Senior Manager, Software Development Engineer – Air Shopping Platform, Best Fare Search

Expedia Technology teams partner with our Product teams to create innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences that drive loyalty and traveler satisfaction. 

The Air Shopping Platform organization owns the end‑to‑end platform that powers Flight Search, Pricing, and Shopping across all Expedia Group points of sale, partnering closely with product, analytics, and connectivity teams. We are responsible for building a reliable, highly performant, scalable, and cost‑effective platform that delivers fast and relevant flight offers to the shopping experiences via Flight Search, Flight Details, and additional supporting APIs.

The Best Fare Search team owns the core flight planning, selection, and pricing engine – one of only 5 such flight search engines in the world that power all Flight Search globally.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and mentor software engineering teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and high-quality software solutions across multiple domains.

• Define and execute technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for complex services and platforms, aligning with business priorities.

• Provide oversight on system design, API development, and data modeling to ensure robust, secure, and maintainable systems.

• Foster a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration within engineering and product teams.

• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that drive improved outcomes, championing best practices in responsible AI deployment.

• Cultivate engineering talent, developing high-performing teams and supporting senior technical leaders’ growth and adaptability.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience; with 3+ years managing teams.

• Extensive engineering leadership experience managing teams delivering complex software solutions across multiple services or domains.

• Demonstrated expertise in large-scale system design, architecture, and technical decision making.

• Proven track record of integrating AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.

• Strong knowledge of software development best practices, security, and operational excellence at scale.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading architectural transformation and modernization initiatives for distributed systems in complex environments.

• Demonstrated success in guiding engineering organizations through periods of significant growth, change, or complexity.

• Expertise in full stack engineering, with the ability to operate across multiple technical domains and platforms.

• Proven ability to champion data-driven decision making and operational excellence for mission-critical systems.

• Deep familiarity with safely scaling and operating AI/ML-enabled solutions, including risk mitigation and ethical considerations.

• Deep familiarity with the C++ language, libraries, dev tools, infrastructure, and design best practices.