Software Development Engineer III - InsurTech - Full Stack

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate high-throughput backend services for insurance and fintech products across the Expedia platform.
• Lead or contribute to cross-team initiatives involving pricing, checkout, booking, servicing, and other systems.
• Develop scalable APIs, pricing engines, and data models for dynamic and synthetic product offerings.
• Contribute to new product launches and iterate after launch across brands and markets.
• Write maintainable, testable code focused on performance, reliability, and scalability; troubleshoot distributed systems.
• Use AI-assisted development tools such as Copilot or Claude and participate in an on-call rotation approximately once per quarter.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent related professional experience.
• At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience building backend services and APIs in distributed systems.
• Experience designing scalable, high-availability platforms; proficiency in Kotlin or Java.
• Experience in cloud-based environments and familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows or AI/ML-enabled systems.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in FinTech, InsurTech, or pricing/financial systems at scale.
• Experience contributing to zero-to-one products or major feature launches and working across systems with many dependencies.
• Ability to work effectively in fast-paced environments with tight timelines; understanding of pricing, risk, or transactional systems.
• Ability to contribute to frontend development when needed in a backend-heavy full-stack role.
• Strong problem-solving and customer/business impact orientation; experience improving scalability, reliability, and operational performance.

Workplace

• The flexible work model requires employees to work in the office at least three days a week.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this role.

Compensation

• Total cash range in Seattle: USD 146,000 to USD 204,500, with potential pay up to USD 233,500 based on sustained performance.

Benefits and perks

• Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and IATAN membership.