• United States - Washington - Seattle

• Technology

• Full-Time Regular

• 11/17/2025

• ID # R-99326

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.

Why Join Us?

To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.

We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.

Senior Software Engineering Manager,
Air Reservations Booking – Book to Trip Management

The Air Reservations Booking team within Expedia Group’s Book to Trip Management organization powers the core of the traveler experience — the reservation flow that brings air travel to life. We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Booking team responsible for building and evolving the Air Booking platform that underpins all Expedia brands globally.

You will lead execution across complex backend systems spanning Tier 1 and Tier 2 services, guide engineers through modernization and automation initiatives, and partner closely with Product, Architecture, and Operations teams to deliver a seamless and reliable booking experience.

In this role, you will:

• Lead a team of software engineers delivering high-scale, low-latency booking services.

• Partner with product and architecture teams to define and execute the Air Booking roadmap.

• Ensure system reliability, observability, and compliance with Expedia’s platform standards.

• Drive initiatives to improve booking automation, resiliency, and customer experience.

• Foster engineering excellence through mentorship, performance management, and hiring.

• Collaborate across Air, Lodging, and Servicing domains to align with unified reservation objectives.

• Balance near-term deliverables with long-term architectural evolution toward a unified Book-to-Trip vision.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

• 9+ years of software engineering experience.

• 2+ years of experience managing engineers.

• Proven delivery record in large-scale distributed or transaction-heavy backend systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of cloud-native design (preferably AWS), RESTful APIs, and event-driven architectures.

• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through technical change and system modernization.

• Deep experience driving operational excellence and service reliability.

• Skilled at building high-performance teams and driving accountability through measurable goals.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, and leadership peers.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $173,000.00 to $242,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $277,000.00, 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.

Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits.

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We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.

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