Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering

Location: Spain - Madrid

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business.

Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.

Introduction to the Team

In B2B, we bring Expedia Group's innovative technology and distribution solutions to partners across the world. These businesses include global financial institutions, corporate managed travel, offline travel agents, global travel suppliers (like major airlines) and many more.

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering to lead a team of talented engineers delivering scalable, reliable B2B technology solutions. In this role, you will own multiple technical domains, partner closely with product management, and build software that powers our partners' businesses on a global scale.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and develop a team of 6–10 engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and continuous growth.

• Define team goals and connect them to broader business outcomes, aligning efforts across multiple teams working together.

• Partner with product management to influence and deliver the product roadmap, balancing feature development, system maintenance, and team wellbeing.

• Anticipate and resolve bottlenecks in cross-team workflows, coordinating process improvements and defining clear measures of success.

• Advocate for software design best practices, operational excellence, and resiliency — including unit testing, SLA establishment, and scalability.

• Research and recommend frameworks, cloud services, and architectural design patterns in line with Expedia Group's technology standards.

• Bridge communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring proposals and technical issues receive appropriate consideration and timely resolution.

• Evaluate team talent, identify skill gaps, and implement action plans to support goal achievement and professional development.

• Develop capacity plans and resource strategies for teams of 10+, maintaining optimal full-time employee to contingent worker ratios.

• Mentor both individual contributors and managers, sharing domain expertise and industry knowledge across cross-functional teams.

Experience and Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field and 8+ years of software engineering experience; or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field and 6+ years of software engineering experience; or equivalent related professional experience.

• 3+ years of people management experience, including performance managing individual contributors and recruiting engineering talent.

• Proficiency across multiple programming languages or technologies, with the ability to justify technology choices to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience managing distributed or geographically dispersed teams.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver solutions to complex business problems spanning multiple teams.

• Proficient communication skills, with experience collaborating across senior-level, cross-functional organizations.

Preferred:

• Experience in B2B technology environments, such as API platforms, partner integrations, or distribution solutions.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern software development methodologies.

• Experience contributing to product roadmap planning and phase-out/phase-in milestone strategies.

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The total cash range for this position in Madrid is €70,000.00 to €98,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to €112,000.00, 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.

You can find the benefits for this location and any collective agreement that may apply here.

Accommodation requests

Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request at https://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation.

About Expedia Group

Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.

Important notice

Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official place to find and apply for roles is https://careers.expediagroup.com/jobs/.

Equal Opportunity

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.