Senior Manager of Engineering
Senior Manager of Engineering
Hotel Engine, a startup based in Denver, is a leader in travel tech with a demonstrated track record of growth and impact. Our foundations are strong, and we’ve navigated the COVID-19 crisis by bringing our customer obsession, innovative platform, data-driven problem-solving, and bias for action into every decision. By partnering with tens of thousands of businesses and government agencies and hundreds of thousands of hotels around the world, we have built a resilient and adaptable business model and 2021 will be our best year yet. Working hard behind the scenes are exceptional people–from our large engineering and product teams, to our fast-growing sales, supplier and member experience orgs, to our data, marketing, and operations teams. As individuals and together, we show our DNA every day with our curiosity, will to win, ownership and high standards.
We are looking for passionate technical leader to step in as a Senior Manager of Engineering as we head into 2021 focused on building for scale and competitive advantage. In this role, you will lead engineers across the stack and directly manage Lead Software Engineers–reinforcing a culture of high performance, innovation and collaboration. You’ll demonstrate your technical expertise and commitment to talent development daily, inspiring team members to achieve and coaching them through challenges and complexity. As a cross-functional partner to senior leaders around the company, you’ll dive into the business context and become an expert on our product as you participate in strategic planning and translate the big picture into a clear technical roadmap and goals to set your teams up to succeed.
Here’s what you’ll do:
Lead a team of 15-20 engineers and directly manage 3-5 Lead Software Engineers
Actively manage and coach your direct reports and build their leadership capabilities through continuous feedback, reviews, and mentorship
Hire, engage, and retain talented engineers across our stack– Ruby on Rails, React, Node.js–reinforcing Hotel Engine’s reputation as a top technical team
Inspire and role model collaboration, ownership, continuous learning, and high-standards to your team, making sure to balance the hard work with moments of celebration and fun
Take the lead on the evolution of our engineering practices to help move our business forward, ensuring clear standards are established and the team is trained and ready to deliver them
Partner with our product team and lead engineers to execute the roadmap while advocating for the long-term health and maintainability of our codebase
Identify and prioritize key engineering initiatives that will help us scale from an architectural and organizational view
Contribute to company long-term planning and effectively set expectations across the organization
Here's what we're looking for:
10+ years of experience in software engineering
5+ years managing engineers across multiple teams, including multi-layered teams
Experience scaling software engineering teams through periods of rapid growth
Experience building scalable systems, with expertise in OO, and system design
Familiarity with our technical stack (Ruby on Rails, React, Node, PostgreSQL) is a plus