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Exciting Engineering Management position at Hotwire (financial district)


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Date: 2009-01-21, 1:10PM PST


Manager, Software Engineering

Company Overview:
Hotwire.com is a leading discount travel Web site with consistently lower prices on airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. Launched in 2000 with funding from six major airlines, Hotwire negotiates deep discounts from its travel suppliers to help sell their excess inventory. Hotwire is a wholly owned subsidiary of Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) and is based in San Francisco, CA. For more information, visit http://www.hotwire.com/

Day one. Step into the Hotwire offices. You'll be instantly greeted by a fun, fast-paced atmosphere. Working here, you'll be surrounded by a bright, motivated group of individuals who share a common goal—to make international and domestic travel-planning easy.
So what makes us Hotwire? Many wonderfully distinct things, including:
• Our open work environment
• People work hard, but get the opportunity to play hard outside the office
• Company-organized outings, including parties, charity events and volunteer days
• Great travel perks
• Vibrant startup atmosphere, yet the stability of being part of Expedia, Inc.
• Opportunities to grow
• An all-inclusive, diverse culture
As you can see, it's different here. If you're the type of person who thrives on delivering solutions to develop our industry niche, as well as your future, you're landing at the right place.
Welcome. Now prepare for career take-off.

Job Description:
We are looking for a technically savvy, results-oriented, and quality-focused individual with strong leadership, Java-based application development, and project management skills. This individual will manage the success of 1-4 concurrent software development projects for a high volume transactional application. They will play an active role in all aspects of the software project lifecycle: requirements definition, technical assessment and design, project staffing decisions, prioritization, timeline management, technical documentation, and establishing software engineering processes.

Core Responsibilities:
• Manage the software development phase of 1-4 development projects
• Manage a team of 5-7 software engineers of varying skill levels
• Actively mentor software engineers to help them progress in their careers
• Ensure proper technical design and documentation
• Ensure adherence to engineering processes such as code reviews, source control, unit testing, use case analysis, defect management.
• Interact with Hotwire’s Product Development, Marketing, QA and Operations teams to ensure proper coordination and implementation of development projects.
• Proactively recommend process, tool, and development methodology improvements.
• Regularly keep management abreast of technical issues and their impact to the business.

Requirements:
• Proven success as a software engineering manager (2+ years) with a track record of on time project delivery
• Experience running offshore development teams strongly preferred
• Proactive, great attention to detail, results-oriented problem solver, and ability to meet aggressive deadlines
• Strong leadership with ability to motivate engineers
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate highly complex technical issues to non-technical audience
• Experience influencing cross-department efforts by communicating and negotiating with multiple teams to accomplish goals
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design and development
• Internet development experience in Java
• Experience with Oracle database systems and understanding of database development.
• BS in Computer Science or a similar degree
• Travel and/or other Internet commerce experience is a plus

Hotwire, an equal opportunity employer, offers an exciting opportunity for qualified career-motivated professionals. We provide competitive compensation, performance bonus and the chance to work with talented people in a winning, successful, and pleasant environment. We offer many premium benefits including 401(k) with an employer match, medical, dental, life insurance, vacation and sick time and much more.

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