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Senior Engineering Manager, Travel Experience

Rippling· Engineering
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New York, NY$207k - $345kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior Engineering Manager to lead execution for the Travel Experience organization, owning end-to-end user journeys from backend booking orchestration and AI-driven autonomous agents to flagship mobile and web experiences, with multi-geo engineering teams and a mandate to scale into a seamless, autonomous global platform.

Responsibilities

  • Own the Booking Experience – Lead the strategy for critical user workflows across flights, hotels, and cars, integrating advanced AI features like autonomous booking agents.
  • Drive International Expansion – Scale the Travel platform to support a massive push into European and other international markets over the next 6-12 months.
  • Partner to Complete the Suite – Collaborate closely with Product to navigate high ambiguity, integrating Travel seamlessly into our broader spend ecosystem.

Qualifications

  • Proven Engineering Leadership – 3+ years of experience managing backend or full-stack engineering teams with a background in high-scale distributed systems or financial apps.
  • Strong Technical Bar – Must be willing to get your hands dirty when necessary, deeply understand the architecture, and actively drive the high-level roadmap.
  • Domain Expertise – Familiarity with complex third-party integrations, corporate policy engines, or high-throughput travel orchestration systems is strongly preferred.

Skills

Required:Engineering leadershipHands-on technical ownership
Nice to have:Domain knowledge in travel tech

Benefits

  • Competitive salary + benefits + equity
  • Office-based in New York, NY with in-office policy requiring at least three days/week for eligible employees
  • Equity and compensation details aligned to location with pay transparency information available
  • Reasonable accommodations available during hiring process
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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