Software Development Engineer III

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business. Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere. Introduction to team: Ordering Services is a mission‑critical domain at Expedia Group that powers the traveler journey from checkout through post‑booking. We create, orchestrate, and manage orders across travel products, making sure every booking reaches a reliable terminal state and that the right updates flow to the experiences travelers and partners depend on. We focus on dependable, scalable services and clear APIs so travelers can book with confidence, manage trips smoothly, and receive timely, accurate information. By ensuring a consistent order lifecycle and trustworthy order data, Ordering Services delivers tangible value for Expedia Group’s brands and partners—and, most importantly, a seamless experience for travelers. 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. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's or Master’s in a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience • 5+ years of software development experience with a Bachelor's degree or 3+ years with a Master’s degree • Experience in an object-oriented language (e.g., Java, Kotlin) and designing, REST/grpc/graphql APIs/MCP servers. • Ability to design and build moderately complex, well-defined software systems Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with cloud-computing platforms (e.g., Amazon Web Services) • Experience with managing tier-0/tier-1 applications • Experience with both relational and non-relational data stores • Understanding of CI/CD methodologies, source control with Git, and monitoring/logging tools (e.g., Splunk, Datadog) • Experience working in an agile team environment, conducting peer reviews, and mentoring junior engineers • Experience maintaining projects in production environments, including bug fixing and troubleshooting Accommodation requests Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request at https://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation. About Expedia Group Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease. Important notice Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official place to find and apply for roles is https://careers.expediagroup.com/jobs/. Equal Opportunity 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.