Senior Architect

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 the Team Expedia B2B is the B2B arm of Expedia Group. We bring Expedia Group's innovative technology and distribution solutions to partners across the world. These businesses include global financial institutions, corporate managed travel, offline travel agents, global travel suppliers (like major airlines) and many more. Our Architecture team sits at the intersection of technology strategy and business impact. As a Senior Architect within Expedia B2B, you will shape the technical direction of our platform, bridging complex business challenges with scalable, forward-thinking solutions. You will partner across engineering and product teams to guide decisions that directly drive outcomes for our global B2B partners. In this role, you will: • Lead complex, cross-functional technical projects and drive architectural design end-to-end, ensuring alignment with the North Star vision. • Establish technical approaches, define common patterns and standards, and guide integrations across teams within the business unit. • Apply systems thinking across organizational boundaries, analyzing issues holistically and making recommendations on policies and processes to improve efficiency. • Facilitate collaboration among diverse stakeholders with varied perspectives to develop effective solutions to technical and business challenges. • Partner with business stakeholders to develop a clear understanding of how your technology stack connects to business outcomes and the bottom line. • Lead a community of practice, bringing people together for shared learning and fostering knowledge exchange across engineering teams. • Mentor and support junior architects, developers, and engineers, sharing domain and industry expertise to accelerate their growth. • Report on the status of complex, high-impact initiatives to technical and business stakeholders through written and verbal communication. • Drive digital strategy decisions and provide digital business model consulting within IT teams. • Recognize opportunities to step into peer engineering management responsibilities as the need arises. Experience and Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience • 8+ years of professional experience in software architecture or a related engineering discipline (with a bachelor's degree), or 6+ years (with a master's degree) • Experience leading technical design end-to-end across multiple projects, with a demonstrated ability to justify technology choices to both technical and non-technical audiences • Experience working in decentralized, cross-functional teams across at least two multi-quarter projects • Formal experience mentoring at least three individuals • Proficiency in multiple technologies or programming languages, with deep expertise in at least one technical domain • Strong understanding of how complex systems interact, including integration and communication patterns across applications, databases, and technology platforms • Demonstrated ability to define and communicate technology standards and patterns across an organization Preferred: • Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience • Active contributions to the broader engineering community, such as blog posts, open-source contributions, tech talks, or conference presentations • Experience connecting technology decisions to lines of business outcomes and broader organizational goals • Familiarity with enterprise integration patterns and architectural governance frameworks Accommodation requests Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request at https://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation . About Expedia Group Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease. Important notice Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official place to find and apply for roles is https://careers.expediagroup.com/jobs/ . Equal Opportunity Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.