Software Development Engineer II

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 global hybrid work setup (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.

Software Dev Engineer II

Are you a highly motivated Software Development Engineer who wants to own, enhance and develop independent/open-source products which solve unique problems for developers/customers? If you're not satisfied with the status quo and constantly want to improve things, we want you here! Come join us and help build the products around data persistence, transport, and governance that connects EG teams and their data using shared platforms. 

As a part of DataPlatform team, our services are designed using API-first and stream-first approaches; and they run in a real-time 24x7 environment with robustness, scalability, reliability, and high performance. We like to innovate, learn and have fun while building the best products for EG and open-source communities. As for engineering, we solve problems of scale and work on cutting-edge and open-source technologies. Our culture strives to solve difficult problems focusing on product engineering based on hypothesis testing to empower people to come up with ideas. 

Technologies we work with include Java, React, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Kafka, Splunk, Jenkins, Docker, AWS (EC2, S3, EMR, RDS, Kinesis, and multi-data center architecture).

What you will do:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality Java Spring Boot applications.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.

• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.

• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems.

• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation.

• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.

• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies.

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 3+ years of professional experience in Java development.

• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot framework.

• Experience with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.

• Familiarity with front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus.

• Knowledge of database systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.

• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

• Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

• Understanding of Agile methodologies.

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.

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