Senior Software Development Engineer, Partner Connectivity

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 global hybrid work setup (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. Were building a more open world. Join us.

Developpeur(-euse) senior(e) de logiciels

Presentation de lequipe

Lorganisation Air Connectivity dExpedia Group est a la recherche dun(e) developpeur(-euse) dapplications dorsales qui possede une grande experience de la technologie et une passion pour la creation dapplications robustes, evolutives et performantes pour aider des millions de personnes a planifier leurs voyages et a creer des souvenirs inoubliables. Joignez-vous a nous alors que nous revolutionnons lindustrie du voyage!

Lorganisation Air Connectivity dExpedia Group est a lavant-garde de linnovation dans lindustrie du voyage. Nous tirons parti de notre plateforme interne de pointe pour nous integrer de maniere transparente aux compagnies aeriennes du monde entier, offrant des experiences de voyage exceptionnelles a des millions dutilisateurs chaque annee. Grace a des interfaces API qui adherent aux normes NDC, nous permettons aux voyageurs dacceder a du contenu de premier ordre, de profiter dune experience dachat de billets immersive et dajouter facilement des supplements pratiques a leurs voyages.

Nous faisons partie de la plateforme de connectivite partenaire qui sert depine dorsale aux activites dExpedia, alimentant un marche bidirectionnel efficace qui relie loffre et la demande. Tirant parti de diverses methodes dintegration, allant des connexions NDC directes aux systemes mondiaux de distribution (GDS), notre plateforme traite plus de 50 services de niveau 1 et genere plus de 8 To de donnees chaque mois. Construit avec des technologies modernes comme Java, Kotlin, Spring, MSSQL, DynamoDB et Redis, notre ecosysteme aide des millions de voyageurs a trouver les produits de voyage les mieux adaptes a leurs besoins.

Ce qui nous distingue

• Echelle mondiale : nous exploitons une plateforme qui a un impact sur des millions dutilisateurs dans le monde entier, rendant le transport aerien plus accessible, transparent et personnalise.
• Innovation : nous nous efforcons de resoudre des defis complexes, dameliorer continuellement notre pile technologique et de garder une longueur davance dans une industrie du voyage en perpetuelle evolution.
• Culture de collaboration : notre equipe, dispersee dans plusieurs regions, est habilitee a mener des initiatives hautement prioritaires de maniere independante, tout en favorisant une culture de collaboration, dinclusion et de reussite partagee.

Si vous avez une passion pour la creation de solutions transformatrices, la resolution de defis de developpement a grande echelle et le faconnement de lavenir du transport aerien, nous aimerions vous avoir dans notre equipe. Joignez-vous a nous et redefinissons ensemble la facon dont le monde voyage!

Dans ce role, vous aurez les responsabilites suivantes :

• Diriger toutes les phases du cycle de vie du developpement de logiciels et y contribuer activement, y compris les efforts de conception, danalyse, de developpement et de deploiement de plusieurs projets dapplications dentreprise pour resoudre des problemes commerciaux complexes.
• Deconstruire les problemes complexes et de grande envergure en etapes realisables et gerables, afin de permettre une execution rationalisee par lequipe.
• Fournir des conseils techniques et du mentorat aux pairs et aux developpeurs debutants, en les aidant a surmonter les obstacles et en favorisant leur developpement.
• Collaborer avec les dirigeants dExpedia Group pour concevoir et developper des applications fiables, en selectionnant judicieusement les technologies pertinentes pour faire evoluer la plateforme de voyage Expedia.
• Maintenir, superviser et ameliorer nos solutions et nos systemes en mettant laccent sur lexcellence du service; appliquer les normes du secteur et les nouvelles technologies pour ameliorer lefficacite, la qualite et le rendement du systeme.
• Rechercher, concevoir et mettre en uvre des composants logiciels modulaires et evolutifs, en tirant parti de votre comprehension de lecosysteme dExpedia et des tendances actuelles du secteur.
• Comprendre les objectifs et les contraintes de lentreprise et expliquer lincidence des decisions techniques sur les resultats.
• Proposer des structures de haut niveau et detaillees pour des solutions durables et a long terme.
• Fournir des estimations de haut niveau et decomposer les taches complexes en etapes realisables.
• Relever les defis architecturaux et techniques, permettant une prise de decision eclairee au sein de lequipe.
• Ameliorer lobservabilite, la surveillance et les mecanismes dalerte pour assurer lexcellence operationnelle.
• Optimiser les solutions existantes pour combler les lacunes et maintenir des normes de qualite elevees.
• Promouvoir et mettre en uvre les pratiques exemplaires de conception de logiciels, y compris les tests unitaires, la programmation pour la resilience et levolutivite.
• Accompagner et encadrer les developpeurs, en leur offrant des conseils et en partageant les connaissances afin de soutenir leur developpement professionnel.
• Diriger des communautes de pratique ou y participer activement, en developpant lexpertise et en favorisant lapprentissage partage.
• Communiquer letat davancement des projets et des jalons de grande envergure aux dirigeants technologiques locaux par ecrit ou oralement. Veiller a ce que la documentation soit complete et detaillee.
• Documenter les conceptions, les pratiques exemplaires et les solutions mises en uvre au profit de lequipe et de lorganisation.

