Director of Engineering, Lavanda
+ Equity
Omnichannel property management software
Job no longer available
Omnichannel property management software
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
Lavanda's mission is to help real estate businesses stay one step ahead.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of engineering leadership experience, with 3+ years leading managers
- Proven track record of delivering scalable engineering solutions in a high-growth environment, ideally in SaaS
- Hands-on engineering background, with experience
- Strong execution focus and ability to translate strategy into action
- Exceptional leadership, mentoring, and people management skills
- Deep understanding of modern software development processes and cloud-based architectures
- Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders
- Data-driven approach to decision-making and performance measurement
Desirable
- Experience with AWS, Kafka, Microservices, Ruby
- Previous experience working in a startup or scale-up environment
What the job involves
- As Director of Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in leading our engineering organization to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions
- Reporting to the Head of Engineering, who defines the overall technical strategy, you will focus on the tactical execution and delivery of that strategy
- You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align engineering efforts with business goals, mentor engineering managers, and ensure adherence to best practices and methodologies
- Translate the Head of Engineering’s technical strategy into actionable plans and ensure on-time, high-quality delivery of products and features balancing speed and technical excellence
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to prioritise and deliver on business goals
- Establish and manage metrics to measure team performance and delivery effectiveness
- Oversee the hiring, development, and retention of top engineering talent
- Build and scale a diverse and inclusive engineering team
- Foster a collaborative, results-driven, and supportive team culture
- Ensure teams follow established engineering methodologies and best practices
- Implement the technical architecture defined by the Head of Engineering, making informed decisions and trade-offs to achieve project goals
- Engage in technical discussions and contribute to architectural decisions, providing valuable insights and challenges to ensure well-rounded solutions
- Guide the team through complex technical challenges, ensuring adherence to best practices in software development, infrastructure, and security
- Ensure robust engineering processes, including CI/CD pipelines, code quality standards, and effective incident response
Salary benchmarks
Our take
As real estate, hospitality, and travel converge, there are more opportunities for landlords to fill empty spaces and make real returns on their portfolios. Historically, however, this has required a level of flexibility and cross-platform management that made logistics almost prohibitively complex, especially when it comes to residential apartment buildings. Lavanda is hoping to change that, with a platform helping landlords boost net operating income by remaining flexible to different kinds of rental requirements, and to capitalise on seasonal demand.
This means landlords traditionally pegged to the residential market can now build up their own hospitality brands, providing a significant incremental value boost over time. The concept is proving remarkably popular, and Lavanda is growing and developing its product fast.
Lavanda is now partnering to offer services in the UAE and on a new UK-based platform JLL Short Stays. This speaks highly of the team’s strategic acumen, which will serve it well as the market continues to develop
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2022
$7.3m
EARLY VC
Sep 2019
$5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $15.6m
Company benefits
- Competitive Compensation: We offer a market-leading salary that recognises your skills and contribution. Join us and ensure your efforts are well rewarded in a dynamic and supportive environment
- Own It: True ownership (equity) of a top global SaaS company - you’re helping to build it, so we believe you should own a slice of the pie
- Feel Good: £1000 annual wellbeing budget for you and your family to spend on whatever helps you to feel and be at your best
- Work Your Way: Flexible working is actively embraced. We’re a global company so welcome all applicants - flexibly choose whether you work from home or from one of our local offices as suits you
- Custom Tech: Choose your own tech - get the equipment you love using at work
- Rest & Recharge: Generous holiday allowance, including the full Christmas to New Year as a break on us
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Guy Westlake
(Co-Founder & Chairman)Previously worked in product marketing at Canon Europe, then Vignette, and then was the head of marketing on the founding team of Shutl.
Frank Breckner
(Co-Founder & Shareholder)Started out working in credit analysis and research at AIG, then Loomis, Sayles & Company.
Was promoted from COO to CEO at Lavanda in 2019. Previously worked at Artemis Investment Management as a Fund Manager, was an Associate Partner at Stamford Partners and was an Analyst at Credit Suisse.
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