Senior Software Development Engineer - Content Platform

Chicago, IL · full time · Senior

$171,500 – $240,000

Listed on Expedia Group’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role designs and builds backend services and APIs for Expedia's content and product catalog platform, serving hundreds of millions of assets across travel brands. It suits experienced backend engineers who enjoy system design, microservices architecture, and mentoring others in a large-scale distributed systems environment.

Our summary, not Expedia Group’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

What they ask for

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent professional experience
8+ years of professional software development experience
Multiple years owning backend or full-stack services in production, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations
Experience designing and implementing microservice architectures for content or catalog domains
Proficiency in Kotlin or Java with modern frameworks
Strong skills with relational or NoSQL databases including schema design

Nice to have

Experience designing and operating large-scale, high-throughput distributed content or catalog systems
Demonstrated leadership driving architecture and technical direction across multiple services
Track record of improving engineering efficiency through automation, CI/CD, testing, and observability
Familiarity with AI-driven systems and applying AI/ML to real-world products
Experience with AI/ML techniques for content systems like classification, enrichment, or deduplication
Experience with translation, localization, and internationalization tools