Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Best Practices, CSS (Cascading Style Sheet), Code Reviews, Customer Relations, Documentation, HTML (HyperText Markup Language), Hospitality and Tourism, Internet Application, Internet/Online Service, JavaScript, Leading Edge Technology, Mentoring, Product Design, Productivity Management, Programming Tools, Quality Engineering, Quality Management, Risk, Scalable System Development, Secondary School, Software Development, Software Engineering, Splunk, Technical Leadership, Technical Strategy, Technical/Engineering Design, Test Automation, Testing, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Web Programming, Willing to Travel
Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You
This role is based at one of our corporate offices in McLean, VA, Dallas, TX or Memphis, TN.
This is your chance to be a part of an in-house Technology team that''s creating consumer-facing, cutting-edge technologies revolutionizing the hospitality industry around the world! As a Lead Software Engineer, you will bring your technical skills to a hospitality company with an award-winning culture. On the Web-Software Engineering Team reporting to the Senior Manager Software Engineering, you will support projects including Hilton.com and related customer-facing digital experiences.
What you''ll do during a typical day:
- Develop scalable front-end solutions for Hilton''s websites and digital services.
- Lead technical design and implementation for complex initiatives, ensuring performance, accessibility, maintainability, and alignment with platform standards.
- Drive code quality through code reviews, documentation, testing, and engineering best practices.
- Evaluate and integrate AI-powered tools and workflows to help the team develop faster, improve code quality, and increase engineering effectiveness.
How you''ll collaborate with others:
- Collaborate with architects, product owners, designers, and engineers to build Hilton''s web experiences, contributing to roadmap planning, technical strategy, agile ceremonies, and AI adoption.
- Mentor engineers, promoting strong engineering practices, risk awareness, and effective use of AI‑enabled development approaches.
Deliverables you''ll take ownership of:
- Lead delivery of major initiatives for Hilton.com and customer‑facing digital experiences, serving as technical owner for complex features and shared capabilities through deployment, observability, and ongoing support.
- Manage front‑end assets, reusable components, and automated tests to ensure high‑quality, performant, and accessible user experiences.
What It Takes to Make the Stay
You have these minimum qualifications:
- Five (5) years of professional work experience in Technology or a related field
- Three (3) years of experience working with React
- Experience with TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Experience using AI tools, services, or APIs in software development workflows or digital applications
- Experience helping engineering teams to improve development speed, quality, and effectiveness
- This is a hybrid role and would require to be near one of our three US office locations (McLean, Dallas, or Memphis)
- Travel up to 10% annually
It would be useful if you have:
- Bachelor''s Degree, or Associate''s Degree plus six plus (6+) years of Technology related experience, or High School Degree/GED plus twelve plus (12+) years of Technology related experience
- Seven (7) + years of professional experience in Technology or a related field
- Five (5) + years of experience working with React
- Practical experience evaluating and adopting AI developer tools to accelerate delivery and improve engineering workflows
- Experience providing technical direction on how AI technologies can improve team productivity and software delivery.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog and Splunk.
Join an Award-Winning Workplace Culture
At Hilton, we don't just deliver exceptional experiences for our guests-we build an exceptional workplace for the Team Members who make it all possible. As a global leader in hospitality, we've welcomed more than 3 billion guests worldwide, all while staying true to our founding vision: to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality.
Our award-winning culture has earned us repeated recognition on the World's Best Workplaces list by Great Place to Work and Fortune. With our suite of world-class brands, and a company-wide commitment to providing the best stay for every guest, we're setting new standards for the future of travel.
Whether you're starting your career or exploring something new, Hilton supports your journey every step of the way. Come for the job, stay for the career-and help us make every stay a little more magical.
Curious about life at Hilton? Explore our Careers Blog to see why we're more than a great place to stay-we're a great place to work.
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Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc