Software Development Engineer III

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.

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.

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