Head of Engineering, TheFork
Restaurant Experience, B2B Tribe
+ Bonus
2+ days a week in office
Online restaurant reservation platform
Be an early applicant
Online restaurant reservation platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Bonus
2+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To connect the world's favourite restaurants and the broadest community of loyal diners.
Role
Who you are
- A self-motivated exceptional people leader with experience building (4+ years in a similar role) and leading high-performing teams (20+ engineers), including geographically distributed teams
- Technical expertise in software engineering, distributed systems, cloud architectures, and continuous delivery; skilled in developing clear, actionable strategies and roadmaps
- Experienced in scaling engineering teams, mentorship, hiring, performance management, and succession planning
- Solution-oriented leader, skilled at navigating complex technical and organizational challenges
- International outlook with experience in multicultural environments. Excellent English communication skills
What the job involves
- As the Head of Engineering, you will demonstrate strong ownership by taking full accountability for engineering outcomes
- You'll lead engineering excellence and innovation, overseeing technical execution and strategic direction for geographically distributed teams
- Reporting directly to a Senior Leader, you'll collaborate closely with Product, Design, Architecture, and Data teams
- Lead, Develop and Drive 4-6 Engineering Managers and a Staff Engineer across distributed teams. Ensure their professional growth and high performance
- Develop and execute engineering strategies focused on scalability, reliability, and maintainability. Align strategies with business goals and innovation
- Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to deliver exceptional user experiences and measurable business outcomes
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning while embody and champion our core values. Promote accountability and quality within engineering teams
- Support transversal initiatives, enabling knowledge sharing and alignment on best practices
Our take
TheFork's platform plays a significant role in the digitisation of the hospitality industry by offering users a seamless way to select restaurants based on their preferences, read user reviews, check real-time availability, and make instant online reservations.
In addition to serving customers, TheFork also partners with restaurants by providing them with TheFork Manager, a software solution designed to optimise reservation management and streamline operations, This software helps restaurants improve their service and boost revenues by making their operations more efficient and responsive to customer demands.
A TripAdvisor company, TheFork has made significant contributions ot the global dining industry, partnering with 60,000 restaurants, achieving 30M app downloads, and attracting over 400M users. Celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2022, the company has cemented itself as a top player in the space, with future projects including a product for small and family-run restaurants, to support them as the industry becomes more competitive and complex.
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Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- A permanent contract (that can be useful in life)
- Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week + up to 4 total weeks additional flexibility during the summer period and in December to wrok fully remotely)
- Lunch vouchers available 3 working days per week
- Lifestyle benefits that can be used to reimburse expenses related to physical and leisure activities, family support, travel etc
- Continuous learning and development programs
- Free access to the Calm app to help you build resilience wherever you are in your mental health journey
- Dedicated parental leave and caregiver leave policies (12 weeks fully paid)
- Health insurance
- Life & Disability Insurance at no cost to the employee
- Attractive pension plans
- Amazing offices with dining, a coffee point on each floor, and leisure area
- Team building events
Company HQ
Saint-Merri, Paris, France
Leadership
Almir Ambeskovic
(CEO, not founder)Prior to being appointed as CEO, they were Vice President of Sales and Marketing for TheFork. They have also directly led several countries as General Manager at TheFork since 2015.
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