoption and implementation.
Assist with supporting Production systems (includes investigating issues and working towards resolution)
Exercise creativity and provide alternative solutions to a given problem removing roadblocks and driving issues to closure
Create/update documentation for the purpose of sharing knowledge between team members
Actively participate in group technology reviews to critique the work of self and others
Participate and formulate user story creation in partnership with the team, product managers.
Closely collaborate with Senior and Principal Developers, as well as the Product Manager, to find effective solutions to problems.
Experience and Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
5+ years of relevant professional software development experience in Java/ Kotlin
Demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining backend services and APIs at scale.
Proficient in system design, data modeling, and secure, maintainable code development.
Proven ability to own and deliver technical solutions for complex, multi-service environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
Expertise in architecting, scaling, and operating distributed backend systems in production.
Experience integrating AI/ML features or workflows into backend services to enhance product capabilities.
History of driving operational excellence, including monitoring, alerting, and incident management for backend services.
Demonstrated leadership in technical decision-making and mentorship within engineering teams.
Accommodation requests
If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.
We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.
Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™. © 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50
Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group’s Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is careers.expediagroup.com/jobs.
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, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years professional software development experience in Java or Kotlin
- Experience designing, building, and maintaining backend services and APIs at scale
- Proficiency in system design, data modeling, and secure, maintainable code development
- Proven ability to own and deliver technical solutions for complex, multi-service environments
- Expertise in architecting, scaling, and operating distributed backend systems in production
- Experience integrating AI/ML features or workflows into backend services
- History of driving operational excellence including monitoring, alerting, and incident management
- Demonstrated leadership in technical decision-making and mentorship within engineering teams
Expedia Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Expedia Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Expedia Group.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness and travel perks are positioned as differentiators, with wellness and travel reimbursement, brand discounts, and IATAN access supporting work-life balance. Flexible schedules, commuter benefits, and onsite amenities further enhance lifestyle value.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-focused provisions include generous parental leave, adoption and surrogacy assistance, childcare benefits, and caregiver support. Pet care leave and company-sponsored family events broaden the definition of family support.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Healthcare is described as inclusive, extending coverage to partners regardless of gender or marital status and offering fertility and transgender services. This breadth signals support for diverse life stages and identities.
Expedia Group Insights
What We Do
Expedia Group powers travel for everyone, everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good, we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success, while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers. Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™.
Why Work With Us
As travelers and technologists, we are passionate about making travel more seamless, accessible and memorable. We embrace different perspectives, celebrate new ideas, and empower every Expedian to drive meaningful change. The experiences we create bridge divides and broaden horizons – helping create unforgettable memories through travel.
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