Manager Software Engineer

Sabre is a technology company that powers the global travel industry. By leveraging next-generation technology we create global technology solutions that take on the biggest opportunities and solve the most complex challenges in travel.

Positioned at the center of the travel we shape the future by offering innovative advancements that pave the way for a more connected and seamless ecosystem as we power mobile apps online travel sites airline and hotel reservation networks travel agent terminals and scores of other solutions.

Simply put we connect people with moments that matter.

Job Description

Manager Software Engineering Cloud Platforms & Applications (GCP)

Sabre is the global leader in innovative technology that powers the travel industry. We build large-scale mission-critical platforms and applications used by leading airlines across the globe. We are looking for engineering leaders who can scale teams align technology with business goals and drive delivery excellence in a cloud-native environment.

The Offer Optimization Team is building class leading AI/ML solutions to Airline Customers that are cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). We are seeking a Manager Software Engineering to lead multiple engineering disciplines including application development platform engineering systems engineering quality engineering and database engineering.

This role requires a strong blend of people leadership stakeholder management technical depth and communication excellence. The successful candidate will create an environment where teams thrive technology evolves sustainably and business outcomes are consistently delivered.

Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Delivery

• Lead and manage cross-functional engineering teams (application platform systems quality and database engineers).
• Own end-to-end delivery of engineering initiatives ensuring predictable execution and high quality.
• Balance speed quality reliability and cost across cloud-native platforms and applications.
• Ensure engineering work aligns with product strategy architectural direction and business priorities.

People Management & Team Development

• Directly manage and develop senior and lead engineers across multiple disciplines.
• Foster a culture of accountability collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Provide coaching feedback performance management and career development guidance.
• Support hiring onboarding and team scaling efforts.
• Promote diversity inclusion and psychological safety within teams.

Stakeholder & Communication Leadership

• Act as a primary engineering point of contact for Product Management Architecture SRE Security and Business stakeholders.
• Translate business goals into clear engineering plans and execution strategies.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences including leadership updates and risk discussions.
• Proactively manage expectations dependencies and cross-team coordination.

Technical Oversight & Governance

• Provide technical leadership and guidance without micromanaging implementation.
• Ensure strong engineering practices across:
  • Cloud-native application development
  • Platform and systems engineering
  • CI/CD and automation
  • Quality engineering and testing
  • Database and data platform operations
• Drive architecture reviews technical decision forums and standards adoption.
• Ensure systems meet expectations for security scalability reliability and compliance.

Operational Excellence

• Own operational readiness including incident response root cause analysis and remediation tracking.
• Partner with teams to reduce technical debt and operational toil.
• Ensure documentation runbooks and operational processes are in place.
• Drive cost-aware engineering and cloud spend accountability.

Required Skills

Leadership & Management

• Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams (application platform systems quality data).
• Strong people management skills including coaching performance management career development and hiring.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders.

Stakeholder & Delivery Management

• Strong experience managing product architecture and business stakeholders.
• Ability to translate business objectives into clear engineering execution plans.
• Experience delivering complex cloud-based systems using Agile methodologies.
• Strong ownership mindset with accountability for outcomes not just execution.

Technical Background & Hands-on Experience

• Strong hands-on experience designing and building enterprise-grade applications using Java or another major programming language (e.g. Python C#).
• Proven experience building microservices-based architectures including RESTful APIs and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases including data modeling and integration.
• Solid understanding of cloud-native application design scalability resiliency and fault tolerance.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines automation and modern DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or equivalent public cloud environments.
• Ability to engage deeply in technical discussions review designs and make informed architectural trade-offs.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field (Masters Degree preferred).
• 12 years of total industry experience in software engineering or related technical roles.
• 34 years of experience in an engineering leadership role (Engineering Manager Technical Manager or equivalent).
• Experience leading cloud-native production-scale systems.

We will give careful consideration to your application and review your details against the position criteria. You will receive separate notification as your application progresses.

Please note that only candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role will proceed in the selection process.