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Android Engineer roles in mobile software development qualify for the STEM OPT 24-month extension under CIP codes in computer science and software engineering. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify, and your role must directly apply your STEM degree. That combination gives you up to 36 months to build your U.S. career in Android development.
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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 Android 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:
- Build, enhance, and maintain Android application features that deliver reliable, high-quality customer experiences across multiple Expedia Group brands and use cases.
- Design and implement clean, testable Kotlin code, including well-structured APIs and data models, following Android and mobile engineering best practices.
- Contribute to system and low-level design for mobile components, including screen flows, interaction patterns, and integration with backend services and data sources.
- Diagnose, debug, and resolve issues in Android applications, improving performance, stability, and usability through data-driven analysis and experimentation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver features end-to-end, ensuring high code quality with unit tests, integration tests, and continuous integration practices.
- 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 Android applications using Kotlin, including shipping and supporting features in production.
- Experience owning well-defined components or services within a mobile application, including API consumption, data modeling, and integration with backend systems.
- Solid understanding of Android fundamentals (lifecycle, layouts, networking, threading) and core software engineering practices such as code reviews, testing, and version control, including familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and the ability to safely integrate AI/ML-enabled solutions into mobile features under guidance.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Proficient in Kotlin for modern Android application development.
- Experienced with Jetpack Compose for building scalable, declarative Android UIs.
- Knowledge of mobile design patterns and Android architectures (such as MVVM or similar), including clear module boundaries, API design, and scalable data models.
- Track record of improving performance, reliability, and observability of Android features at scale using metrics, logging, and experimentation to guide decisions.
- Experience contributing to or influencing mobile application technical design, including system design for feature areas, API contracts with services, and low-level UI interaction design.
- Demonstrated practice of operational excellence for mobile apps, including monitoring, alerting, on-call participation, and iterative improvements based on incident learnings.
- Safely integrates and operates AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes, with hands-on experience leveraging AI-driven tools in development workflows or mobile product features appropriate to this level, and familiarity with applying AI/ML concepts to enhance mobile user experiences.
COMPENSATION
- 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, or veteran status. 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 Android 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:
- Build, enhance, and maintain Android application features that deliver reliable, high-quality customer experiences across multiple Expedia Group brands and use cases.
- Design and implement clean, testable Kotlin code, including well-structured APIs and data models, following Android and mobile engineering best practices.
- Contribute to system and low-level design for mobile components, including screen flows, interaction patterns, and integration with backend services and data sources.
- Diagnose, debug, and resolve issues in Android applications, improving performance, stability, and usability through data-driven analysis and experimentation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver features end-to-end, ensuring high code quality with unit tests, integration tests, and continuous integration practices.
- 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 Android applications using Kotlin, including shipping and supporting features in production.
- Experience owning well-defined components or services within a mobile application, including API consumption, data modeling, and integration with backend systems.
- Solid understanding of Android fundamentals (lifecycle, layouts, networking, threading) and core software engineering practices such as code reviews, testing, and version control, including familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and the ability to safely integrate AI/ML-enabled solutions into mobile features under guidance.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Proficient in Kotlin for modern Android application development.
- Experienced with Jetpack Compose for building scalable, declarative Android UIs.
- Knowledge of mobile design patterns and Android architectures (such as MVVM or similar), including clear module boundaries, API design, and scalable data models.
- Track record of improving performance, reliability, and observability of Android features at scale using metrics, logging, and experimentation to guide decisions.
- Experience contributing to or influencing mobile application technical design, including system design for feature areas, API contracts with services, and low-level UI interaction design.
- Demonstrated practice of operational excellence for mobile apps, including monitoring, alerting, on-call participation, and iterative improvements based on incident learnings.
- Safely integrates and operates AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes, with hands-on experience leveraging AI-driven tools in development workflows or mobile product features appropriate to this level, and familiarity with applying AI/ML concepts to enhance mobile user experiences.
COMPENSATION
- 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, or veteran status. 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 STEM OPT Authorization as an Android Engineer
Verify your CIP code before applying
Android Engineer roles typically fall under CIP codes 11.0701 (Computer Science) or 14.0903 (Software Engineering). Confirm your degree's CIP code with your DSO before targeting roles so you don't lose time pursuing positions your degree can't support.
Filter for E-Verify enrolled employers early
Check E-Verify enrollment before you invest time in any application. Ask the recruiter directly or look up the company through the E-Verify employer search tool. An unenrolled employer can't legally extend your STEM OPT, no matter how well the interview goes.
Build a portfolio showing platform-specific Android work
Hiring managers for Android roles screen candidates on Jetpack Compose, Kotlin, and MVVM architecture. A GitHub portfolio with production-quality Android projects makes your STEM degree directly legible to technical reviewers who may know little about OPT timelines.
Target employers with active mobile engineering teams
Use Migrate Mate to find Android Engineer roles at employers whose E-Verify status and STEM OPT hiring history are already verified. Focusing your search there cuts the time you'd otherwise spend vetting individual companies through recruiter calls.
Negotiate your I-983 training plan before your start date
The I-983 must detail specific Android development goals tied to your STEM degree. Get your manager or HR partner to agree on the training plan language before day one so you're not scrambling to revise it after your DSO flags a mismatch.
Understand cap-gap protection if you're an H-1B registrant
If you're selected in the H-1B lottery while on STEM OPT, cap-gap automatically extends your work authorization through September 30. Confirm with USCIS guidance that your Android Engineer role qualifies as a specialty occupation before your OPT EAD expires.
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Does an Android Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes, if your degree falls under an eligible STEM CIP code such as Computer Science (11.0701) or Software Engineering (14.0903) and your Android Engineer duties directly apply that degree. Your DSO confirms CIP code eligibility. The role itself must require and use your technical training, not just list it as a preferred qualification.
How do I confirm my employer is enrolled in E-Verify?
You can search for your employer directly through the E-Verify employer search tool, which is publicly accessible through the E-Verify program. Ask your recruiter or HR contact to confirm enrollment status in writing before you sign an offer. USCIS requires E-Verify enrollment as a condition of the STEM OPT extension, and your DSO will check this before approving your I-20 update.
What goes into the I-983 training plan for an Android Engineer?
Your I-983 must describe concrete learning objectives tied to your STEM degree, such as mastering Android SDK components, applying software engineering principles to mobile architecture, or developing production features using Kotlin. Vague descriptions like 'software development tasks' are routinely flagged. Work with your manager to write goals that connect daily Android engineering work to specific degree competencies.
How do I find Android Engineer roles at employers that sponsor STEM OPT?
Migrate Mate lists Android Engineer jobs at employers whose E-Verify enrollment is already verified, so you're not wasting applications on companies that can't support your extension. Filter by STEM OPT eligibility to see only roles where the employer meets the statutory requirements USCIS and ICE enforce for the 24-month extension.
What happens to my STEM OPT authorization if I'm selected in the H-1B lottery as an Android Engineer?
If your H-1B petition is filed before your OPT EAD expires and you're selected in the lottery, cap-gap extends your STEM OPT work authorization automatically through September 30 of that year. Your Android Engineer role must qualify as a specialty occupation under USCIS standards, meaning it requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related technical field. Consult USCIS guidance to confirm your specific situation.
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