Engineering Manager (Backend) - Host Experience (all genders)

Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide. With more than $100M in funding to date and an international team of travel and technology enthusiasts, our mission is to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. With our search engine for vacation rentals Holidu we help travelers book the ideal accommodation for the lowest price, and through our software-and-service solution Bookiply we also support vacation rental owners in multiplying their bookings with less work. Do you want to have an impact on millions of travelers worldwide? Then pack your bag, hop on board and get ready for takeoff!

Your future team

• Holidu is our software and service solution for vacation rental owners (hosts), property managers, and small agencies to manage and rent out their properties more efficiently.
• Your department is an international group of 35 Developers, Designers, Product Managers, and QAs.
• You and your teammates will focus on creating a best-in-class tool to help our hosts manage their properties effortlessly. You and your team are responsible for bringing new features to the Holidu Host app, and services, and delivering a great user experience with a special focus on larger accounts and professional users

Our Tech Stack

• Backend applications are written in Java 11+ and Kotlin (with Spring Boot).
• Deployed as microservices on AWS-hosted Kubernetes cluster (EKS).
• Internal and external web applications written with ReactJS.
• Event-driven communication between services through 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, and CloudWatch.

Your role in this journey

• As Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for the functional and disciplinary leadership of a cross-functional team of around 4 engineers. Together with your team, you will implement innovative technical solutions across our systems used by hosts or internal stakeholders (Sales, Account Managers, Customer Happiness). Hosts expect the best tool for their perfect vacation rental property, and the stakeholders have ambitious growth targets. It’s your team’s task to support both stakeholder groups with technical solutions and innovations.
• Work closely with your engineers to develop high-quality solutions in cross-functional projects. This includes both leading the implementation of new features to support our growth, as well as ensuring all of the existing processes work correctly and efficiently.
• Tackle team tasks by dedicating a significant portion of your time to active coding.
• Ensure our applications are stable, scalable, and extendable, able to support the high growth trajectory of the company.
• Focus on the growth of your team by offering continuous constructive feedback, supporting and encouraging them on their growth path, and recruiting new engineers.
• Work closely with product management, product design, and stakeholders to understand the business context and define the team's goals and roadmap.
• Collaborate with peers, staff engineers, and other stakeholders to drive strategic technology decisions.
• Foster a culture of ownership, autonomy, and inclusivity within your team and the entire department.

Your backpack is filled with

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven track record as a successful software engineer building backend and/or frontend applications.
• Experience with Java/Kotlin/Spring is a plus, additional experience with JavaScript/TypeScript/React is a plus.
• 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 who are currently in a (senior) engineering role but are looking to take a step toward engineering management are welcome to apply.

Our adventure includes

• Impact: Make a difference for hundreds of thousands of monthly users.
• Growth: Take responsibility from day one and develop through regular feedback, workshops, and knowledge exchanges.
• Personal Development: Use your learning budget and 2 extra study days for conferences, books, courses, and more.
• Community: Engage with international, diverse, yet like-minded colleagues through regular events and 2 office days per week with your team.
• Flexibility: Benefit from our hybrid work policy and the chance to work from other local offices for up to 8 weeks a year.
• Fitness: Get a premium gym membership at a discounted rate.
• Travel: Enjoy 28 vacation days + 13 public holidays in Bavaria and the possibility to take up to 10 unpaid vacation days with special discounts on our Holidu Homes properties.

Need a sneak peek?
Check out the adventure that awaits you on Instagram @lifeatholiduand dive straight into the world of Tech at Holidu for more insights!

Want to travel with us?

Apply online on our careers page! Your first travel contact will be Katharinafrom 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.