Staff Software Engineer - Java
Expedia- Full Time
- Senior (5 to 8 years)
Candidates should possess at least 7 years of experience in commercial software development, including a minimum of 2 years at a senior level, and demonstrated experience in mentoring and tech leading more junior engineers. They should have experience contributing to projects within cross-functional teams in dynamic environments and a background working in a product-focused company, collaborating closely with stakeholders to build up a backlog of product and technical initiatives. A solid understanding of Java and modern distributed architectures, including SOLID and DRY principles, as well as CI/CD, distributed version control, and TDD, is required.
As an Associate Technical Manager, the role involves leading and developing a small high-performing technical pod through mentoring and supporting hiring processes, fostering a collaborative and innovative pod culture, partnering with a Product Manager to create and execute a roadmap, contributing code and technical designs, ensuring engineers understand the technical vision, advocating for technical initiatives, communicating business goals, and ensuring the operational health of systems through bug prioritization, security remediation, and documentation.
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