Senior Engineering Manager, Lodging Connectivity

11105 Expedia, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 185,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

Job summary

Expedia Group in Austin is hiring a Senior Manager, Software Development Engineer to join our Lodging Connectivity - Partner Developer Experience team. You will lead multiple software engineering teams, deliver scalable APIs and developer tools for external partners while hands-on contributing to design and delivery.

You will drive AI/ML-enabled solutions integration, shape system design, and elevate engineering standards across domains, partnering with product, ops, and supply partners to meet

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent level. Technical degree preferred.
• 8+ years of professional experience and 3+ years of people management experience.
• Experience in software engineering and owning multi-service systems in production.
• Ownership of complex, distributed services with end-to-end responsibility.
• Strong background in service-oriented or microservices architectures, API design, and data modeling.
• Familiarity with AI-driven systems and applying AI/ML concepts to production products.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple software engineering teams that design, build, and operate Lodging Connectivity services and partner-facing tools.
• Personally design and build software systems, contribute production code, and own delivery outcomes.
• Safely integrate AI/ML-enabled solutions within connectivity systems to improve outcomes.
• Define and drive technical direction and system design across connectivity domains.
• Establish high engineering standards for code quality, observability, reliability, and security.
• Partner with product, business, and operations to translate lodging requirements into technical roadmaps.
• Mentor diverse engineers and engineering managers to foster ownership and collaboration.

Skills

Software leadership

Hands-on design

AI/ML familiarity

API design

Distributed systems

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Expedia Group in Austin is hiring a Senior Manager, Software Development Engineer to join our Lodging Connectivity - Partner Developer Experience team. You will lead multiple software engineering teams, deliver scalable APIs and developer tools for external partners while hands-on contributing to design and delivery.

You will drive AI/ML-enabled solutions integration, shape system design, and elevate engineering standards across domains, partnering with product, ops, and supply partners to meet