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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 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 iOS Engineer II role is part of the Air Shopping team which sits within our Technology division. The Air Shopping team focuses on creating a personalized air shopping and comparison experience that empowers travelers to confidently choose the best flight, fare, and ancillaries for their journey by investing in smart shopping, flexible search, personalized search and comparison, and merchandising of air deals and ancillaries. In this role, you will contribute to building and optimizing mobile experiences that bring these capabilities to life for travelers, improving how they discover, compare, and select flights on our apps.
In this role, you will:
- Design, build, and maintain iOS application features using approved patterns and frameworks, ensuring code quality, readability, and maintainability.
- Implement robust client-side architectures, including system design at the feature and component level, API consumption patterns, and data modeling aligned with backend contracts.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to refine requirements, estimate work, and deliver customer-facing capabilities on time and with high reliability.
- Write and maintain unit, integration, and UI tests, participate in code reviews, and contribute to continuous improvement of development, build, and release pipelines.
- Diagnose, debug, and resolve issues in production and pre-production environments, using logs, metrics, and analytics to improve app performance, stability, and user experience.
- Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes, including 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 or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
- 2+ years of relevant professional experience.
- Professional experience developing and shipping native iOS applications, including owning well-defined features or components in a production app.
- Proficiency with core iOS development tools and languages, and experience integrating with RESTful APIs and data models defined by backend services.
- Experience with source control, automated testing, and continuous integration systems in a collaborative, team-based engineering environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Proficient in Swift programming for modern iOS development.
- Experienced with SwiftUI for building declarative, responsive interfaces.
- Experience designing and implementing iOS feature-level architectures, including view hierarchies, navigation flows, API interaction patterns, and data models optimized for performance and reliability.
- Background improving app quality and operational excellence using analytics, logging, experimentation, and performance tuning at scale.
- Familiarity with AI-driven systems and tooling within mobile applications, such as personalized experiences or intelligent assistance, and safely integrating and operating AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes.
- Experience applying foundational AI/ML concepts in mobile contexts, such as on-device inference, model-driven recommendations, or intelligent automation that enhance user experience and business impact.
The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $119,000.00 to $166,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $190,500.00, 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.
We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.
Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™. © 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50
Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group’s Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is careers.expediagroup.com/jobs.
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.
INTRODUCTION
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 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 iOS Engineer II role is part of the Air Shopping team which sits within our Technology division. The Air Shopping team focuses on creating a personalized air shopping and comparison experience that empowers travelers to confidently choose the best flight, fare, and ancillaries for their journey by investing in smart shopping, flexible search, personalized search and comparison, and merchandising of air deals and ancillaries. In this role, you will contribute to building and optimizing mobile experiences that bring these capabilities to life for travelers, improving how they discover, compare, and select flights on our apps.
In this role, you will:
- Design, build, and maintain iOS application features using approved patterns and frameworks, ensuring code quality, readability, and maintainability.
- Implement robust client-side architectures, including system design at the feature and component level, API consumption patterns, and data modeling aligned with backend contracts.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to refine requirements, estimate work, and deliver customer-facing capabilities on time and with high reliability.
- Write and maintain unit, integration, and UI tests, participate in code reviews, and contribute to continuous improvement of development, build, and release pipelines.
- Diagnose, debug, and resolve issues in production and pre-production environments, using logs, metrics, and analytics to improve app performance, stability, and user experience.
- Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes, including 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 or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
- 2+ years of relevant professional experience.
- Professional experience developing and shipping native iOS applications, including owning well-defined features or components in a production app.
- Proficiency with core iOS development tools and languages, and experience integrating with RESTful APIs and data models defined by backend services.
- Experience with source control, automated testing, and continuous integration systems in a collaborative, team-based engineering environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Proficient in Swift programming for modern iOS development.
- Experienced with SwiftUI for building declarative, responsive interfaces.
