Director, Software Development Engineering

About the role

Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy.

What you'll do

• Own the Conventional Lodging (hotels) and Vacation Rentals (Vrbo) , defining and evolving a multi‑year technical and organizational strategy in partnership with Product
• Shape a modular, API‑first, event‑driven architecture that supports rapid product innovation, new lines of business, and global scale
• Lead the design and delivery of a workflow‑centric order orchestration layer using modern workflow engines and patterns (e.g., long‑running transactions, sagas
• Drive decomposition of legacy capabilities into well‑bounded domains and services with clear contracts, SLIs/SLOs, and guardrails
• Scale and lead a 50–60 person engineering organization through a team‑of‑teams model, setting clear outcomes and expectations, building hiring and succession plans

What you need

• 12–22 yrs of experience
• Machine learning
• CI/CD
• Test automation
• Any graduate