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Expedia

Software Development Engineer III

$146K–$234K

Washington - Seattle Campus · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026

Experience
5+ years of relevant professional experience.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.

About the job

Leads the design, development, operation, and improvement of scalable backend services and APIs for Expedia Group’s travel products.

What you'll do

  • Design and evolve highly available services, APIs, and data models; lead implementation from requirements through deployment and support.
  • Guide technical direction and collaborate across teams to improve reliability, performance, security, and reuse.
  • Integrate AI/ML-enabled solutions and promote operational excellence through automation, observability, incident response, and root cause analysis.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent related professional experience.
  • Proven ownership of complex services or multi-service systems, including design, implementation, operational health, and improvement.
  • Strong skills in system design, including low-level design, API design, and data modeling.
  • Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real-world products, including safe integration.

Nice to have

  • Experience with large-scale distributed systems and operational excellence practices.
  • Experience with AI/ML components in production systems; software development in Java or similar, Scala, or Kotlin; and cloud or event-driven systems.

Pay

$146,000.00 to $204,500.00 USD total cash; up to $233,500.00 USD total cash (top of range)

Tools

Java, Scala, Kotlin, AWS, Kafka Streams, AWS Kinesis, Redis, Couchbase

AI focus

Safely integrate, operate, or extend AI/ML-enabled solutions in products and services, such as recommendation, ranking, or decisioning systems.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)