Director Software Development Engineering
About The Position
Travelport is seeking a Director of Software Development Engineering to lead the design and build of AI-native travel search APIs. This role involves managing data pipelines at scale, collaborating with Product and Data Science teams to build machine learning feedback loops, and exposing these through traditional REST APIs and AI-native APIs. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in managing large-scale data pipelines and a passion for technology in the travel industry. Travelport is the technology provider behind many travel bookings, simplifying the technical aspects of travel.
Requirements
- Strong experience designing and managing data pipelines with Kafka, Iceberg, and Spark in a Kubernetes environment.
- Good working knowledge of AWS, including how to build secure, scalable and automated cloud environments.
- Comfortable working across multiple teams to identify and implement working solutions.
- Experience leading change across engineering teams, including adoption of new tools, processes and standards.
- Hands-on experience developing MCPs.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and build of AI-native travel search APIs by building machine learning feedback loops fronted by MCP servers.
- Create repeatable and cost-effective patterns for deploying and running data pipelines at-scale.
- Collaborate with Data Science on designing data pipelines that simplify training models and bringing models to production.
- Act as a mentor and technical partner for teams, helping engineers build confidence with new tooling and delivery processes.
- Balance hands-on technical contribution with the ability to influence, communicate, and drive change across the organization.
Benefits
- 230 USD annually
- Bonus program
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Employer-paid Disability and Basic Life Insurance
- Voluntary life options
- Competitive 401(k) match
- Voluntary benefits
- Generous paid time off policy
- Hybrid working model
- Annual volunteer day off
- New Child leave policy (16 weeks paid for birthing parent, 8 weeks for non-birthing parent)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
