Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering - Air Shopping Platform, Best Fare Search

Expedia Group•Seattle, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere, designing cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and creating groundbreaking solutions for partners. The company fosters an open culture guided by its Values and Leadership Agreements, where diversity is celebrated, and employees are supported with a full benefits package, travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model, and career development resources. Expedia Technology teams collaborate with Product teams to develop innovative products, services, and tools, delivering high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and employees through a singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning. The Air Shopping Platform organization is responsible for the end-to-end platform that drives Flight Search, Pricing, and Shopping across all Expedia Group points of sale, working closely with product, analytics, and connectivity teams. This platform is built to be reliable, highly performant, scalable, and cost-effective, providing fast and relevant flight offers via Flight Search, Flight Details, and supporting APIs. The Best Fare Search team specifically owns the core flight planning, selection, and pricing engine, which is one of only five such global flight search engines.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
8+ years of relevant professional experience; with 3+ years managing teams.
Extensive engineering leadership experience managing teams delivering complex software solutions across multiple services or domains.
Demonstrated expertise in large-scale system design, architecture, and technical decision making.
Proven track record of integrating AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.
Strong knowledge of software development best practices, security, and operational excellence at scale.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading architectural transformation and modernization initiatives for distributed systems in complex environments.
Demonstrated success in guiding engineering organizations through periods of significant growth, change, or complexity.
Expertise in full stack engineering, with the ability to operate across multiple technical domains and platforms.
Proven ability to champion data-driven decision making and operational excellence for mission-critical systems.
Deep familiarity with safely scaling and operating AI/ML-enabled solutions, including risk mitigation and ethical considerations.
Deep familiarity with the C++ language, libraries, dev tools, infrastructure, and design best practices.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor software engineering teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and high-quality software solutions across multiple domains.
Define and execute technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for complex services and platforms, aligning with business priorities.
Provide oversight on system design, API development, and data modeling to ensure robust, secure, and maintainable systems.
Foster a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration within engineering and product teams.
Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that drive improved outcomes, championing best practices in responsible AI deployment.
Cultivate engineering talent, developing high-performing teams and supporting senior technical leaders’ growth and adaptability.