Mobile Engineer II

About the position

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. Mobile Engineer II In this role, you will: Work closely with cross-functional teams to help define business and feature requirements. Understand target users deeply: develop or work from user profiles and conduct task analysis, create user scenarios, help to create, and analyze user surveys and feedback. Create process flows, wireframes, prototypes, high fidelity mockups, and detailed UI and visual design specifications for web and mobile. Request and drive user research/usability tests as needed. Collaborate with product management, engineering, analytics, and research to take products from inception to launch. Build an understanding of our customers via qualitative and quantitative insights and advocate for them when making design decisions. Present design work to the product team, engineering team, and external partners for review and feedback. Contribute to user interface design and development best practices and standards at Expedia. Partner with highly technical development teams for product launch. Handle multiple projects in an agile, fast-paced environment. This position is not eligible for relocation benefits or assistance. May work remotely or from home 2 days/week; must live within commuting distance of Expedia office

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to help define business and feature requirements.
  • Understand target users deeply: develop or work from user profiles and conduct task analysis, create user scenarios, help to create, and analyze user surveys and feedback.
  • Create process flows, wireframes, prototypes, high fidelity mockups, and detailed UI and visual design specifications for web and mobile.
  • Request and drive user research/usability tests as needed.
  • Collaborate with product management, engineering, analytics, and research to take products from inception to launch.
  • Build an understanding of our customers via qualitative and quantitative insights and advocate for them when making design decisions.
  • Present design work to the product team, engineering team, and external partners for review and feedback.
  • Contribute to user interface design and development best practices and standards at Expedia.
  • Partner with highly technical development teams for product launch.
  • Handle multiple projects in an agile, fast-paced environment.

Requirements

  • Employer will accept a Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or in a software engineer-related occupation.
  • Kotlin
  • Android development
  • Unit Testing and Monitoring application
  • Test Scripting
  • User Experience
  • Debugging
  • Understanding of API access
  • Understanding moderately complex systems

Benefits

  • 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
  • medical/dental/vision
  • paid time off
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • wellness & travel reimbursement
  • travel discounts
  • International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership
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