Principal Software Development Engineer Advertising Technology

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Principal Software Development Engineer Advertising Technology

Introduction to team

Our Expedia Product & Technology division builds innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees

A unified, singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences for the traveler and our partners that drive loyalty and customer satisfaction

The goal of Media Solutions(MeSo) Tech team is to spearhead advertising products and services across many Expedia brands including BEX, Hotels com, Portfolio Brands (COMET & Hotwire com), Expedia Partner Sites (EPS), and Vrbo

We help our advertisers identify travellers on EG sites, target specific traveller criteria, and then deliver the most relevant products

As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will propose, design and implement various initiatives

As a member of the team, you will work in alliance with global teams providing the technical expertise needed to overcome hard problems

We value rigor and innovative thinking in our development process and believe in the power of a motivated & agile development team

In This Role, You Will

Partners with technologists across all of EG to collaboratively solve problems

Supports and informs EG technologists via a community of practice

Builds relationships with leaders across the organization to understand business problems and apply a technology lens to solve them

Designs a technology stack that is tied to business outcomes and our bottom line combines and shares knowledge and skills in more than one functional area to promote effectiveness in the department or business unit/function

Provides active mentorship and rising talent identification

Is known to fill in for peer engineering director as need arises in setting technical next steps in co-ordination with engineering management

Develops north star vision for domain in which they are focused

Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends integration of the appropriate systems, applications and technology to provide a fully functional solution to a business problem

Identifies areas for improvement and develops innovative enhancements using available software development tools following design requirements of customer

Has mastered software design best practices, shapes coding methodologies and best practices and evangelizes adoption of new platform technologies

Advocates for designing software that is scalable, resilient and stable

Has deep knowledge of entire system and can jump into code in any component and fire fight and contribute

Makes decisions on product technology direction based on deep subject matter knowledge

Expertise of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Leads collaboration with key stakeholders and contributes subject matter expertise to develop unique solutions to complex issues

Enables optimum organizational efficiency by taking a whole systems approach and thinking across boundaries to identify which polices/processes should be standardized and which should differ

Provides guidance when evaluating the impacts of a solution to ensure linkages between structure, people, process and technology

Keeps abreast of broad industry trends and develops methods for implementing them in our environment

Identifies when new trends may be too disruptive for a reasonable implementation or spot the ephemerality of new trends

Understands that technology or automation doesn't solve every problem

Champions prioritized initiatives across the local organization and work with others across EG to investigate those initiatives

Ensures documentation is not overwhelming or obsolete

Experience and qualifications:

12+ years of experience developing production-quality code in a professional software engineering role

Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field

Participated in peers performance reviews by providing technical assessment and feedback

Defined software engineering/architecture best practices at a department/organizational level

Functional/ Technical Skills

Makes choices across teams to apply a number of technologies or languages

Presents new technology choices to technical and non-technical observers

Serves as an expert for multiple domains

Proven experience working as a Backend Developer

Experience with cloud-based technologies like AWS and distributed real-time processing systems

Proficiency in Java and Kotlin

Experience in applying AI to practical and comprehensive technology solutions and working with Data Scientists

Experience with ML, deep learning, TensorFlow, Python, NLP

Guides others to make well defined technology choices

Mentor other engineers (Individual Contributor I, II, III; Sr

Individual Contributor)

Creates systems that interact across a business unit

Understands systems being created across Expedia Group (EG) and how own business unit would integrate with them

Understands and designs highly complex systems

Establishes standards for operational excellence and code quality at a multi-project level

Drives principles and practices to guide others in design of software that is easily testable and observable

Understands cross domain capabilities and how they integrate together

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

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

Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia, Hotels com, ExpediaPartner Solutions, Vrbo, trivago, Orbitz, Travelocity, Hotwire, Wotif, ebookers, CheapTickets, Expedia Group?Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert, CarRentals com?, and Expedia Cruises?

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