Senior Android Engineer - Air Shopping Experience

Introduction to Team This Senior Android Engineer is part of the Air Shopping Experience team, which builds the end‑to‑end air shopping journey across native and web. The team powers flight search, discovery, and booking across Expedia Group brands, focusing on fast, reliable, and intuitive mobile experiences. Role Overview The position is based in Seattle and collaborates with distributed teams across Expedia Group. Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain advanced Android applications using Kotlin and modern Android frameworks, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability across a diverse device ecosystem. Lead end‑to‑end feature delivery, including low‑level design, API design, and data modeling for mobile features and services that integrate with backend systems and shared platforms. Collaborate with product, design, and cross‑functional engineering teams to define technical approaches, refine requirements, and deliver high‑quality customer experiences in a fast‑paced environment. Drive code quality through rigorous code reviews, automated testing strategies, continuous integration, and adherence to engineering best practices for Android development. Safely integrate and operate AI/ML‑enabled solutions that improve outcomes, including familiarity with AI‑driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products. Enhance observability, performance monitoring, and incident resolution for Android applications, contributing to operational excellence and reusable patterns across multiple product areas. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience. 8+ years of relevant professional experience. Professional experience developing and shipping Android applications using Kotlin in a production environment, including ownership of features or services from design through deployment and support. Experience with Android application architecture, API integration, and data modeling, including working with RESTful services and offline data handling. Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and maintain testable, maintainable, and performant Android codebases using modern frameworks, tools, and libraries. Familiarity with AI‑driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products, with a focus on safely integrating these capabilities into mobile features. Preferred Qualifications 5+ years of experience as an Android Engineer and advanced proficiency in Kotlin. Advanced proficiency with Jetpack components/Jetpack Compose, Android UI/UX best practices, and performance optimization. Deep understanding of Android app architecture patterns (e.g., MVVM, MVI, MVP). Experience leading technical design for complex Android features, including low‑level design, API contracts, and data models that integrate with multiple backend or shared services. Proven track record driving architectural improvements in Android apps (such as modularization, design patterns, or platform standardization) and mentoring other engineers on best practices. Experience safely integrating and operating AI/ML‑enabled or AI‑assisted features within mobile applications, such as recommendation experiences, intelligent automation, or personalized flows. Demonstrated ability to apply AI/ML‑adjacent techniques (e.g., leveraging on‑device ML frameworks or AI‑powered developer tools) to improve development productivity, quality, or customer outcomes. Compensation The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $184,500.00 to $258,000.00. Employees in this role can increase their pay up to $295,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance. Starting pay will vary based on location, budget, and individual knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future. Benefits Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, wellness and travel reimbursement, and travel discounts. 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. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement 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, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Expedia, Inc.