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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Manager, Software Development Engineering - **Company:** Expedia Inc. - **Location:** Springfield, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $153,000.0 - $214,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Architectural Patterns, Unit Testing, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Programming Languages - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/09a91c03-bd3b-4aa7-9643-29d7b44d3019 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience. * 8+ years of software development engineering experience (or 6+ years with a Master's degree in a related technical field or equivalent related professional experience). * 3+ years of people management experience, including performance managing Individual Contributors. * Proficient communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical audiences. * Demonstrated experience leading distributed or multi-location teams. * Strong knowledge across multiple technologies, programming languages, or technical domains. Preferred: * Experience influencing product strategy and roadmap in collaboration with Product Management. * Familiarity with B2B technology platforms, APIs, or partner-facing solutions. * Proven track record of delivering cross-team technical solutions tied to measurable business outcomes. * Experience with capacity planning and resource management for larger engineering organizations. ## Description As a Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering, you will lead a high-performing team of engineers within the B2B technology organization. You will serve as a key bridge between technology and business, ensuring your team delivers impactful solutions that power our partners' success. You will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and business leadership to shape and execute a technology roadmap that drives meaningful outcomes. In this role, you will: * Lead and develop a team of 6-10 engineers, including Individual Contributors and Managers, fostering a culture of growth, inclusion, and high performance. * Partner with Product Management to influence and deliver on the product roadmap, balancing feature development, team wellbeing, and system health. * Define team goals and ensure alignment with broader business objectives across multiple teams. * Anticipate and resolve bottlenecks in cross-team workflows, driving continuous process improvement. * Advocate for engineering excellence, including unit testing, SLA establishment, and building for resiliency and scalability. * Evaluate technology choices across multiple domains and communicate those decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Research and recommend frameworks, architectural patterns, and coding best practices. * Lead capacity planning and resource allocation for teams of 10 or more, optimizing Full Time Employee to contingent worker ratios. * Identify talent gaps, develop action plans to address them, and support staffing and recruitment efforts, including hiring at least 5 engineers to your team. * Remain current on industry trends and Expedia Group's technologies, frameworks, and cloud services, encouraging the team to continuously improve the existing stack. ## Related Videos - [The Avengers Initiative (Practical Ethics for Software Engineers)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2070-the-avengers-initiative-practical-ethics-for-software-engineers) - [Your next 10x engineer isn't in your city. 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