Expedia Group

A global travel platform operating brands like Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo, connecting travelers with millions of properties, activities, and airlines across over 70 countries.

Expedia Group, founded in 1996, is one of the world's largest online travel agencies. Its portfolio includes well-known brands such as Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo, which collectively connect travelers with over 3 million properties, 220,000 activities, and more than 500 airlines across over 70 countries. The company operates at a scale where its platform processes over 70 petabytes of data.

The company's technical work spans data engineering, platform engineering, and marketplace technology. Engineering teams operate as a global unit, working across time zones and cultures to build and maintain the infrastructure that supports this vast marketplace. The scale of the data and the complexity of connecting millions of supply-side partners with travelers worldwide present significant technical challenges.

Expedia Group's stated mission is to make travel more accessible and inclusive. The company describes its culture as one that blends technical challenge with human connection, reflecting the nature of its business at the intersection of complex technology and global hospitality.