Senior Android Engineer, Design System

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 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.

Introduction to the Team:

Expedia Technology teams partner with our Product teams to create innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences that drive loyalty and traveler satisfaction.

Within this organization, the Expedia Group Design System (EGDS) team is responsible for maintaining and evolving our design system. We work closely with designers and engineering teams across the company to help deliver high-quality, accessible, and consistent UI patterns for our travelers and partners.

As a Senior Android Engineer on this team, you will be a key contributor to the foundation of Expedia Group's mobile applications. We are looking for a high-performing individual who wants to make a real impact while also upskilling those around them.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as an advocate for the Android platform, ensuring a high-quality native approach is taken to solve complex user experience problems.

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of designers, product managers, and engineers across Expedia Group to deliver exceptional user experiences.

• Introduce fresh ideas from industry best practices and your own insights, working with engineering management to turn them into meaningful improvements for our users.

• Leverage and advocate for the use of AI tools as a copilot to accelerate development and encourage adoption across the team.

• Make data-driven decisions, demonstrating the value and impact of proposed solutions to gain buy-in and guide strategy.

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code by applying software design principles, data structures, and design patterns.

• Mentor and guide other engineers, upholding a high standard of quality and fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.

• Maintain and improve software projects in production environments, including bug fixing, troubleshooting, and monitoring.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with 8+ years of professional software development experience, OR a Master's degree with 6+ years of experience; OR Equivalent related professional experience.

• Deep expertise in the Android ecosystem, including Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Android Studio, with a passion for creating performant and delightful app experiences.

• Demonstrated experience with technical leadership, including mentoring others and setting high-quality standards.

• Proficient collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

• Experience with version control systems (Git) and the GitHub ecosystem, including GitHub Actions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience contributing to or using a design system.

• Experience implementing sophisticated UI interactions, animations, and transitions on Android.

• A passion for building accessible (a11y) and inclusive user interfaces.

• Experience with UI testing frameworks like Espresso or Robolectric.

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $184,500.00 to $258,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $295,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

The total cash range for this position in Chicago is $171,500.00 to $240,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $274,500.00, 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. View our full list of benefits .

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 .

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