Director, Software Development Engineering - Experience Management Platform

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 Team Our Technology Team partners with teams across Expedia Group to create innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences that drive loyalty and traveler satisfaction.  The Experience Management Platform team sits within our Core Platform and Traveler Experience organization and is responsible for the systems that power how every traveler experience is assembled, configured, and delivered across Expedia Group's portfolio of brands. Our platform handles billions of requests, serving hundreds of millions of users through tools including Experience Manager (no-code template and content orchestration), URL Platform, Travel Store SDK, Platform Product Catalog, and Platform Configuration. We are the layer that connects design and engineering with business users; enabling scalable, multi-brand experience delivery without code changes. In this role, you will: Define and drive technical strategy for the Experience Management Platform Lead a team of engineers and engineering managers building the next generation of experience orchestration, replacing legacy systems with a modern, agentic, self-serve platform Own the technical architecture, roadmap, and non-functional standards (performance, cost, scale) for experience management tools across all EG brands Drive the transformation from legacy services to a modern, scalable architecture with agentic capabilities built-in; reducing technical footprint while increasing business agility Define domain vision tied to measurable business outcomes and establish mechanisms for operational excellence (goals, scorecards, reviews) Use data to set direction, define domain KPIs, and ensure investments deliver measurable ROI Influence peer Directors and VPs across Product, Design, ML, and Engineering to align roadmaps and resourcing for shared outcomes Develop leaders of leaders — shape roles, set promotion standards, identify future leaders, and build a high-performing organization through a period of change Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions…