Software Development Engineer II - Backend C++

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.

Role Summary An established performer who consistently applies software engineering principles to business contexts, leads small, well-defined projects and continues as a supporting player on complex projects, and actively identifies inefficiencies in existing systems. Experience 2+ years for Bachelor's 0-2 years for Master's Education • Developed software in a team environment of at least 5 engineers (agile, version control, etc.). • Built and maintained a software project/product in production environments in public/hybrid cloud infrastructure. Functional/ Technical Skills • Has strength in a language, moderate familiarity in other applicable languages. • Is familiar with a couple data stores or API access patterns and integration. • Has familiarity with associated technologies within their specialization as part of the wider ecosystem. • Understands of how projects fit together within their team. • Understands moderately complex systems. • Tests and monitors their own code. • Understands testing and monitoring tools. • Debugs applications. • Understands how team goals fit a business need. Role Expectations • Collaborates with team members to co-develop and solve problems. • Proactively reaches out to meet peers across environment and collaborates to solve problems. • Takes advantage of opportunities to build new technical expertise in a specific engineering area. • Seeks knowledge from subject matter experts when needed. • Understands the importance of system and technology integration and the basic features and facilities involved in the integration process. • Develops and tests standard software applications and related programs and procedures to ensure they meet design requirements. • Applies 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. • Applies knowledge of database design to solve data requirements. • Helps coordinate stakeholder input and collaboration efforts when developing solutions to issues. • Thinks broadly and understand how, why and when policies/processes are standardized and when they differ across the organization. • Completes tasks and/or provides data to support implementation of holistic solutions that forge linkages between structure, people, process and technology. • Applies formal training methods to current workload. Feels comfortable challenging authority/the status quo. • Reports clearly on current work status. • Asks challenging questions when empowered to do so.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $119,000.00 to $166,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $190,500.00, 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.

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We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.

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