Director of Software Engineering Property Engagement Platform (PEP)

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.

What your day-to-day will be like:

• Own and communicate Software Engineering's standard processes, work efficiency, and quality. 
• Build and drive adoption of the best methods and follow core software engineering principles. 
• Create positive partnerships with the product leadership, quality engineering, and software engineering management. 
• Enhance onboarding and ongoing training to create a team of committed software engineers and technical analysts. 
• Establish metrics and code review process to track efficiency and standard methodology adoption. 
• Provide technical oversight to the vendor team to ensure quality technical implementation. 
• Keep up to date with emerging trends and technologies in software development and identify opportunities to incorporate new tools and techniques into our development process. 

How you will collaborate with others:

• You will collaborate with multiple teams including Product, Design, and Architecture to drive efficiency, standards, and maintain the technical integrity of property management technology.  
• Be an engaged member of a software engineering team working with business team members daily, identifying and documenting their needs.  
• Work with external vendors to deliver enhancements/fixes on PMS system. 
• Use a customer-centric approach to create and manage business and technology processes.  
• What projects you will take ownership of: 
• Overall technical implementation for our next generation , cloud-based property management system known as PEP (Property Engagement Platform). 

WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT

You have these minimum qualifications:

• Ten (10) Years of professional experience in Technology or related field 
• Six (6) Years of Management/Supervisory Experience 
• Experience working with technologies including but not limited to AWS cloud solutions, Microservices and API management 
• Experience in Agile methodology best practices and familiarity with Agile software tools such as JIRA  
• Travel up to 25% 

It would be useful if you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree, or Associate’s Degree plus 6+ years of Technology related experience, or High School Degree/GED plus 12+ years of Technology related experience 
• Fourteen (14)+ years of professional experience in Technology or related field 
• Strong understanding of database design and development, including SQL and NoSQL databases 
• Understanding of Hotel Property Management Systems 
• Eight (8)+ years of Management/Supervisory experience 
• Experience in the hospitality industry 

WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR HILTON

Hilton, the #1 World's Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton!

It is the policy of Hilton to employ qualified persons without regard to color, race, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medication conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service, status as a protected veteran, disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, or any other protected group status as defined by and subject to applicable federal, state and local laws. 

We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law.  Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.

Hilton offers its eligible team members a comprehensive benefits package including medical and prescription drug coverage, dental coverage, vision coverage, life insurance, short-and long-term disability insurance, access to our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) where you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount, a 401(k) savings plan, 20 days of paid time off accruing over your first year of employment and increasing up to 25 days after completing one year of full employment, up to 12 weeks of paid leave for birth parents and 4 weeks for non-birth parents, 10 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays throughout the year, up to 5 bereavement days, flexible spending accounts, a health savings account, an employee assistance program, access to a care coordination program (“Wellthy”),  a legal services program, an educational assistance program, adoption assistance, a backup childcare program, pre-tax commuter benefit and our travel discount. The annual salary range for this role is $135,000-$185,000 and is determined based on applicable and specialized experience and location. Subject to plan terms and conditions, you will be eligible to participate in the Hilton Annual Incentive (Bonus) Plan, and the Company's long-term incentive plan, consistent with other team members at the same level and/or position within the Company. #LI-REMOTE