- Experience designing and implementing iOS feature-level architectures, including view hierarchies, navigation flows, API interaction patterns, and data models optimized for performance and reliability.
- Background improving app quality and operational excellence using analytics, logging, experimentation, and performance tuning at scale.
- Familiarity with AI-driven systems and tooling within mobile applications, such as personalized experiences or intelligent assistance, and safely integrating and operating AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes.
- Experience applying foundational AI/ML concepts in mobile contexts, such as on-device inference, model-driven recommendations, or intelligent automation that enhance user experience and business impact.
The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $119,000.00 to $166,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $190,500.00, 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.
We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.
Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™. © 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50
Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group’s Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is careers.expediagroup.com/jobs.
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as an iOS Engineer
Target companies with active H-1B filing history
Employers who have filed H-1B visa petitions for engineering roles in previous years are far more likely to sponsor again. Search OFLC disclosure data to verify a company's track record before investing time in their interview process.
Apply before your OPT clock starts running low
Hiring timelines for iOS Engineer roles often stretch 8 to 12 weeks. Start applying at least three to four months before your OPT expires so your employer has time to file an H-1B or STEM extension without rushing.
Emphasize your Swift and UIKit expertise upfront
Sponsoring employers need to justify the specialty occupation requirement. A strong portfolio demonstrating proficiency in Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, and App Store deployment makes the case that your role demands specific technical credentials.
Ask about sponsorship before the offer stage
Raise the question of H-1B sponsorship during your second or third interview round, not after you receive an offer. This avoids wasting both your time and the employer's if sponsorship is not something they support.
Make sure your employer files your STEM OPT extension on time
Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify to support a STEM OPT extension. Confirm this early, because your extension application must be filed with USCIS before your current OPT EAD expires or you lose authorization.
Frame your degree field clearly on your resume
iOS Engineer roles qualify as specialty occupations when tied to a computer science or software engineering degree. State your major explicitly on your resume so recruiters and hiring managers can confirm OPT eligibility without guessing.
iOS Engineer OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as an iOS Engineer on F-1 OPT?
Yes. iOS Engineer roles qualify for F-1 OPT because they are specialty occupation positions directly related to computer science and software engineering degrees. Your work must be in a field related to your major, and your employer does not need to take any action to authorize your initial 12-month OPT period beyond being E-Verify enrolled if you plan to apply for a STEM extension later.
Am I eligible for the 24-month STEM OPT extension as an iOS Engineer?
Yes, provided your degree is in an eligible STEM field such as computer science, computer engineering, or software engineering, and your employer is enrolled in the E-Verify program. The STEM extension must be applied for before your current OPT EAD expires, and your employer must sign a formal training plan. This gives you up to 36 months of total OPT work authorization.
Do iOS Engineer employers commonly sponsor H-1B visas?
Many technology companies hiring iOS Engineers have consistent H-1B sponsorship histories, particularly mid-size and large employers in consumer tech, fintech, and enterprise software. Smaller startups vary widely. The most reliable way to find iOS Engineer roles from verified sponsoring employers is through Migrate Mate, which filters specifically for companies willing to support international candidates.
Does contract or freelance iOS work count toward my OPT?
Contract work can count toward OPT if the arrangement meets USCIS requirements: the work must be directly related to your degree, you must work at least 20 hours per week, and the nature of the role must qualify as a specialty occupation. Self-employment is permitted on OPT, but you must be actively engaged in a genuine business operation. Consult your DSO before taking on contract or freelance arrangements to confirm compliance.
What should I look for in an iOS Engineer job posting as an OPT student?
Look for postings that list a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field as a requirement, not merely a preference, since this language supports the specialty occupation determination needed for H-1B sponsorship. Also check whether the employer has E-Verify enrollment if you anticipate needing a STEM extension. Migrate Mate surfaces iOS Engineer roles from employers already open to OPT and visa sponsorship, saving you from filtering through roles that will not work for your situation.