About Marriott:
Marriott Tech Accelerator is part of Marriott International, a global leader in hospitality. Marriott International, Inc. is a leading American multinational company that operates a vast array of lodging brands, including hotels and residential properties. It consists of over 30 well-known brands and nearly 8,900 properties situated in 141 countries and territories.
Job Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership
- Drive Technical Strategy: Collaborate with US-based Product teams to execute the technical roadmap for both DevCon and DevOps platforms, ensuring alignment with Marriott's broader technology vision
- Architecture Oversight: Partner with US teams to guide architectural decisions for enterprise-scale platforms handling environment provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling
- Innovation Champion: Support the adoption of emerging technologies including AI/ML integration, agentic AI capabilities, and cloud-native architectures as defined by product strategy
- Technical Excellence: Implement and maintain engineering standards, best practices, and design patterns across both teams in alignment with US-defined guidelines
- Hands-on Problem Solving: Dive deep into complex technical challenges when needed, demonstrating technical credibility and supporting your teams
People Management:
- Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and develop 11 engineers across DevCon and DevOps teams in the MTA office
- Performance Management: Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning for all team members
- Talent Development: Build a strong engineering culture focused on continuous learning, innovation, and technical excellence
- Recruitment & Growth: Lead hiring efforts to scale both teams with top-tier engineering talent
- Culture Building: Foster a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages knowledge sharing and innovation
Operational Excellence:
- Day-to-Day Operations: Oversee daily engineering activities, ensuring teams meet sprint commitments and delivery timelines
- Escalation Management: Handle critical escalations, working with teams to resolve production issues and minimize business impact
- IST Hours Coordination: Manage engineering operations during IST business hours, ensuring appropriate coverage and support
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with other teams operating in IST hours to ensure smooth handoffs and integrated solutions
- 24/7 Support Strategy: Develop and maintain on-call rotations and incident response procedures for both platforms
Strategic Partnership:
- US Office Collaboration: Partner tightly with Product Managers and Product Owners in the US office to align on product strategy and roadmaps
- Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across Marriott's technology organization
- Executive Communication: Present platform updates, metrics, and strategic initiatives to senior leadership
- Cross-team Integration: Facilitate collaboration between DevCon and DevOps teams to create unified developer experiences.
Technical Domains You Will Oversee
DevCon (Internal Developer Portal):
- Platform serving as single pane of glass for thousands of Marriott developers
- Self-service automation for cloud infrastructure provisioning
- AI Chat capabilities and emerging agentic AI functionality
- Tech Stack: Vite, Python FastAPI, AWS Step Functions, Terraform Cloud
DevOps Platform:
- Enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines supporting thousands of applications
- Cloud infrastructure across AWS and AliCloud
- Industry-leading Harness.io implementation
- Containerization and microservices architecture at scale
Skill and Experience:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 years in engineering leadership roles
- Technical Depth: Hands-on experience with modern cloud platforms (AWS required, AliCloud preferred), infrastructure as code, and CI/CD pipelines
- Platform Engineering: Proven track record building or leading teams that build developer platforms, internal tools, or DevOps infrastructure
- Programming Expertise: Strong proficiency in Python, with additional experience in Go, Terraform/HCL, and shell scripting
- People Leadership: Experience managing engineering teams of 5+ engineers, preferably across multiple time zones
- Operational Excellence: Demonstrated ability to manage 24/7 production systems with high availability requirements
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to present to technical and non-technical audiences
Technical Skills
Must Have:
- Python, Terraform, AWS
- CI/CD platforms (Harness.io strongly preferred)
- Container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Infrastructure as Code principles
- RESTful API design and microservices architecture
- Production troubleshooting and incident management
Preferred:
- Fast API, AWS Step Functions
- AliCloud experience
- AI/ML integration experience
- JFrog ecosystem (Artifactory, Xray)
- SonarQube, GitHub Actions
