Android Developer Jobs in Chicago, IL (NOW HIRING)

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business.
Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.
Introduction to Team
Our Technology Team partners with teams across Expedia Group 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.
This Mobile Engineer Android role is part of the Offers Experience team which sits within our Technology division. The team creates and optimizes adaptive, extensible offers capabilities that power transparent, consistent price displays and merchandising across brands, product lines, and business domains, including price insights, availability and upgrade tracking, calendars, and promotional experiences. In this role, you will build and operate reliable Android applications and release processes that deliver secure, high-quality, accessible mobile experiences aligned with traveler and partner outcomes.
In this role, you will:
• Build, enhance, and maintain Android mobile experiences that deliver reliable, intuitive outcomes for travelers and partners.
• Translate product requirements into well-structured, maintainable code using appropriate Android development practices and technical judgment.
• Contribute to low-level system design, API integration, data modeling, testing, and code reviews within an assigned service or product area.
• Collaborate across engineering, product, design, and other technical domains to deliver cohesive mobile capabilities and resolve complex technical issues.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve application performance, reliability, security, and operational health throughout the development lifecycle.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes, while building 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, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Professional experience developing Android applications and delivering production software within a collaborative engineering environment.
• Experience owning and contributing to components or services within a defined product or technical domain.
• Proficiency with Android development fundamentals, software engineering practices, API integration, data modeling, testing, version control, and debugging.
• Ability to apply low-level system design principles and make sound technical decisions within the scope of assigned work.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience delivering Android applications at scale with strong attention to performance, reliability, accessibility, security, and user experience.
• Demonstrated ability to improve engineering outcomes through operational excellence, automation, observability, and data-driven decision-making.
• Experience contributing to technical designs and architecture decisions that span multiple components or services within a product domain.
• Familiarity with AI/ML-enabled mobile experiences or developer tools, including the ability to evaluate and safely apply AI-driven capabilities to real-world products.
• Demonstrated fungibility across mobile, backend, or adjacent technical domains, with the ability to collaborate effectively and contribute beyond a single component.
The total cash range for this position in Chicago is $111,000.00 to $155,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $177,500.00, 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.
Benefits and perks
Expedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership. Learn more about life at Expedia Group at https://careers.expediagroup.com/life.
Accommodation requests
Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request at https://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation.
About Expedia Group
Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.
Important notice
Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official place to find and apply for roles is https://careers.expediagroup.com/jobs/.
Equal Opportunity
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, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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.