Votre experience et vos competences :

• Bilinguisme : maitrise du francais et de langlais exigee.
• Baccalaureat ou maitrise en informatique, en developpement logiciel ou dans un domaine connexe, ou experience equivalente dans le secteur.
• Diplome technique souhaite, avec experience pratique en projet.
• Au moins 8 ans dexperience en tant que developpeur(-euse) de logiciels.
• Autonomie et volonte dinnover et dameliorer lexperience des clients, avec la capacite de prendre en charge des solutions de bout en bout.
• Solides competences techniques, capacite a resoudre des problemes et a faire preuve desprit critique.
• Comprehension approfondie des principes de conception des logiciels, des algorithmes et des structures de donnees, avec un engagement en faveur de lexcellence technique.
• Solides competences en communication et capacite a collaborer de maniere tres efficace.
• Capacite de formuler des idees aux coequipiers, aux pairs et aux dirigeants, en fournissant des details et en etayant ses idees par des donnees, le cas echeant.
• Capacite a prendre en compte la contribution et les commentaires des autres et a sefforcer de trouver un terrain dentente.
• Experience averee de la conception et de la mise en uvre de projets complexes sur plusieurs trimestres.
• Experience pratique de travail au sein dequipes decentralisees et de mentorat des personnes.
• Contributions demontrees a la communaute des developpeurs, telles que des billets de blogue, des contributions a des logiciels libres ou des conferences techniques.
• Maitrise des technologies dorsales (Java, Kotlin, GraphQL/API RESTful).
• Experience de la creation dune infrastructure infonuagique (AWS de preference) avec des modeles architecturaux solides et des systemes de production de qualite et des outils CI/CD evolutifs et rentables (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Competences avancees en matiere de tests unitaires, dintegration et de bout en bout avec des outils tels que JUnit, Mockito, Jest, Cypress ou Selenium.
• Capacite a concevoir des systemes tres complexes et a guider les integrations entre les equipes.
• Promotion des pratiques exemplaires en matiere de conception logicielle et dexcellence operationnelle.
• Mise en place des mecanismes fiables de test, de controle et dalerte.
• Resolution de problemes de lentreprise en alignant les objectifs de lequipe sur les besoins de lorganisation.
• Appreciation et fierte du travail de lequipe, concentration sur la reussite de lequipe et exemplarite.
• Utilisation de la pensee systemique pour analyser les problemes et mettre en uvre des solutions holistiques et efficaces.

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Senior Software Development Engineer

Introduction to team

The Air Connectivity Organization at Expedia Group is seeking an experienced backend developer and a seasoned technologist with a passion for building robust, scalable, and high-performance applications that help millions of people plan their travels and create lifelong memories. Join us as we revolutionize the travel industry!

The Air Connectivity Organization at Expedia Group is at the forefront of innovation in the travel industry. We leverage our cutting-edge , in-house platform to seamlessly integrate with airlines worldwide, delivering exceptional travel experiences to millions of users annually. Through APIs that adhere to NDC standards, we enable travelers to access top-tier content, enjoy an immersive ticket shopping experience, and add convenient ancillaries to their journeys with ease.

