Senior Software Development Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- UK - London
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
- Strong engineering skills and curiosity to push what’s possible with modern tech, regardless of stack.
- Ability to break down complex problems and ship simple, innovative solutions with a cross‑functional team.
- Proven experience building scalable, user‑centric products that power great user experiences.
- Clear, concise communication skills, translating technical details for both technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Growth‑minded and data‑driven, always learning, experimenting, and raising the bar for how we build products and experiences.
- Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.
Nice to have
- Hands‑on experience with multiple system architectures (e.g. microservices, event‑driven, composable) and the ability to evaluate and communicate the trade‑offs between them for scale, reliability, an
- Hands on experience with Kotlin for server side, or/and React and Typescript for the frontend.
- Proven track record of refactoring and modernising legacy codebases and architectures, improving performance and maintainability while minimising risk and customer impact.
- Track record of integrating and optimizing AI/ML-enabled features or workflows within production systems.
Full description
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 flexible work model (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.
The team
As a Fullstack engineer in the Product Experience team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining our high-availability, high-transactional Property Detail Pages on the app.
You will be part of a multi-functional team of Product Managers, TPMs, Engineering Managers, and Software Engineers based in Gurgaon, Bangalore, London, and Madrid. We prioritise building high-quality software with a focus on availability, performance, scalability, and system resiliency.
Our London team is looking for curious, empathetic, and creative problem solvers with a growth mindset. We value our team culture and work together from the office three times a week.
In this role, you will:
- Design, build, and maintain robust full stack applications and scalable services across multiple domains, applying deep technical expertise and architectural skills.
- Lead the end-to-end development process, including system design, API design, and data modelling, ensuring quality and maintainability of solutions.
- Collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams to define requirements, deliver impactful features, and drive technology strategy.
- Mentor and guide engineers, fostering best practices in coding, testing, and operational excellence within and across teams.
- Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions to improve business and customer outcomes, ensuring secure and ethical adoption.
- Demonstrate adaptability by contributing to projects spanning different technical stacks, domains, and platforms.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience.