Technical Manager

The Tripadvisor Group connects people to experiences worth sharing, and aims to be the world’s most trusted source for travel and experiences. We leverage our brands, technology, and capabilities to connect our global audience with partners through rich content, travel guidance, and two-sided marketplaces for experiences, accommodations, restaurants, and other travel categories. The subsidiaries of Tripadvisor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIP), include a portfolio of travel brands and businesses, including Tripadvisor, Viator, and TheFork.

This is a hybrid role based out of Krakow on a permanent contract of employment/Umowa o pracę. We are unable to offer B2B contracts at this time.

• →Build and lead a high-performing technical team by hiring, training, and mentoring engineers of all levels.
• →Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture and champion effective Agile development processes. 
• →Develop project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation strategies, and ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope and budget.
• →Show leadership as a hands-on developer in multiple layers of the software stack and data stack. Perform code and design reviews.
• →Work closely with principal engineers to drive technology strategy and roadmap that aligns to the wider organisation vision.
• →Work closely with your Product Manager counterpart and the business owner to prioritize product features along with the engineering-driven tasks, striving for a good balance between business results and engineering robustness.
• →Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals, commitments, and timelines.
• →Define and enforce engineering best practices to ensure deliverables are complete, on time, and meeting a high-quality standard.

• Ten years’ experience of commercial software development
• Three years managing five to ten engineers, across one or two teams
• Background of working in a product-focused company, collaborating closely with stakeholders to build up a backlog of product and technical initiatives 
• Directly responsible for giving performance feedback and providing formal career planning to their team
• Strong mentorship skills, helping engineers to grow technically and professionally
• Solid understanding of the technologies and tools used by their team, with hands-on experience of designing and building scalable, high-performance systems
• Excellent ability to break down complex problems into simple solutions
• Proven leadership in driving major projects and actively participating in cross-functional teams in fast-paced, dynamic environments
• Accountable for high-quality execution, operations and overall team performance
• Uses strong analytical skills to identify risks early, mitigate issues and provide contingency plans
• Adept at making high-level decisions about product and technical direction, balancing business objectives with engineering capabilities.
• Understands modern software delivery methodologies and project management tools and uses them to drive successful outcome

We exist to create value for our customer, the traveler. We enable our suppliers and partners to unlock this value. Their collective behaviors and insights are what drives us. 

We act fast, experiment, learn from failure, iterate, and improve the solutions of tomorrow across every aspect of our business. Our execution is agile, data-driven, prioritised, and built to scale. We assume no problem is someone else’s problem and finish what can be done today, knowing tomorrow will bring fresh challenges. 

The best outcomes are driven by empathic, humble, and diverse subject matter experts working toward shared goals. We collaborate relentlessly, challenge assumptions, give actionable feedback, and set each other up for success through empowered teams with a clear charter. We transparently take ownership of our growth, individually and as a team. We celebrate the quality of our effort, our learnings, and our collective achievements.

We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please make sure to reach out to your individual recruiter or our team at AccessibleRecruiting@tripadvisor.com.

If you have any additional questions about careers at Tripadvisor you can email us at recruitment@tripadvisor.com. We have all the answers!