We are part of the partner connectivity platform that serves as the backbone of Expedias business, powering an efficient two-way marketplace that bridges supply and demand. Leveraging diverse integration methodsranging from direct connections to NDC and GDS sourcingour platform processes over 50 Tier-1 services and generates more than 8TB of data each month. Built with modern technologies like Java, Kotlin, Spring, MSSQL, DynamoDB, and Redis, our ecosystem supports millions of travelers in finding the best travel products tailored to their needs.

What Sets Us Apart

• Global Scale: We operate a platform that impacts millions of users worldwide, making air travel more accessible, seamless, and personalized.

• Innovation-Driven: We thrive on solving complex challenges, continuously improving our technology stack, and staying ahead in the fast-paced travel industry.

• Collaborative Culture: Our geographically distributed team is empowered to drive high-priority initiatives independently while fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and shared success.

If youre passionate about creating transformative solutions, tackling large-scale engineering challenges, and shaping the future of air travel, wed love to have you on our team. Join us, and lets redefine the way the world travels together!

In this role, you will:

• Lead and actively contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle, including design, analysis, development, and deployment efforts for multiple enterprise application projects to tackle complex business problems

• Deconstruct large, complex problems into manageable and achievable milestones, driving streamlined execution by the team

• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to peers and junior engineers, helping them overcome obstacles and fostering their growth

• Collaborate with Expedia Group leaders to architect and build robust applications, thoughtfully selecting relevant technologies to evolve the Expedia travel platform

• Maintain, monitor , and improve our solutions and systems with a focus on service excellence; apply industry standards and new technologies to enhance efficiency, quality, and system performance

• Research, design, and implement modular and scalable software components, leveraging your understanding of the Expedia ecosystem and current industry trends

• Understand business goals and constraints, and articulate the impact of technical decisions on outcomes.

• Propose high-level and detailed architectures for sustainable, long-term solutions

• Provide high-level estimates and break down complex tasks into actionable steps

• Address architectural and technical challenges, enabling informed decision-making within the team

• Enhance observability, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms to ensure operational excellence

• Optimize existing solutions to close gaps and maintain high-quality standards

• Advocate for and implement software design best practices, including unit testing, programming for resiliency, and scalability

• Coach and mentor developers, offering guidance and sharing knowledge to support their professional growth

• Actively participate in or lead communities of practice, building expertise and fostering shared learning

• Communicate the status of high-level projects and milestones to local tech leadership through written or oral means. Ensure thorough and complete documentation

• Document designs, best practices, and implemented solutions for team and organizational benefit

Experience and qualifications:

• Bilingual: Proficiency in French and English required

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent industry experience

• Technical degree preferred , with hands-on project experience

• 8+ years of related SDE experience

• Self-starter consistently looking to innovate and enhance customer experiences, with the ability to own solutions end-to-end

• Strong technical proficiency , capable of problem-solving and applying critical thinking

• Deep understanding of software design principles, algorithms, and data structures, with a commitment to technical excellence

• Strong communication skills and highly effective collaborator

• Able to articulate ideas to teammates, peers, and leaders, providing details and supporting ideas with data where applicable

• Incorporate others' input and feedback and strive to find common ground

• Proven experience leading the end-to-end design and implementation of complex, multi-quarter projects

• Hands-on experience working in decentralized teams and mentoring individuals

• Demonstrated contributions to the engineering community, such as blog posts, open-source contributions, or tech talks

• Proficient in backend technologies (Java, Kotlin, GraphQL /RESTful APIs)

• Experience building on cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) with sound architectural patterns and scalable, cost-efficient production-quality systems and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

• Advanced skills in unit, integration, and end-to-end testing with tools like JUnit, Mockito, Jest, Cypress, or Selenium

• Ability to design highly complex systems and guide cross-team integrations

• Advocate for best practices in software design and operational excellence

• Establish robust testing, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms

• Solve business problems by aligning team goals with organizational needs

• Enjoy and take pride in the work of your team, focusing on the team's success and leading by example

• Employ systems thinking to analyze issues and implement holistic, efficient solutions

The total cash range for this position in Montreal is $146,000.00 to $204,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $233,500.00, 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 individuals knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Accommodation requests

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request .

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