Global Head of Experience Platform Engineering

Traveltechessentialist; Washington; Hybrid; USD 296,000 - 474,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group seeks a strategic, technically credible leader to modernize the Experience Platform for the AI era and build a fast, intelligent, configurable platform for travel.

You will guide a globally distributed team of ~130 engineers across Seattle, Chicago, London, Brisbane, and remote locations, establishing modern platform practices and embedding enterprise architecture decisions at scale.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading large-scale engineering or platform organizations.
• Experience operating with a platform mindset, treating internal developers and product teams as customers.
• Proven experience with experience platforms, commerce platforms, design systems, CMS technologies, configurable platforms, or developer platforms.
• Strong technical credibility, including the ability to engage deeply in platform architecture and enterprise technology decisions.
• A record of scaling engineering organizations while combining strategic vision with strong execution.
• Proficient communication, collaboration, and cross-functional influence skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a globally distributed organization of approximately 130 employees across Seattle, Chicago, London, Brisbane, and remote locations.
• Establish modern, high-quality platform engineering practices that improve the experience of internal developers and product teams.
• Guide the evolution of experience platform services, web and app infrastructure, CMS technologies, design systems, and configurable platform capabilities.
• Partner closely with the Chief Architect and senior technology leaders to influence technical direction and execute enterprise architecture decisions.
• Elevate leadership capability, strengthen engineering practices, and introduce innovative approaches to a technically mature organization.
• Build strong partnerships across Engineering, Product, Architecture, and other Expedia Group functions.
• Challenge existing assumptions constructively and lead meaningful modernization rather than incremental improvement.
• Attract, develop, and retain a diverse organization of engineering and program management talent.

Skills

Large-scale leadership

Platform mindset

Experience platforms

Technical credibility

Scaling orgs

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Expedia Group seeks a strategic, technically credible leader to modernize the Experience Platform for the AI era and build a fast, intelligent, configurable platform for travel.

You will guide a globally distributed team of ~130 engineers across Seattle, Chicago, London, Brisbane, and remote locations, establishing modern platform practices and embedding enterprise architecture decisions at scale.