Engineering Manager - Fintech, Lodging

About The Job

HTS is a B2B2C fintech company providing the Cancel For Any Reason product embedded in partner booking flows. We are looking for an engineering leader who will build scalable systems while acting as a partner-facing technical advisor and solution architect.

• Lead a tight team of ~3 engineers, delivering durable, scalable systems.
• Own architecture, development, and rollout of the Hotels CFAR platform (offer, pricing, order, exercise APIs, SDK layer, synthetic rate bundling, exercise/payout infrastructure).
• Handle end‑to‑end partner integrations: scope solutions, lead solutioning calls, design integration patterns, coordinate with sales and solutions to advance partners through Discovery to Solutioning to Development to Live.
• Build partner‑growth infrastructure: partner management portal, configuration tooling, self‑serve onboarding.
• Serve as senior technical voice in partner conversations, translating between partner engineering teams, our APIs, and product strategy; manage SLAs, performance, partner‑specific requirements.
• Collaborate with Product, Risk/Pricing, Ops, and GTM to align engineering output with business outcomes (attach rate, contribution profit, launch velocity, loss ratio).
• Foster technical excellence through architecture reviews, mentorship, and raising the bar on the senior ICs and tech leads.

• Experience leading engineering teams building B2B/B2B2C platforms with real external partners.
• Strong technical background across backend systems (APIs, orchestration, distributed systems), front‑end SDKs/embedded UI, and cloud infrastructure.
• Direct partner/customer‑facing technical leadership experience—running solutioning calls, scoping integrations, owning SLAs, and unblocking deployments.
• Comfortable with fintech, insurance‑adjacent, or transactional products (money movement, refunds, pricing engines, contracts, audit trails).
• Familiarity with travel distribution landscapes a bonus (booking engines, agent portals, bedbanks, OTAs, PSS/inventory platforms, hotel CRS/chain systems).
• Experience with Scala or Java, REST APIs, OAuth
  2.0, and cloud platforms (GCP, AWS); front‑end exposure (React, JS/TS) for SDK work.
• A collaborative, product‑mind approach—able to partner closely with Sales, Product, Risk, and Ops without losing engineering rigor.
• A bias for action and a passion for mentoring and growing senior engineering talent.

• Competitive salary plus pre‑IPO equity packages.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Travel stipend.
• Work‑from‑home stipend and on‑demand co‑working access via Flex Desk.
• Generous parental leave above industry standards.
• Entrepreneurial culture with risk‑taking and impact.
• Open communication with management and company leadership.
• Small, dynamic teams for massive impact.
• 100% employer‑paid Medical, Dental, & Vision coverage.
• Disability & Life insurance.
• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).
• DCA/FSA & access to a 401(k) plan.

Compensation Range: $350K - $400K.