Senior Software Engineer - Hotel Operations

Additional Information

Job Number 25015954

Job Category Information Technology

Location Marriott International HQ, 7750 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20814

Schedule Full Time

Located Remotely? Y

Position Type: Management

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer in a technical leadership role for building sophisticated applications to power our multi-billion dollar enterprise. We are seeking an outstanding engineering talent with the experience to lead the design, solutioning and delivery of large-scale cloud-based applications. You should be product focused and capable of creating solutions that serve the business needs by leveraging leading edge technologies in an innovative and impactful manner.

You must have the ability to communicate upward to supervisors/leadership and laterally to other departments, keeping the organization at large in sync and making sure that your team continues to deliver results. Demonstrate the ability to monitor multiple projects to successful completion, maintaining scope within the time and budget constraints. You will assume technical ownership of Service Provider deliverables and lead their technical resources to ensure deliverables are of high quality, follow our technical standards & best practices and perform at scale. You will set technical standards and develop reusable frameworks to ensure consistent and efficient creation of data capabilities and products.

If you feel you are up for the challenge, then please see further details below.

Required:

Minimum 5 years of experience in custom application development on open-source technologies.

Hands on Experience and knowledge of Microservice Architecture, Cloud-Native Application Development, Containerization, Event-Driven Architecture.

Experience in using Enterprise Integration Patterns with designing, building, and deploying Messaging Solutions.

Experience in Server-side Java, REST, SOAP, Spring Cloud, Spring, Spring Boot.

Ability to write efficient and robust Java code for high volume applications.

Excellent problem solving/troubleshooting skills.

Experience working in an Agile environment using Jira.

Hands on experience with AWS (EC2, S3).

Basic understanding of Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines.

Fluent in Git commands and able to do pull request code reviews.

Excellent understanding of scalability and failover best practices.

Comfortable using the command line.

Preferred:

Experience in NoSql Databases (MongoDB or Redis).

Experience with authoring test cases using a test-driven approach.

Experience with monitoring tools like Splunk.

Experience with Kafka.

Experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Technical Leadership

Trains and/or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate.

Provides financial input on department or project budgets, capital expenditures or other cost/resource estimates as requested.

Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes.

Contributes to technical documentation using Confluence.

Delivering Technology

Performs more complex quantitative and qualitative analyses for service delivery processes and projects..

Facilitates achievement of expected deliverables and obligations of Services Providers.

Validates completeness of requirements prior to Service Provider solutioning.

Ensures all projects follow the defined development and business case processes.

Ensures proper coordination with appropriate IT and vendor relations teams.

Provides consultation for routine and complex systems development.

Ensures early warning to the business stakeholder executives regarding degraded or missed service levels.

Coordinates with Operations and Infrastructure Delivery teams for deployment and production support activities.

IT Governance

Follows all defined technology standards and processes (i.e. IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed.

Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk.

Follows the defined project management standards and processes.

Service Provider Management

Validates that Service Providers are delivering per planned sprint and working to increase velocity during a PI.

Makes short term plans for the team to effectively utilize resources.

Monitors Service Provider outcomes.

Reviews estimates of work effort provided by Service Providers for accuracy and feasibility.

Facilitates timely resolution of service delivery problems and minimizes the impact to clients.

Provides regular code reviews on SP deliverables.

MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES

Leadership:

Communication

Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods.

Leading Through Vision and Values

Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of employee decision making and action.

Managing Change

Initiates and/or manages the change process and energizes it on an ongoing basis, taking steps to remove barriers or accelerate its pace; serves as role model for how to handle change by maintaining composure and performance level under pressure or when experiencing challenges.

Problem Solving and Decision Making

Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions, develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions, solves problems, and chooses a course of action.

Professional Demeanor

Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values.

Strategy Development

Develops business plans by exploring and systematically evaluating opportunities with the greatest potential for producing positive results; ensures successful preparation and execution of business plans through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.

Managing Execution:

Building a Successful Team

Uses an effective interpersonal style to build a cohesive team; inspires and sustains team cohesion and engagement by focusing the team on its mission and importance to the organization.

Strategy Execution

Ensures successful execution across of business plans designed to maximize customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.

Driving for Results

Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates, focuses, and monitors the efforts of self and/or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required.

Building Relationships:

Customer Relationships

Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the company's service standards.

Global Mindset

Supports employees and business partners with diverse styles, abilities, motivations, and/or cultural perspectives; utilizes differences to drive innovation, engagement and enhance business results; and ensures employees are given the opportunity to contribute to their full potential.

Strategic Partnerships

Develops collaborative relationships with fellow employees and business partners by making them feel valued, appreciated, and included; explores partnership opportunities with other people in and outside the organization; influences and leverages corporate and continental shared services and/or discipline leaders (e.g., HR, Sales & Marketing, Finance, Revenue Management) to achieve objectives; maintains effective external relations with government, business and industry in respective countries; performs effectively as a liaison between locations, disciplines, and corporate to ensure needed resources are received and corporate strategies are understood and executed.

Generating Talent and Organizational Capability:

Developing Others

Supports the development of other?s skills and capabilities so that they can fulfill current or future job/role responsibilities more effectively.

Organizational Capability

Evaluates and adapts the structure of assignments and work processes to best fit the needs and/or support the goals of an organizational unit.

Learning and Applying Professional Expertise:

Continuous Learning

Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application.

Technical Acumen

Understanding and utilizing professional skills and knowledge in a specific functional area to conduct and manage everyday business operations and generate innovative solutions to approach function-specific work challenges.

Technical Intelligence:

Knowledge and ability to define and apply appropriate technology to enhance business process

Development Methodologies:

Knowledge of general stages of SDLC framework and the application tiers within the development space.

Information Security:

Knowledge of the security considerations relevant within the development space, including industry best practices related to information security

Business Acumen

Understands and utilizes business information to manage everyday operations and generate innovative solutions to approach business and administrative challenges.

Basic Competencies

Fundamental competencies required for accomplishing basic work activities.

Basic Computer Skills

Using basic computer hardware and software (e.g., personal computers, word processing software, Internet browsers, etc.).

Mathematical Reasoning

The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly, correctly, and in a way that allows one to solve work-related issues.

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Writing

Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

The salary range for this position is $98,500 to $177,300 annually. In addition to the annual salary, the position will be eligible to receive an annual bonus.

Washington Applicants Only: Employees will accrue 0.04616 PTO balance for every hour worked and eligible to receive minimum of 7 holidays annually.

All locations offer coverage for medical, dental, vision, health care flexible spending account, dependent care flexible spending account, life insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, adoption expense reimbursements, paid parental leave, educational assistance, 401(k) plan, stock purchase plan, discounts at Marriott properties, commuter benefits, employee assistance plan, and childcare discounts.

Benefits are subject to terms and conditions, which may include rules regarding eligibility, enrollment, waiting period, contribution, benefit limits, election changes, benefit exclusions, and others.

Marriott HQ is committed to a hybrid work environment that enables associates to Be connected.

Headquarters-based positions are considered hybrid, for candidates within a commuting distance to Bethesda, MD;

candidates outside of commuting distance to Bethesda, MD will be considered for Remote positions.

The application deadline for this position is 28 days after the date of this posting, February 10, 2025.

_Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law._

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