Engineering Manager; Native Apps

Position: 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 effort and with the simplest possible solution.

Why join us now?

We are one of the fastest-growing accommodation booking platforms in the world today, having grown our bookings 30x between 2017 and 2022, and catering to the needs of over 100 million unique visitors worldwide each year. We do that by harnessing the power of advanced algorithms and an innovative suite of power features and managed to  overcome the corona crisis remarkably fast ;

The mobile applications ( iOS  and  Android ) we launched in 2023 are already a big success in the US, and we are aiming at 10M global app installs by the end of 2024, as we are beginning to build    as the brand for value-seeking travellers worldwide;

We are a passionate and diverse team of tech enthusiasts and creatives with a commitment and focus on the traveler…