Senior Engineering Manager, Travel Experience

Rippling; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

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Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Travel Experience team, owning end-to-end booking flows and AI-driven agents. You will guide a foundational, multi-geo engineering organization, responsible for building a scalable, autonomous travel platform and aligning it with revenue impact and reliability goals.

You will drive strategy for flights, hotels, and cars, while expanding the platform internationally over the next 6–12 months, and collaborate closely with Product to

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in engineering management
• Hands-on architecture and code ownership
• Experience with high-scale distributed systems or financial apps
• Domain knowledge in travel or related domains

Responsibilities

• Own the Booking Experience across flights, hotels, and cars, with AI-driven features.
• Drive International Expansion to Europe and other markets within 6–12 months.
• Partner with Product to integrate Travel into the broader spend ecosystem.

Job description

About the role

We’re seeking a high-impact Senior Engineering Manager to lead execution for our Travel Experience organization. While our sister teams focus on core infrastructure and integrations, this team owns the end-to-end user journey from backend booking orchestration and AI-driven autonomous agents to the flagship mobile and web experiences.

This is a critical role focused on building the primary user-facing pillar of our rapidly growing Travel suite. You will lead a foundational team of engineers across multiple geo locations, with a clear mandate to scale the product into a seamless, autonomous global platform.

We’re looking for a technically savvy, execution-focused leader who has a deep ownership mindset over product revenue impact and system reliability.

What you will do

• Own the Booking Experience – Lead the strategy for critical user workflows across flights, hotels, and cars, integrating advanced AI features like autonomous booking agents.
• Drive International Expansion – Scale the Travel platform to support a massive push into European and other international markets over the next 6-12 months.
• Partner to Complete the Suite – Collaborate closely with Product to navigate high ambiguity, integrating Travel seamlessly into our broader spend ecosystem.

What you will need

• Proven Engineering Leadership – 3+ years of experience managing backend or full-stack engineering teams with a background in high-scale distributed systems or financial apps.
• Strong Technical Bar – Must be willing to get your "hands dirty" when necessary, deeply understand the architecture, and actively drive the high-level roadmap.
• Domain Expertise – Familiarity with complex third-party integrations, corporate policy engines, or high-throughput travel orchestration systems is strongly preferred.

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email [e-mail]

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.

*Commission is not guaranteed