Is Expedia Group a good company to work for as a Principal Software Development Engineer?

Principal Software Development Engineer professionals working at Expedia Group have rated their employer with 3.1 out of 5 stars in 17 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Expedia Group employees being 3.7 out of 5 stars. Search open Principal Software Development Engineer Jobs at Expedia Group now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Principal Software Development Engineer interview questions at Expedia Group .

Does Expedia Group pay Principal Software Development Engineer employees well?

Principal Software Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Expedia Group with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 17 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.1% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Principal Software Development Engineer salaries at Expedia Group.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Expedia Group?

Software Engineer (296) , Market Associate (219) , Associate Market Manager (208) , Market Manager (157) , Account Manager (139) , Director (138) , Lodging Partner Associate (125) , Product Manager (124) , Software Development Engineer (123) , Senior Software Engineer (120) , Senior Manager (93) , Software Development Engineer II (93) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) II (82) , Manager (79) , Data Scientist (69)

What are the pros of working at Expedia Group according to real employee reviews?

"flexible and good work life balance" ((in 1037 reviews)); "Benefits are good and some of the speed of change in the company is good too." ((in 970 reviews)); "You are given the tools you need to be successful and the people are great." ((in 700 reviews)); "no one works super hard and good pay" ((in 239 reviews)); "Good salaries and advantages." ((in 224 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Expedia Group according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management within the HR function and a tendency to be focused on costs v. results." ((in 318 reviews)); "Poor leadership and infighting between directors" ((in 204 reviews)); "Some managers are bad and making the whole environment toxic" ((in 192 reviews)); "•Reorgs and frequent layoffs are causing a lot of uncertainty and anxiousness within many teams." ((in 158 reviews)); "Upper management was full of standard market shenanigans, including routine layoffs, which eventually hit me." ((in 67 reviews))

Expedia Group Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

3.1

56% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)

Ariane Gorin

58% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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Principal Software Development Engineer employees have rated Expedia Group with 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Expedia Group is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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17 reviews

3.0

Jan 11, 2025

WLB is good but nothing gets delivered

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- WLB - Benefits - Tech stack

Cons

- Incompetent leaders at all levels. - Superficial decisions without any data points. - Constant reorgs. - Good people leave and incompetent ones are rewarded.

5.0

Dec 22, 2024

engineer pay

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

it's bottom up culture. so engineers make critical decision on tech direction and implementation.

Cons

too many layers and a lot of managers grow the team for their own corp ladder climber reason not for biz growth

4.0

Oct 23, 2024

Very Supportive Direct Management

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Expedia has been a good place for me to grow into my current role, I've had lots of experience in different technologies and have been lucky, for the most part, to pick the projects/teams I work on. I've been very pleased with my direct management, but it gets wonky on cross team projects

Cons

There is a disconnect between leadership and tech as far as understanding what our problems are and why we cant build things fast. Expedia has been around for a long time, and for most of the time its been around, there has been limited effort to clean up code, leaving a lot of half implemented or hackey features that were built and abandoned in the code over time. I don't think expedia has a great growth trajectory, and really it needs to focus on what it does well and not try to compete with the likes of shopify or retail commerce.

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