We are hiring a Senior Manager, Software Development Engineer to join our Lodging Connectivity - Partner Developer Experience team. This team designs, builds, and operates Lodging Connectivity services, external APIs, and developer tools that power lodging supply partner integrations, with a strong focus on the partner developer experience. In this role you will be a hands-on technical leader, delivering best-in-class self-service integration capabilities and experiences to external partner developers and supply partners.

In this role, you will:

• Lead multiple software engineering teams that design, build, and operate resilient, scalable Lodging Connectivity services, external APIs, and partner-facing developer tools, while dedicating approximately 50% of your time to hands-on software design, development, and delivery.
• Personally design and build software systems, contribute production code, and own individual software delivery outcomes in addition to leading the broader engineering organization.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled and AI-assisted solutions within connectivity systems to improve partner and traveler outcomes, including familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real-world products.
• Define and drive technical direction and system design across key connectivity domains, including high-level and low-level design, API schema design, data modeling, and integration patterns with external lodging partners and internal platforms.
• Establish and maintain high engineering standards for code quality, observability, reliability, and security, ensuring services are robust, well-instrumented, and compliant with organizational and industry expectations.
• Partner closely with product, business, and operations stakeholders to translate complex lodging connectivity requirements into clear technical roadmaps, balancing delivery speed, quality, and long-term platform health.
• Build, develop, and mentor a diverse team of software engineers and engineering managers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and technical excellence across multiple domains.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level; Technical Degree Preferred.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience and 3+ years of people management experience.
• Substantial professional experience in software engineering, including prior experience managing engineers and owning multi-service or domain-level systems in a production environment.
• Proven ownership of complex, distributed services or platforms, including end-to-end responsibility for design, implementation, deployment, and ongoing operations.
• Strong technical background in service-oriented or microservices architectures, system design (including LLD), API design, and data modeling, with hands-on familiarity enabling effective technical leadership.
• Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products, with the ability to guide teams in safely integrating such capabilities into production services.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading engineering organizations that operate large-scale, highly available, and secure connectivity or integration platforms, ideally in travel, e-commerce, or similarly complex domains and with a focus on the partner developer experience.
• Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real-world products, including safely integrating and operating AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve developer productivity, service quality, or partner experience.
• Track record of driving architectural evolution for multi-service or domain-level systems, including refactoring legacy components, defining integration contracts, and improving performance, reliability, and observability.
• Demonstrated excellence in operational leadership, including incident management, on-call practices, capacity planning, and building a culture of data-driven continuous improvement in production environments.
• Experience using AI-assisted software development, intelligent testing, code analysis, or operational tooling in hands-on engineering work while maintaining robust governance, security, and compliance.

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $184,500.00 to $258,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $295,000.00, 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

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.