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# Software Development Engineer II, Android

- **Company:** Expedia Inc.
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $119,000.0 - $166,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Software Quality, Code Review, Data Structures, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Engineering, Data Logging, Kotlin, Information Technology, Low Latency, Api Design, Programming Languages
- **Published:** May 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us3a9d992b9dd91962e9bc47007bc08205

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
2+ years of Android experience
Professional software engineering experience building, testing, and shipping production-quality services or applications.
Experience owning components or services in a distributed system, including responsibility for quality, deployment, and operational health.
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language and in core computer science fundamentals such as data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented or functional design.
Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience designing and implementing service APIs, low-level system designs, and data models that support high-throughput, low-latency, or highly available use cases.
Hands-on experience operating services at scale, including metrics-based monitoring, alerting, incident response, and continuous improvement of reliability and performance.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams or domains, contributing reusable components, libraries, or patterns that can be leveraged in multiple products.
Experience leveraging AI-assisted development, testing, or observability tools to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational excellence, and to safely integrate AI/ML-enabled solutions in production environments.
Exposure to incorporating AI/ML capabilities (e.g., recommendations, ranking, anomaly detection, or generative features) into services in partnership with specialists, including understanding constraints, tradeoffs, evaluation, and appropriate safeguards.

## Description

As a Software Development Engineer II, you will work on critical, customer-facing Android experiences with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and quality. You'll design, build, and refine features using Kotlin/Compose and modern Android frameworks, collaborate closely with product, design, iOS, and services teams to ship end-to-end solutions, and contribute to technical designs and engineering best practices in testing, observability, and deployment. Our team values ownership, pragmatic problem solving, and a bias for action, while leveraging the scale, data, and platform capabilities of a global travel leader.
In this role, you will:
Design, develop, test, and deploy robust, secure, and maintainable services and applications using Expedia Group's standard technologies, patterns, and engineering practices.
Translate product and technical requirements into clean low-level designs, including API design and data modeling, ensuring performant, observable, and reliable integrations.
Own the end-to-end lifecycle of the services or components you develop, including implementation, code reviews, quality validation, release, and ongoing operational support.
Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and partners across teams to deliver reusable, scalable solutions that can be applied across multiple domains and business use cases.
Instrument services for monitoring, logging, and metrics, participate in on-call or incident response as needed, and drive improvements in reliability, performance, and security.
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