[Hiring] Lead Platform Engineer @Hilton

Role Description

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 Platform Engineer, Property Technology, you will bring your blend of technical skills and product passion to a hospitality company with an award-winning culture. On the Software Engineering Property Platform team, reporting to the Director Software Engineering, you will lead the delivery of enterprise programs and platform enhancements for Prodigy, a cohesive in-house commercial services web application. Prodigy supports both above-property corporate teams and on-property hotel team members.

What you'll do during a typical day:

• Create technical requirements to deliver new features and capabilities that support enterprise capabilities and platform enhancements.
• Break-down complex workflows into unified application experiences.
• Transform solution and network diagrams, swagger definitions, and REST API integrations into clear requirements and business process flows that bring capabilities to life.
• Collaborate daily with Business Product Owners, UI Engineers, and Designers in an agile environment to challenge current processes and deliver features and requirements.
• Lead other Business Analysts by encouraging a culture of ideation, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and customer-centric decision-making.
• Manage the refinement backlog through weekly refinement and sprint planning, ensuring the platform team advances 40–50% of sprint velocity, approximately 70–80 tickets or 180 story points, into refinement each week.

How you'll collaborate with others:

• Connect Hilton's business, technology, and core architecture teams to understand and detail the technology needs and transform requirements into deliverable solutions.
• Partner with business product owners, UI/UX designers, development, and testing teams to deliver new functionality and enterprise capabilities.
• Navigate a fast-paced agile environment by clarifying ambiguity, developing solutions, and removing roadblocks to keep work moving forward.

Deliverables you'll take ownership of:

• Monitor progress against weekly/monthly roadmap and identify potential risks and blockers for scheduled programs.
• Prioritize requirements in refinement backlog.
• Deliver monthly artifacts such as release notes and product reviews to business and technical teams.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of professional work experience in Technology and Product, or related field.
• Three (3) years of experience working in product space delivering detailed requirements to UX designers and front-end UI engineers.
• Proficiency with Jira in managing user stories and detailed technical UI requirements.
• Understanding of existing software delivery life cycle and how to use AI tooling to modernize the cycle.
• Experience working with REST APIs integrations and proficiency understanding swagger file definitions (YAML/JSON).
• Travel up to 10%.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree, or Associate's Degree plus 6+ years of Technology/Product related experience, or High School Degree/GED plus 12+ years of Technology/Product related experience.
• Seven (7) years of professional work experience in Technology or related field.
• Five (5) years of experience working in product space delivering detailed requirements to UX designers and front-end UI engineers.
• Two (2) years of work experience managing team members.
• Two (2) years of experience with Figma and other design systems.

Benefits

• Incredible travel perks – Enjoy 110 nights of deeply discounted travel, with room rates as low as $40/night at our world-class hotels through our Go Hilton travel program.
• Own a piece of Hilton – Through our employee stock purchase program (ESPP), you can invest in Hilton shares at a 15% discount to help build your financial future.
• Paid parental leave – Because family matters. We offer paid leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents.
• Personalized caregiving support – Access dedicated caregiving concierge services to help navigate caregiving for yourself and your loved ones.
• Crisis concierge – In times of loss, our Crisis Concierge offers a single, compassionate point of contact for both practical support and emotional care.
• Mental health resources – Your wellbeing comes first. Eligible Team Members can access free counseling and support through our best-in-class Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Generous paid time off (PTO) – Recharge, relax, and take time for what matters most.
• Health & welfare benefits – From checkups to dental cleanings to new glasses, we offer a variety of health plans that keep you and your family covered.
• Financial security for your future – Our retirement plans make it easier to save for what's next.