Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering

Expedia, Inc.; Roma; On-site; EUR 73,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group in Rome seeks a Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering to lead a team delivering loyalty initiatives across traveler experiences and platform services.

You will shape technical direction, mentor engineers, and partner with Product and Tech to deliver customer value. The role emphasizes ownership mindset and collaboration across brands.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams in a technology organization.
• Experience developing engineers and future leaders through coaching, feedback, and career support.
• Technical background in software engineering, with experience in backend, platform, web, or mobile technologies.
• Experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution.
• Understanding of software architecture, system design, scalability, reliability, and engineering best practices.
• Proficient communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience creating an inclusive environment where people can contribute and do their best work.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop software engineers while fostering an inclusive culture of ownership, learning, and innovation.
• Deliver complex engineering initiatives supporting loyalty experiences and platform capabilities across Expedia Group brands.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders to define priorities, align roadmaps, and deliver customer value.
• Communicate progress, dependencies, risks, and mitigation plans to senior leaders and executives.
• Influence architectural decisions and guide scalable, reliable, and maintainable engineering solutions.
• Build partnerships across teams to deliver loyalty capabilities spanning the traveler journey.
• Help shape an integrated platform and experience organization that enables engineers to work across technologies and domains.
• Provide technical leadership across distributed systems, APIs, and services supporting rewards, benefits, and traveler engagement.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching

Software development

Backend

APIs

Distributed systems

Kotlin/Java

Cloud-native

Communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

Kotlin

Java

React

Android

iOS

Cloud

Distributed services

Job description

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business.

Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.

Introduction to the Team

Expedia Technology teams partner with our Product teams to create innovative products, services, and tools that deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences that build loyalty and traveler satisfaction.

Our Loyalty engineering teams build the products and platforms that connect millions of travelers with meaningful rewards, benefits, and personalized experiences across Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo. By combining customer-facing experiences with scalable backend capabilities, we create seamless loyalty journeys across the traveler experience.

As Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering, you will lead a team delivering strategic loyalty initiatives across customer experiences and platform services. You will shape execution, develop engineering talent, influence technical direction, and partner across Product and Technology to create meaningful customer and business impact.

In this role, you will:

• Lead, coach, and develop software engineers while fostering an inclusive culture of ownership, learning, and innovation.


• Deliver complex engineering initiatives supporting loyalty experiences and platform capabilities across Expedia Group brands.


• Partner with Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders to define priorities, align roadmaps, and deliver customer value.


• Communicate progress, dependencies, risks, and mitigation plans to senior leaders and executives.


• Influence architectural decisions and guide scalable, reliable, and maintainable engineering solutions.


• Build partnerships across teams to deliver loyalty capabilities spanning the traveler journey.


• Help shape an integrated platform and experience organization that enables engineers to work across technologies and domains.


• Provide technical leadership across distributed systems, APIs, and services supporting rewards, benefits, and traveler engagement.


• Support engineering teams working with Kotlin, Java, React, Android, iOS, cloud-native technologies, and service-oriented architectures.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Experience leading software engineering teams in a technology organization.


• Experience developing engineers and future leaders through coaching, feedback, and career support.


• Technical background in software engineering, with experience in backend, platform, web, or mobile technologies.


• Experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution.


• Understanding of software architecture, system design, scalability, reliability, and engineering best practices.


• Proficient communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.


• Experience creating an inclusive environment where people can contribute and do their best work.

Preferred:

• Experience with loyalty, rewards, benefits, personalization, or traveler engagement products.


• Experience leading teams responsible for both customer-facing experiences and platform services.


• Experience working with Kotlin or Java and cloud-native, distributed systems.


• Experience guiding technical strategy across multiple brands, products, or technology domains.

The total cash range for this position in Rome is €73,000.00 to €102,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to €117,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Benefits and perks

• medical coverage


• dental coverage


• vision coverage


• paid time off


• Employee Assistance Program


• wellness and travel reimbursement


• travel discounts


• International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership

Expedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership. Learn more about life at Expedia Group at https://careers.expediagroup.com/life.

You can find the benefits for this location and any collective agreement that may apply here.

Accommodation requests

Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request at https://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation.

About Expedia Group

Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.

Important notice

Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official place to find and apply for roles is https://careers.expediagroup.com/jobs/.

Equal Opportunity

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.