As a global leader in travel, Expedia helps millions of people every day go places and build lifelong memories. Join our exciting team and help us deliver extraordinary technical solutions for one of Expedia’s fast-growing private label business. Expedia Partner Solutions is an entrepreneurial start-up and the fastest-growing affiliate network ($4 billion in sales and counting). We work with over 10,000 partners in 33 countries to turn their web traffic into travel bookings and happy customers.

We are looking for a humble and enthusiastic developer who will push the boundaries on engineering forward-thinking solutions and contribute to crafting our new future. As a Software Development Engineer on this team, you will collaborate with other experienced software engineers to drive improvements to our technology, design and develop new services and software solutions, and build metrics to ensure high-quality results. You will have the opportunity to work with business partners, leadership and other software developers, UX designers, influence and drive product vision and lead the design of our systems. Bring your skills, experience, enthusiasm, and passion to innovate and produce results as we continuously improve and deliver the future of extraordinary customer experiences across EPS white label partner sites.

What you will do:

• Collaborate with team members to co-develop and solve problems.
• Take advantage of opportunities to build new technical expertise in a specific engineering area.
• Understand the importance of system and technology integration and the basic features and facilities involved in the integration process.
• Apply software design principles, data structures and/or design patterns and computer science fundamentals to write code that is clean, maintainable, optimized, modular with good naming conventions.
• Apply knowledge of database design to tackle data requirements.
• Help coordinate stakeholder input and collaboration efforts when developing solutions to issues.
• Think broadly and understand how, why and when policies/processes are standardized and when they differ across the organization.
• Execute tasks and/or provides data to support the implementation of holistic solutions that forge linkages between structure, people, process and technology.
• Apply formal training methods to the current workload and feel comfortable challenging authority/the status quo.
• Report clearly on current work status. You ask challenging questions when empowered to do so.

Who you are:

• BS and/or MS in Computer Science with 2-4 years or equivalent experience
• Exceptional coding skills in Java / Scala / Kotlin and proficiency with SQL
• Hands-on experience with technologies like Spring, REST APIs, JSON, JavaScript, Angular JS, JQuery, CSS, HTML
• Technical proficiency in developing high-performance, scalable web applications in distributed architecture SOA
• Exposure to Design Patterns, data structure and algorithms
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience with Agile Methodology
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with automated testing, including unit, functional, and integration testing
• Ability to work in a diverse organization with global, decentralized teams working across multiple locations.
• Experience and knowledge around Cloud technologies like AWS is a huge plus.
• A great teammate who thrives in a fast-paced and collaborative working environment imbibing a growth mentality.

Why join us:

Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people. We are the world's travel platform, made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business. Our brands recognize the power of travel to break down barriers and make people's lives better – that responsibility inspires us to be the place where exceptional people want to do their best work, and to provide them the tools to do so.

Whether you're applying to work in engineering or customer support, marketing or lodging supply, at Expedia Group we act as one team, working towards a common goal; to bring the world within reach. We relentlessly strive for better, but not at the cost of the customer. We act with humility and optimism, respecting ideas big and small. We value diversity and voices of all volumes. We are a global organization but keep our feet on the ground, so we can act fast and stay simple. Our teams also have the chance to give back on a local level and make a difference through our corporate social responsibility program, Expedia Cares.

If you have a hunger to make a difference with one of the most loved consumer brands in the world and to work in the dynamic travel industry, this is the job for you.

Our family of travel brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Egencia®, trivago®, Vrbo®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Hotwire®, Expedia® Media Solutions, CarRentals.com™, Expedia Local Expert®, Expedia® Cruise® and SilverRail Technologies, Inc. For more information, visit www.expediagroup.com.

The total cash range for this position in Chicago is $103,000.00 to $144,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $165,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership.View our full list of benefits.

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, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.