Engineering Manager - Host Experience (all genders)

Holidu; München; Hybrid; EUR 95.000 - 125.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Travel benefits

Gym discounts

Learning budgets

Zusammenfassung

A leading vacation rental tech company in Munich is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers focused on enhancing the host experience. You will develop high-quality backend solutions using Java and Kotlin, foster team growth, and collaborate closely with product management. This role offers a competitive salary ranging from €95,000 to €125,000 along with unique travel benefits and a hybrid work setup. The ideal candidate should possess strong technical leadership skills and a passion for innovative technology.

Qualifikationen

• Proven track record as a successful software engineer building backend and/or frontend applications.
• Experience with Java/Kotlin/Spring.
• Experience working in a fast-paced startup/scaleup environment.
• Experience providing technical leadership and building team culture.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Aufgaben

• Lead a team of around 5 engineers focusing on functional and people leadership.
• Work closely with engineers to develop high-quality solutions.
• Ensure applications are stable, scalable, and extendable for high growth.
• Foster team growth via feedback, coaching, and recruiting.
• Cultivate a culture of ownership, autonomy, and inclusivity within the team.

Kenntnisse

Java

Kotlin

Spring

Backend Development

Frontend Development

Leadership

Communication

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

ReactJS

PostgreSQL

EventBridge

Jobbeschreibung

Engineering Manager – Host Experience (all genders)

Join Holidu as an Engineering Manager – Host Experience and help hosts generate more bookings with less work.

Holidu is one of the world’s fastest-growing vacation rental technology companies. Our mission is to make booking and hosting holiday homes free of doubt and full of joy, by helping hosts generate more bookings with less work and helping guests find a holiday home they truly enjoy. Our team of 700 colleagues from 60+ nations shares a passion for tech, an ambition for constant improvement, and a relentless drive to bring the best experience to more than 40k vacation rental hosts and 4 million annual guests.

Your future team

Join our Host Experience department as an Engineering Manager and become part of the team that powers how our hosts’ properties reach the world. You’ll be working at the core of our distribution engine – where we take tens of thousands of homes and make them bookable on major travel platforms such as Holidu, Booking.com, Airbnb, VRBO, HomeToGo, and Check24.

This team operates in one of the most technically dynamic areas of our product. You’ll work with systems that synchronize large volumes of updates at high speed and maintain high availability, while integrating with a wide variety of partner APIs – each with its own structure and complexity. It’s work that demands precision, scalability, and smart engineering decisions, and it plays a crucial role in helping our hosts reach millions of guests worldwide.

Technical stack

• Backend applications are written in Kotlin and Java 21+ (with Spring Boot).
• Deployed as microservices on an AWS‑hosted Kubernetes cluster (EKS).
• Internal and external web applications written with ReactJS.
• Event‑driven communication between services through EventBridge with SQS / ActiveMQ.
• Usage of a diverse set of technologies depending on the use case, such as PostgreSQL, SQS, S3, Redis, ElasticSearch, GraphQL, and many more.
• Monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, APM, and CloudWatch.

Your role in this journey

• Lead a team of around 5 engineers – responsible for functional and people leadership.
• Work closely with engineers to develop high‑quality solutions in cross‑functional projects, including both new feature implementation and ongoing process improvement.
• Dedicate approximately 50% of your time to active coding.
• Ensure applications are stable, scalable, and extendable to support high growth.
• Foster team growth via continuous constructive feedback, coaching, and recruiting.
• Collaborate with product management, design, and stakeholders to understand business context and define the team's goals and roadmap.
• Collaborate with peers, staff engineers, and other stakeholders to drive strategic technology decisions.
• Cultivate a culture of ownership, autonomy, and inclusivity within the team and department.

Your backpack is filled with

• Proven track record as a successful software engineer building backend and/or frontend applications.
• Experience with Java/Kotlin/Spring.
• Experience working in a fast‑paced startup/scaleup environment.
• Experience providing technical leadership (e.g., setting goals and priorities, architecture design, task planning, and code reviews).
• Experience as an informal team leader, with the ability to build an excellent team culture based on mutual respect, empathy, learning, and support for each other.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to deal with ambiguity and clarify through communication.
• Candidates currently in a senior engineering role but looking to step toward engineering management are welcome to apply.

Our adventure includes

• Impact: Shape the future of travel with products used by millions of guests and thousands of hosts. Your work matters—and you’ll see the impact.
• Learning: Grow professionally in a culture that thrives on curiosity and feedback. You’ll learn from outstanding colleagues, collaborate across disciplines, and benefit from mentorship and personal learning budgets, with a strong focus on AI.
• Great People: Join a team of smart, motivated and international colleagues who challenge and support each other. We celebrate wins and keep our culture fun, ambitious and human.
• Technology: Work in a modern tech environment. You’ll experience the pace of a scale‑up combined with the stability of a proven business model.
• Flexibility: Work a hybrid setup with 50% in‑office time for collaboration, and spend up to 8 weeks a year from other inspiring locations.
• Competitive Package: €95,000‑125,000 + VSOPs based on relevant experience and seniority.
• Perks on Top: Travel benefits, gym discounts, and other perks to keep you energized.

Check out the adventure that awaits you on Instagram @lifeatholidu and dive straight into the world of Tech at Holidu for more insight!

Apply online on our careers page! Your first travel contact will be Adam from HR.

We are committed to diversity in all aspects of our business. We encourage applications from all genders, all corners of the world and all individual backgrounds. You are welcome to submit your application without a photo and without stating your gender, date of birth, marital status, nationality or disability status (if applicable). If you require any special assistance when arranging interviews, office visits or the recruitment process in general, please contact the relevant HR person responsible for this job and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Location: Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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