Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering

Expedia Group; Alcobendas; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 98.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Expedia Group busca un Senior Manager de Software Development Engineering para liderar un equipo de 6–10 ingenieros y entregar soluciones B2B escalables a socios globales. Serás responsable de alinear objetivos con metas de negocio, colaborar con Product Management y construir software que impulse el negocio de nuestros socios a escala mundial.

El rol exige experiencia en entornos B2B, múltiples lenguajes y tecnologías, y capacidad para gestionar equipos distribuidos, comunicar con claridad y

Formación

• Titulación en informática, ingeniería o campo técnico relacionado; 8+ años de experiencia en desarrollo de software.
• Más de 3 años de experiencia en gestión de personas, con desempeño de equipos.
• Competencia en varios lenguajes y tecnologías, con foco en lenguajes JVM, y capacidad de justificar elecciones tecnológicas.

Responsabilidades

• Liderar y desarrollar un equipo de 6–10 ingenieros, fomentando colaboración e crecimiento.
• Definir metas del equipo y conectarlas con resultados de negocio entre múltiples equipos.
• Colaborar con gestión de productos para influir en la roadmap de producto y balancear características, mantenimiento y bienestar del equipo.
• Identificar cuellos de botella en flujos entre equipos y definir mejoras de proceso y métricas de éxito.
• Promover buenas prácticas de diseño de software, excelencia operativa y resiliencia (pruebas unitarias, SLA y escalabilidad).
• Investigar y recomendar frameworks, servicios cloud y patrones de arquitectura alineados con estándares de Expedia Group.
• Facilitar la comunicación entre stakeholders técnicos y no técnicos, asegurando resolución oportuna de cuestiones técnicas.
• Evaluar talento del equipo, identificar brechas y ejecutar planes de desarrollo.
• Desarrollar planes de capacidad y estrategias de recursos para equipos de 10+.

Conocimientos

JVM languages

Team leadership

Distributed teams

Stakeholder communication

Software delivery

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Descripción del empleo

Descripción del trabajo

Introduction to the Team

In B2B, we bring Expedia Groups innovative technology and distribution solutions to partners across the world. These businesses include global financial institutions, corporate managed travel, offline travel agents, global travel suppliers (like major airlines) and many more.

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering to lead a team of talented engineers delivering scalable, reliable B2B technology solutions. In this role, you will own multiple technical domains, partner closely with product management, and build software that powers our partners businesses on a global scale.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and develop a team of 6–10 engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and continuous growth.
• Define team goals and connect them to broader business outcomes, aligning efforts across multiple teams working together.
• Partner with product management to influence and deliver the product roadmap, balancing feature development, system maintenance, and team wellbeing.
• Anticipate and resolve bottlenecks in cross-team workflows, coordinating process improvements and defining clear measures of success.
• Advocate for software design best practices, operational excellence, and resiliency — including unit testing, SLA establishment, and scalability.
• Research and recommend frameworks, cloud services, and architectural design patterns in line with Expedia Groups technology standards.
• Bridge communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring proposals and technical issues receive appropriate consideration and timely resolution.
• Evaluate team talent, identify skill gaps, and implement action plans to support goal achievement and professional development.
• Develop capacity plans and resource strategies for teams of 10+, maintaining optimal full-time employee to contingent worker ratios.
• Mentor both individual contributors and managers, sharing domain expertise and industry knowledge across cross-functional teams.

Experience and Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field and 8+ years of software engineering experience; or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field and 6+ years of software engineering experience; or equivalent related professional experience.
• 3+ years of people management experience, including performance managing individual contributors and recruiting engineering talent.
• Proficiency across multiple programming languages and technologies, with a focus on JVM languages, and the ability to justify technology choices to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience managing distributed or geographically dispersed teams.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver solutions to complex business problems spanning multiple teams.
• Proficient communication skills, with experience collaborating across senior-level, cross-functional organizations.
• Experience in B2B technology environments, such as API platforms, partner integrations, or distribution solutions.

The total cash range for this position in Madrid is €70,000.00 to €98,000 Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to €112,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.