Mobile Engineer II - Android

Are you excited to build new technologies that will be instrumental in bringing Expedia Group's evolving brand to life by delivering Android Native App experiences for millions of users? Come build the future of travel with us!

At Expedia, we believe in helping millions of travelers find that ideal destination, phenomenal place to stay and cool activity to make their trip a life experience. At the heart of this is Expedia’s Lodging Shopping team dedicated to solving problems for travelers on their journey. Our team is spread across the world with engineers, designers and product managers from diverse backgrounds working in unison to achieve a cohesive experience.

Our team is building a cutting-edge lodging shopping platform to allow a diverse set of customers to explore hotels, vacation rentals, resorts, and more in order to find their ultimate travel destination! We build and refine experiences that allow retail customers to search and explore details about properties. These experiences are powered by a wide range of APIs and capability services that we build to operate at scale. Our entire infrastructure handles millions of requests per minute which requires scalability, reliability and high performance to ensure the best customer experience. Our platform serves customers on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices on Expedia sites and through a variety of partners.

What you will do

• Architect and build reusable server-driven widgets using the latest Android technologies such as Jetpack Compose, while building scalable schemas to back these components in GraphQL.

• Have a large role in ensuring that the app architecture is scalable with shared UI components, a networking layer, and more to allow us to achieve maximum velocity, democratize the development of our Android apps, and move quickly into exciting new technology opportunities.

• Find opportunities and drive solutions to modularize the codebase, provide performance improvements, and improve the developer experience.

• Work in a team that encourages engineers to hone their craft in their chosen area of expertise or expand their knowledge by taking up new challenges.

• Work to gain a solid understanding of our user's needs, help define and prioritize new features, and offer constructive critiques of planned features.

• Provide and participate in code reviews to assess overcall code quality and flexibility, and the application of good object-oriented programming techniques

• Drive continuous improvement and continuous delivery in our software development process within an agile development team

• Write automation tests, unit tests and acceptance tests as appropriate to support our continuous integration pipelines

Who You Are

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience

• 2+ years of experience in Android application development with experience on large scale applications

• Passionate about building and refining high performance mobile apps

• Proficient in Kotlin

• Experienced with MVVM, Jetpack Compose, Dagger 2, Android Studio.

• Experience with GraphQL is very nice to have as well, but not required.

• Understand the client/server architectures and mobile development standard methodologies

• Willing to iteratively work at solving a problem, because you deeply care about customers, and you are open to a continuous feedback loop. We ship. We learn. We improve. We change.

• Value team diversity, communicate with empathy and act humbly.

The total cash range for this position in Chicago is $103,000.00 to $144,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $165,000.00, 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 individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership.View our full list of benefits.

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.