Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering (Gurugram)

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 advantages 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. Introduction to team: The Ads Billing team owns the end-to-end Billing & Funding platform that powers all of EG’s advertising revenue—spanning Travel Ads, Display Ads, and UAP products. We design and run critical services and data pipelines that move advertiser money (pre-funding/marketing funds, post-bill, invoices, credit memos, stored cards/autopay), keep us SOX-compliant, and feed downstream finance and reporting systems. Engineers here work on high-scale, data-intensive, finance-grade systems, modernizing legacy stacks, building new billing experiences in CAP (Billing Center, payment flows, audit history), and partnering closely with Product, Finance, and Analytics to ensure every ad dollar is billed, recognized, and reported accurately. In this role, you will:
- Lead multiple software engineering teams to design, build, and operate robust, scalable, and secure services, including system design (LLD), API design, and data modelling for high‑impact business capabilities
- Define technical direction and engineering standards for your area, driving adoption of best practices in coding, testing, architecture, observability, and operational excellence across teams
- Partner closely with product, architecture, and other technology leaders to prioritize roadmaps, translate business requirements into technical execution plans, and deliver measurable outcomes at domain or multi‑service level
- Hire, grow, and coach engineering managers and senior engineers, building an inclusive, high‑performance culture that emphasizes technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement
- Ensure reliable, resilient operation of production systems, including on‑call strategies, incident management, root‑cause analysis, and continuous improvement of SLIs/SLOs
- 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 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
- Proven track record of end‑to‑end ownership for complex systems, including system design (LLD), API design, data modelling, implementation, and ongoing operations within a defined product or domain scope
- Strong proficiency in core software engineering fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, testing, and CI/CD practices) and in building secure, reliable, and observable services
- Demonstrated ability to set technical direction, make data‑driven trade‑offs, and align cross‑functional stakeholders to deliver high‑quality software at scale Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading multiple engineering teams or a group/area within a large-scale, distributed technology environment, with accountability for domain‑level architecture and technical strategy
- Track record of designing and evolving large, distributed, high‑throughput systems, including service decomposition, data modeling at scale, and well‑versioned, backward‑compatible APIs
- Deep experience with production operations at scale, including SRE practices, capacity planning, performance optimization, and building systems for high availability and resilience
- Demonstrated ability to drive architectural modernization (for example, re‑platforming, migration to cloud‑native services, or refactoring monoliths into services) while maintaining strong delivery outcomes
- Safely integrates and operates 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, and providing leadership on where and how AI can be responsibly leveraged within their engineering domain. Accommodation requests If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request. 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. Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™. © 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50 Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group’s Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is careers.expediagroup.com/jobs. Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age. Apply on Kit Job: kitjob.in/job/4n5zft