Android Engineer II - Air Shopping

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting‑edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success. Why Join Us? To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and we know that when one of us wins, we all win. We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time‑off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us. In this role, you will: Build, enhance, and maintain Android application features that deliver reliable, high‑quality customer experiences across multiple Expedia Group brands and use cases. Design and implement clean, testable Kotlin code, including well‑structured APIs and data models, following Android and mobile engineering best practices. Contribute to system and low‑level design for mobile components, including screen flows, interaction patterns, and integration with backend services and data sources. Diagnose, debug, and resolve issues in Android applications, improving performance, stability, and usability through data‑driven analysis and experimentation. Collaborate with cross‑functional partners to deliver features end‑to‑end, ensuring high code quality with unit tests, integration tests, and continuous integration practices. 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. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience. 2+ years of relevant professional experience. Professional experience developing Android applications using Kotlin, including shipping and supporting features in production. Experience owning well‑defined components or services within a mobile application, including API consumption, data modeling, and integration with backend systems. Solid understanding of Android fundamentals (lifecycle, layouts, networking, threading) and core software engineering practices such as code reviews, testing, and version control, including familiarity with AI‑driven systems, tools, or workflows and the ability to safely integrate AI/ML‑enabled solutions into mobile features under guidance. Preferred Qualifications: Proficient in Kotlin for modern Android application development. Experienced with Jetpack Compose for building scalable, declarative Android UIs. Knowledge of mobile design patterns and Android architectures (such as MVVM or similar), including clear module boundaries, API design, and scalable data models. Track record of improving performance, reliability, and observability of Android features at scale using metrics, logging, and experimentation to guide decisions. Experience contributing to or influencing mobile application technical design, including system design for feature areas, API contracts with services, and low‑level UI interaction design. Demonstrated practice of operational excellence for mobile apps, including monitoring, alerting, on‑call participation, and iterative improvements based on incident learnings. Safely integrates and operates AI/ML‑enabled solutions that improve outcomes, with hands‑on experience leveraging AI‑driven tools in development workflows or mobile product features appropriate to this level, and familiarity with applying AI/ML concepts to enhance mobile user experiences. The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $119,000.00 to $166,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $190,500.00, 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. 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. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr