Senior Solution Architect

Expedia • Chicago, IL

42d • $161,000 - $225,500

About The Position

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. Senior Solution Architect Introduction to team Private Label Solutions (PLS) is the B2B arm of Expedia Group. We open up our supply and innovative technology to businesses looking to take on the world of travel. These businesses, sometimes referred to as our 'demand partners', include global financial institutions (e.g. AMEX), corporate managed travel, offline travel agents (e.g. Flight Centre), global travel suppliers (e.g. Delta) and many more. Expedia is looking for experienced technologists with strong technical capability as well as business acumen, with the ability to think strategically while defining technology solutions that solve the complex business needs of our partners. In this role, you will: Be responsible for defining software and solution packages that solve the needs of our clients Be part of our amazing technology organization within Expedia Group where you will learn and grow as a key contributor to our engineering teams, playing a critical role working closely with our teams as well as top travel industry client partners You will work with clients, sales, and incubation teams to gain a clear understanding of the overall business goals and objectives of our clients You will understand any opportunities or gaps in the technology supporting their business and build solutions that address this by leveraging the technology and capabilities within Expedia's Travel Platform. You will map out the necessary components to design an overall package of solutions In selecting the right technology to address partner needs, you will also incorporate a number of technology, architectural, and operational considerations in the overall design and approach for the solution, including consideration for security, resiliency, and integration standard methodologies while incorporating partner and internal system requirements You are the primary interface working directly with the client and their technical team The Solution Architect plays a key role in selecting the right technology components for adoption, addressing the business needs of clients, and ensuring a positive outcome for our travel ecosystem Competitive salaries and many growth opportunities within the company You will get the opportunity to serve as a domain specialist in multi-functional feature delivery Option to attend conferences globally and enrich the technology skills you are passionate about A conversation with your Manager around flexible working and what is right for you is encouraged from day one

Requirements

• Experienced in sophisticated technology problems and able to communicate them to non-technical people
• Worked directly with clients and capable of mapping business problems with technology solutions
• Choose fearlessly - Build a clear vision of client needs, apply analytical and technical skills, and define the solution that best solves the opportunity
• Include consciously - Bringing in others and collaborating with teams across Expedia Group's travel platform will unlock the best possible solutions for our clients. Bring the client perspective back into our travel ecosystem
• Trust each other - Building and maintaining trust with our clients and one another is essential, and is built by first trusting others and then being accountable and delivering to our own commitments
• Force simplicity - Compose straightforward solutions that leverage platform adoption while applying simple designs that solve complex client needs
• Go get what's next - Define and solve for client needs of today while opening further possibilities for future growth and partnership

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for defining software and solution packages that solve the needs of our clients
• Be part of our amazing technology organization within Expedia Group where you will learn and grow as a key contributor to our engineering teams, playing a critical role working closely with our teams as well as top travel industry client partners
• You will work with clients, sales, and incubation teams to gain a clear understanding of the overall business goals and objectives of our clients
• You will understand any opportunities or gaps in the technology supporting their business and build solutions that address this by leveraging the technology and capabilities within Expedia's Travel Platform. You will map out the necessary components to design an overall package of solutions
• In selecting the right technology to address partner needs, you will also incorporate a number of technology, architectural, and operational considerations in the overall design and approach for the solution, including consideration for security, resiliency, and integration standard methodologies while incorporating partner and internal system requirements
• You are the primary interface working directly with the client and their technical team
• The Solution Architect plays a key role in selecting the right technology components for adoption, addressing the business needs of clients, and ensuring a positive outcome for our travel ecosystem
• You will get the opportunity to serve as a domain specialist in multi-functional feature delivery

Benefits

• 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
• Competitive salaries and many growth opportunities within the company
• Option to attend conferences globally and enrich the technology skills you are passionate about
• wellness & travel reimbursement
• travel discounts
• International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership
• medical/dental/vision
• paid time off
• Employee Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administrative and Support Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed