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Rippling is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Travel organization, which spans Travel Experience and Travel Integrations. The role reports to the Director of Engineering and serves as the New York City site lead for the team.
The Travel organization owns the end-to-end journey: booking orchestration, AI-driven automation, mobile and web experiences, and provider integrations that expand travel options for customers. You will lead and grow a senior-heavy engineering team distributed across the U.S., Europe, and India, setting clear technical direction and operating rhythm while strengthening the team's engineering presence in New York.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own Travel Experience: Lead booking workflows across flights, hotels, and cars, including evolution toward AI-assisted experiences.
- Expand Travel Integrations: Add new provider partnerships and integrations (rail, buses) while deepening existing partnerships across flights, stays, and car rentals.
- Drive International Expansion: Scale the Travel platform for customers in the U.S. and international markets, balancing local needs with a coherent global experience.
- Lead a Senior, Distributed Team: Coach Staff and Senior Engineers, delegate meaningful technical ownership, and establish effective collaboration across New York, Europe, and India.
- Serve as NYC Site Lead: Set the engineering bar in New York through mentorship, hiring, and partnership with local and global leaders.
- Partner to Complete the Suite: Work closely with Product and other engineering teams to integrate Travel with the broader Spend ecosystem.
Requirements:
- Proven Engineering Leadership: Track record of leading experienced backend or full-stack engineers, developing senior technical leaders, and delivering through geographically distributed teams.
- Strong Technical Judgment: Depth in high-scale distributed systems or financial applications; ability to drive architecture and technical roadmap alongside Staff-level engineers.
- Product and Execution Ownership: Sound judgment balancing customer experience, delivery speed, and system reliability in a fast-moving environment.
- Domain Expertise (strongly preferred): Familiarity with travel provider integrations, supply partnerships, NDC, ground transport, corporate policy engines, or high-throughput travel orchestration systems.
Location: New York City. Ability to work in the office at least three days a week under current policy.
