Senior Manager, Software Engineering
Leads an engineering team at Engine, an AI-native business travel platform, driving customer activation, engagement, and expansion across its travel marketplace (Flights, Partner Hub). The role centers on people and delivery management rather than hands-on coding, with a stack of Node.js, Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, and Datadog.
- Compensation
- $225K–$265K / yr
- Location
- Remote - US
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years of experience in engineering
- At least 5 years in a management role
- Proven track record of leading engineering teams and delivering complex projects
- Exceptional leadership focused on high-velocity results and a culture of performance
- Technical foundation in core stack: Node.js, Ruby on Rails, React, AWS (Lambda/Terraform), Datadog
- Leverages AI tools like Claude and Cursor to accelerate delivery
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Deep understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
- Adaptability and a continuous improvement mindset
Nice to have
- Master's degree
Full description
About Engine
Engine is the AI-native platform for intelligent travel. For a decade, Engine has built the proprietary technology and supply behind modern business travel, serving over 40,000 customers and nearly 2 million travelers, along with leading travel and AI companies that build on Engine's infrastructure. One system powers business travel, group travel, human agents, and AI agents.
That work has earned Engine recognition as TravelTech's Reservation Platform of the Year (2026), a spot on Inc.'s Power Partners list (2026), and one of Built In's Best Places to Work (2020–2026).
We're looking for bold, ambitious people to help redefine how businesses manage and experience travel. Working here, you can expect exponential growth, an ambitious pace, full ownership, and high-caliber colleagues who push you to do the best work of your career. Every hire raises the bar.
Come outpace the ordinary and build the future of travel with us.
About the Role
We’re looking for an Engineering Manager responsible for driving customer activation, engagement, and expansion across Engine’s full travel marketplace, including Flights and Partner Hub.
In this role, you’ll lead a high-performing team focused on rapid development, continuous improvement, and building stronger experimentation practices into how the team ships and learns. You’ll partner closely with product, data, and design to identify opportunities to increase time-to-value, improve stickiness, and encourage broader product adoption across the platform through thoughtful testing, learning, and iteration.
Your Mission
As part of the Engine team, you’ll play a vital role in an environment where innovation meets collaboration. Here’s what you’ll take charge of:
- Lead a high-performing engineering team by fostering a culture of technical excellence, extreme ownership, and rapid execution. You will raise the talent bar, empowering builders to solve complex marketplace challenges while ensuring growth and accountability.
- Manage the end-to-end development lifecycle of engineering projects by pioneering AI-driven practices that accelerate quality and delivery. You will leverage cutting-edge strategies to make speed-to-market a byproduct of your team's velocity, ensuring every initiative meets our high bar for security, scalability, and excellence.
- Drive efficiency through agile methodologies and engineering best practices, leveraging intelligent automation and advanced workflows to redefine the ceiling for team velocity. You will continuously refine processes and tools to optimize productivity, ensuring rapid delivery and high-caliber output are the standard for every project.