Senior Software Development Manager: Lead Scalable, AI-Driven Systems

Expedia; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Expedia Group in Seattle seeks a Senior Software Development Manager to lead the Distribution and Supply team, shaping high‑quality marketplace systems. You’ll guide design, API, and data modeling while delivering secure, scalable services.

You’ll partner with product and engineering to translate requirements into practical solutions, drive end-to-end lifecycle, and leverage data to improve performance and user experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Level; Technical Degree Preferred.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience and 3+ years of people management experience.
• Ownership and technical leadership across services, multi-service architectures, or a product domain.
• Strong proficiency in data structures, algorithms, system design, API design, and data modeling.
• Hands-on experience with modern web technologies, frameworks, service architectures, and AI-driven tools or workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable, secure, and reliable software services, including system design, API design, and data modeling.
• Provide technical direction for high-quality, maintainable, testable, observable, and operationally sound solutions across multiple services and domains.
• Partner with product, design, and engineering teams to translate customer and business requirements into reusable technical solutions and effective service integrations.
• Guide the end-to-end lifecycle of services and features, including development, automated testing, deployment, monitoring, incident resolution, and continuous improvement.
• Use data, metrics, experimentation, and analytics to prioritize work, validate hypotheses, and improve system performance, reliability, and user experience.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes, including familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.

Skills

System design

API design

Data modeling

Hands-on web tech

AI/ML experience

Technical leadership

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Job description

Expedia Group in Seattle seeks a Senior Software Development Manager to lead the Distribution and Supply team, shaping high‑quality marketplace systems. You’ll guide design, API, and data modeling while delivering secure, scalable services.

You’ll partner with product and engineering to translate requirements into practical solutions, drive end-to-end lifecycle, and leverage data to improve performance and user experience.