Software Development Engineer I

Software Development Engineering

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.

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.

Are you an enthusiastic problem solver who is excited to know how tech products scale well for numbers not in hundreds or thousands, but in millions? Do you want to power the future of travel? Are you looking for a career accelerating program that will enable you to make a positive impact, strengthen connections, and bridge divides across the world? Then come and help us bring people together through travel technology, while jump-starting your career in Software Development Engineering.

The Rolling Stones team is a cross-functional team within the EGA Publisher division. This means we take care primarily of the front end (and some good backend too!) of ads displayed on the Expedia website, as well as other EG brands. Our team specifically owns Video Ads end to end, partners integrations and a few capabilities within the advertising space.

This role would support the launch of new placements for video ads, as well as creating AI functionality for video creation and manipulation to add to our self-serving portal.

What You'll Do:

Expedia Group is looking for top engineering talent to help drive the development of our e-commerce platforms. Our services are the nexus of a globally distributed system that spans many organizations that drive the cornerstone of travel platforms. That means our roadmap is deep and contains several innovative programs designed to make our services fault-tolerant and improve both our customers' (travelers) and partners' (hotels, airlines, etc.) experiences.

• As part of our development team, you'll actively participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements capturing, functional and technical design, development, testing and roll-out, and support
• Design, develop, document, and thoroughly test your code
• Own software components depending on the projects in flight as well as your affinities
• Build your own automation and reporting tools to provide capabilities around the components you own and participate in solving production issues
• Expand your skills in developing high quality, distributed, and scalable software
• Provide quality implementation and testing of a component or feature with peer and manager support
• Drive technical implementation at the application or product level for small projects
• Supply improvements to solutions for a given problem

Who You Are:

We know that many potential candidates can be hesitant to apply for a job if they aren't sure that they meet all the criteria shared. If you meet all the criteria labelled 'Must' and are interested in this role, we encourage you to apply!

• You have a Bachelors or Master's degree in a technical (e.g., Computer Science, Software Engineering, Math) or a related field, or equivalent related professional experience
• Must have no more than 2 years' professional experience
• Must be willing to relocate to the city of job location if outside commuting distance
• Helpful to have moderate proficiency in any of: JavaScript/HTML/CSS, Java, Spring MVC, JSON/XML
• Helpful to have working knowledge of Agile software development methodologies (scrum, XP)
• Helpful to have solid understanding of object-oriented programming concepts, data structure, algorithms, and system-level programming (including multi-threaded programming)
• Helpful to have experience testing, automating, and instrumenting code
• Helpful to have effective communication skills and the ability to engage with a variety of partners (e.g., internal, external, technical, non-technical people)
• Helpful to be a quick learner who is always seeking new ways to improve and optimize their technical solutions.
• Helpful to be a great problem solver who is passionate about solving complex problems in a simple, effective, and efficient manner.

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.

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