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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Development Engineer II - **Company:** Expedia, Inc. - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Starter - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Software Applications, Data Structures, Data Stores, Database Design, Software Debugging, Software Design Patterns, Monitoring of Systems, Software Engineering, Software Project Management, HybridCloud, Software Version Control - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=77f33b4da06abe5b ## About the Role 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. 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