# Senior Engineering Manager, Travel Experience

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $207k – $345k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Backend Engineering, Full-Stack Engineering, AI Agents, Third-Party Integrations, Travel Orchestration, Corporate Policy Engines, High-Scale Systems
**Posted:** 2026-06-30

> Lead a team building end-to-end travel booking experiences, including AI autonomous agents, mobile/web interfaces, and international expansion for Rippling's spend ecosystem. Requires proven engineering management in backend/full-stack with high-scale systems.

## Job Description

## What you will do
- 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.

## What you will need
- Proven Engineering Leadership: Solid track record 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.

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