Engineering Manager; Native Apps

believes travel is the one thing that opens minds to new ideas, cultures, and ways of thinking. Our mission is to GET EVERY TRAVELLER THE BEST ACCOMMODATION DEAL, WORLDWIDE. From adventure travel and backpacking to honeymoons and family vacations, we genuinely care so that every traveller can make the best-informed accommodation choice at the absolute best conditions for every trip.

Our engineering culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager (EM) to lead  's mission-critical Mobile Application team. We are looking to transform our relatively young but very successful mobile application from largely Web View based solution to a high performing and smooth native implementation, and evolve the product from there.

As an EM, you'll lead a dynamic team of 6 Mobile (React Native) engineers. The full team also consists of 1 mobile UX designer, 1 data/product analyst and a UX researcher, and together they are embarking on a challenging quest to fulfil ambitious goals that directly contribute to the company objectives. Your role will position you as a valued ally to the Product Manager, Technical Lead, and fellow EMs alike.

We work closely with the end customers, hence anything that the team will develop and ship on the app stores will have an almost immediate effect on our users and on our business performance. We work in a flexible, results-oriented, data-driven and customer-centric team structure, collaboratively focusing on shipping value, with hopefully just the right amount of bureaucracy.

We encourage people from all ethnic groups, genders, sexualities, ages, and abilities to apply. If this job description resonates with you, we want to hear from you!

What you will actually be doing / responsibilities

• Manage a team of 6 mobile (React Native) engineers, alongside UX designer and researcher, and a product/data analyst.
• Bring the relatively new application from a Web View solution to a high performing native implementation.
• Work in a team to solve challenging problems, and build products to help bring our travellers the best deals available in the market.
• Own the technical and operational roadmap of the team.
• Work closely with the Group Engineering Manager, Technical Lead, and Product Managers (PMs) in defining the team product roadmap.
• Assist the Group Engineering Manager and the tribe PMs in making better prioritization decisions by providing cost and risk estimates.
• Personally lead the delivery of team projects.
• Continuously look for ways to eliminate waste in our development processes and make your team more efficient.
• Support the engineers in the team in their professional and personal growth. Your success is measured by the success of the teams and the people you manage.
• Actively lead hiring initiatives to scale the engineering team in the team.
• You will report to the Group Engineering Manager of the Product Group.

Who you are:

• You hold a BSc or MSc in Computer Science or a related field.
• You have at least 2 years of experience in leading teams.
• You have 5+ years of experience in building high-quality software - we don’t require experience with any specific framework, but we do expect experience with a modern set up and tooling environment.
• You have experience with designing, developing, and shipping highly scalable software
• You have experience working with data products and setting up data pipelines.
• You have experience with distributed systems.
• You have a track record of leading the engineering team to success.
• You have experience managing and leading complex technical projects. You have played a key role in the release of successful products (features).
• You have solid experience with requirements analysis and defining critical paths together with a PM.
• You have experience managing expectations of and aligning with senior (non-)technical stakeholders.
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• You are extremely proactive. You jump on opportunities to make your product better and your team more effective.
• You are pragmatic and have a keen focus on delivering maximum value to customers with the least amount of…