Expedia
Software Development Engineer III
$146K–$234K
Washington - Seattle Campus · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of software development experience building and supporting production systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Employer participates in E-Verify; new employees’ I-9 information is provided to SSA and, if necessary, DHS to confirm work authorization.
About the job
Build and operate the lodging inventory platform that ingests, stores, and distributes rates and availability across Expedia Group brands.
What you'll do
- Design, build, test, and deliver reliable software across services, applying system, API, and data-modeling practices.
- Own technical execution for complex services and contribute to architecture decisions balancing performance, availability, security, and operational excellence.
- Troubleshoot production issues, improve monitoring and automation, and collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end solutions, including AI/ML-enabled capabilities.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
- 5+ years of software development experience building and supporting production systems.
- Strong software engineering foundation, including system and API design, data modeling, and debugging distributed systems; experience in cloud-based, service-oriented environments and CI/CD.
- Experience in JVM technologies, specifically Kotlin and functional programming; experience with SQL (Aurora) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB, DocumentDB).
Nice to have
- Experience leading technical delivery for complex initiatives and improving engineering practices.
- Experience evaluating or implementing AI/ML capabilities or using AI-driven development tools and workflows.
Pay
$146,000.00 to $204,500.00 USD total cash; up to $233,500.00 USD total cash (top of range)
Tools
Kotlin, JVM, SQL (Aurora), DynamoDB, MongoDB, DocumentDB, CI/CD
AI focus
Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions and apply AI/ML concepts to real-world products; preferred experience includes AI/ML product capabilities and AI-driven development tools or workflows.
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