Manager, Technology Development - Asia Pacific (APACx)

WHY YOU’LL BE A GREAT FIT

You have these minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 7 years in software development/engineering, including 4 years leading multi-team delivery with vendors or SI partners.
• Proven experience building and managing India-based vendor engineering teams for customer-facing digital products at scale.
• Solid technical depth in cloud-native development on AWS and Kubernetes/EKS, microservices, REST/GraphQL APIs, and event-driven integration.
• Security and privacy by design; familiarity with PDPA (Singapore), GDPR, and India DPDP Act.
• Hands-on technical leadership, able to roll up sleeves on pipelines, quality gates, and code reviews while orchestrating multiple vendor squads.
• Proven, recent hands-on expertise in our core stack: e.g., Java/Spring Boot, JavaScript/Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS (Lambda, API Gateway), Docker, Kubernetes.
• Strong negotiation and vendor management; clear communicator who can align cross-functional stakeholders across regions and time zones.
• Builder mentality with operational rigor, balance speed with security, reliability, and documentation.
• Strong sense of ownership and willing to tackle mundane tasks to get the job done and help the team to succeed.
• iOS and/or Android development skills.

It would be useful if you have:

• Domain experience in travel/hospitality, loyalty and personalization, identity, and payments (including UPI).
• Event-driven architectures (Kafka/MSK/EventBridge), API management (Kong/Apigee/Nginx), secrets management (Vault/Secrets Manager).
• Familiarity CDPs, and marketing automation across WhatsApp/LINE and regional channels.
• Exposure to China/India/Japan digital ecosystems, data residency, and localization practices.

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!