Senior Engineering Manager, TravelPerk
Flights
Corporate travel platform
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Corporate travel platform
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect people in real life in the most enjoyable and sustainable way possible.
Role
Who you are
- You have around 5-8 years of experience managing software engineers and at least 1-2 years managing multiple teams and leading other managers
- You come from a technical background - ideally in software engineering, where you were a hands-on IC
- You are a people manager who builds an effective work culture that improves the working lives of your team
- You have experience managing larger teams where it’s necessary to build processes and systems of delegation to get work done
- You act as a problem finder and solver technically and organisationally, helping the team to overcome any issue that prevents your engineering fellows to perform at their best
- You run effective performance reviews that celebrate achievements and help your team identify where to grow next in line with their aspirations and the needs of the business
- Pragmatism and obsession for simplicity, efficiency, and performance
- You have the ability to adapt and react fast to an ever-changing environment
- An understanding of how engineering impacts product and business needs
- This role requires you to be within commuting distance of our hubs
What the job involves
- This role is focused on leadership across the different teams working on the Flights vertical. This includes work to scale and maintain our existing platform, reacting to changes in the Flights industry and continuing to expand and evolve our current offering
- To do this you’ll work across multiple cross discipline teams directly and indirectly to put in place the relevant technical processes and delivery practices to ensure the right work gets done in a sustainable manner
- You’ll work with other engineering managers, product managers, design and product operations to ensure the right balance of investment across different priorities
- You will be accountable for the overall delivery and operational health and use effective delegation to give direction and support to the other managers working in this space
- As one of the fastest growing product areas the team and scope of services has expanded significantly in recent years. It will be your job to ensure responsible ownership and knowledge sharing for services where it is no longer possible for one team to understand everything
- There are multiple other teams and company goals tied to Flights and these will also require support and your understanding to set Flights up for success
- Accountability for the quarterly and longer term planning and delivery in conjunction with staffing to ensure a healthy balance of priorities can be delivered for a group of around 20 engineers
- Working with product and engineering mangers with other discipline leads to develop and evolve a long-term strategy and roadmap for the team build the right team structure to deliver these priorities
- Ensuring coordination and communication between internal and external dependencies including other teams in TravelPerk and external third parties
- Working with EMs and senior ICs to put in place the relevant medium and long term technical investments and standards to support our goals and scale the domain
- Mentoring other EMs and senior ICs while ensuring the relevant individual and team development plans are in place
- Providing a holistic, single source of truth for the health and delivery for the Flights domain and representing this to the rest of the business
- Being a key part of the recruitment and growth of the engineering team
Our take
Although business travellers are often at the forefront of driving company growth, booking travel is typically a logistical nightmare as corporate travel tools are underdeveloped and stuck way in the past. TravelPerk has built a platform free from micromanagement, creating an experience that puts business travellers first.
TravelPerk's number of active users has grown year on year. Further, as well as more customers using the platform, those on it are using it more regularly. This is a clear signal that TravelPerk has a product market fit and is in scaling mode. The company has more than 2,000 customers, including scaleups like Revolut, Farfetch and Beyond Meat.
According to TravelPerk, its unit economics are strong already, which puts it in a strong position to grow without diluting itself too much through investment. The company is still innovating and said it is planning to release more products that will give the business traveller more freedom and flexibility than ever before. Its new Edinburgh hub and partnership with fintech unicorn Pleo, TravelPerk is undoubtedly committing to a period of scaling. Exemplifying this is its Series D funding of $104 million awarded in January 2024, which will boost TravelPerk's AI and automation capabilities to aid its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Jan 2025
$200m
SERIES E
Jan 2024
$104m
SERIES D
Total funding: $658.4m
Company benefits
- Stock options in the company
- Great healthcare benefits, including private healthcare and wellness programs
- Beautiful office with different spaces for every mood
- Fully stocked kitchen loaded with healthy food, snacks, and coffee
- Generous vacation time and flexible working hours
- The finest tech and anything else you need to do your best work
Company values
- We are owners
- Impact over effort
- A 7* experience
- We are a team
- Be a good person
Articles
Leadership
Avi Meir
(CEO)Founded Hotel Ninjas (hotel software) acquired 2 years later by Booking.com. Previously VP of budgetplaces.com (marketplace for hotels).
People progressing
Initially joined the TravelPerk team in 2020 as a Data Analyst before becoming a Senior Data Analyst in 2021 and a Data Analytics Manager in 2022.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at TravelPerk
Felicia Norman-Williams (VP People)
- We have created the Perk Promise: our commitment to ensuring our people live their best life, do their best work and fulfil their potential in a community where they feel like they belong. This forms part of our Belonging philosophy, centred on creating an inclusive workplace.
- Beyond nationality and gender, we embrace various forms of diversity. Our hiring processes and language are inclusive, encouraging all candidates to apply. We follow a meritocratic approach in rewarding the right behaviours and performance.
- In our Tech department, we're dedicated to supporting women in tech. We’ve launched the TravelPerk Academy in partnership with All Women, promoting equal opportunities. Our first graduates include five talented women who became our Software Engineers. We also have a 'Women in Builders' community, which provides a safe space for women in tech to learn and share together. We run workshops on product diversity, inclusion, and unconscious bias for the Builders team.
- Through these efforts, we cultivate a diverse, inclusive organisation where every individual can excel, contributing to our shared success
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