Engineering Team Lead, FareHarbor
Europe
Booking solutions for tour operators
Open for applications
Booking solutions for tour operators
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make experiences better for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- You have some experience leading an engineering team - Minimum one year management experience
- In Depth Software development experience; using one or more Object Oriented Programming Languages. (Preferably Python, Javascript, Java, Scala, C++ etc.)
- Solid understanding of System architecture, high-availability systems, and service-based architecture
- Have a good understanding of software design patterns and principles, including SOLID
- Have hands on experience and can optimally judge technical solutions proposed by your teams
- You see processes as tools for achieving great products, not goals in their own right
- Enjoy and thrive under a high level of autonomy and responsibility
- You want to work in and encourage a positive, supportive, and fun environment
- You are genuinely excited to mentor engineers
What the job involves
- FareHarbor is looking for a full time Team Lead to lead for different engineering teams in the EMEA region
- You will lead a growing team of engineers and work closely with them to help each member develop their skills and careers, while supporting them to expand the FareHarbor application
- You will need to use your hands-on experience to support the team on day to day operations, but you’re not expected to code
- You will work collaboratively with the technical management group within the Engineering and Product organization to ensure that the engineering team you lead is firing on all cylinders to reach company objectives
- You’ll understand the priorities of the team and the company at large, and use that understanding to effectively lead your team to success
- Manage 5-8 direct engineering reports
- 1-on-1s, career management; develop an encouraging and challenging environment
- Technical oversight on effective solution design, decomposition strategies
- Technical leadership and mentorship
- Assess and manage the performance
- Tracking and optimizing the team performance
- Close collaboration with the Product Manager within the team
- Balancing between product development advancement and engineering excellence
- Assist in hiring initiatives for the Engineering and Product group as needed
Our take
Most holidaygoers in the US prefer to book their activities and experiences online - but when it comes to local operators, this isn’t always possible. FareHarbor has been developing software to help digitize the booking process for these smaller businesses, and over a decade, has brought more than 5,000 of them onto the books.
Along the way, FareHarbor also built up some strong momentum in the reservation management and distribution areas of the sector, which drove up the company’s valuation - making it a prime candidate for acquisition. Whilst TripAdvisor reportedly made multiple bids, FareHarbor ultimately went to Booking Holdings, the US’ largest vendor of tour company booking software.
This puts FareHarbor in a strong position. Booking Holdings is acquiring companies at a steep rate (ten in the last ten years), and good ones too - Kayak and Venga number among them. This will help FareHarbor with customer acquisition, and insulate it somewhat from any wobbles in the hospitality sector.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
May 2015
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $0.2m
Company HQ
Grachtengordel-Zuid, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Matt Broten
(Software Engineer)Worked in various Software Engineering roles at Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Open Systems International, Instant Automatic, and Artery- which they also co-founded.
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