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Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead
Kaunas, Kaunas/Vilnius, Vilnius
Full-time
Permanent employee
Explore a new world of possibilities
At HomeToGo, we’re on a mission to make incredible accommodation easily accessible for everyone. Our team is united by a passion for travel, driven by innovation and impact, and guided by open-minded leaders at every level. Our commitment to recognizing and empowering exceptional talent is the foundation of our growth. We are actively hiring candidates from all around the world, including sponsoring visas for Germany. An amazing journey of opportunity with an international team lies ahead - join us!
Your future contribution
Join our team as a Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead in Vilnius or Kaunas, where you'll play a vital role in the success of HomeToGo. We're looking for an experienced software engineer and team lead to manage one of our Consumer Product teams. Our diverse and modern tech stack includes Symfony, MariaDB, ElasticSearch, Snowflake, Redis, Aerospike, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, and more. With millions of properties listed on our product, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact. Apply now and lead our team to new heights!
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment
- Be a part of a push to improve the product delivery process
- Drive the development and execution of technical strategies and initiatives to improve the quality of our product
- Partner with Product to shape the roadmap and ensure engineering decisions align with user needs
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and ensure the timely delivery of relevant features
- Identify and address technical challenges, ensuring the scalability, reliability, and usability of our Marketplace products
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging innovation, and driving operational efficiency
- Champion adoption of AI-assisted development tools across the team
- Manage project timelines, resources, and priorities to meet business objectives
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience leading and managing high-performing engineering teams
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (PHP, JS/TS) and experience with relevant frameworks
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders, managing competing priorities
- Ability to keep the team focused on key initiatives while maintaining operational excellence
- Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., MariaDB, PostgreSQL)
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to drive technical solutions in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in working with agile projects, setting KPIs, defining and executing OKRs
- Understanding of the fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- Fluent in English
We Offer
- Career growth opportunities and promotions, 360 feedback, performance evaluation system, and mentoring from an international and distinguished team
- Culture of empowerment, trust, recognition, autonomy, and quarterly transparency about company goals. A focus on work-life balance, combined with consistent collaboration and support from a team of 30+ nationalities
- Compensation of attractive salary, health insurance, additional holidays, flexible working hours, language courses, employee-led workshops, office perks, frequent team building and company events, business trips to Berlin
About the Company
HomeToGo is the SaaS-enabled marketplace with the world's largest selection of vacation rentals, listing millions of offers from thousands of trusted partners, including Booking.com, Vrbo, and TripAdvisor. From vacation homes, cabins, beach houses, apartments, condos, house boats, castles, farm stays, and everything in between, HomeToGo combines price, destination, dates, and amenities to find the perfect accommodation for any trip worldwide.
Founded in 2014, HomeToGo operates localized apps & websites in more than 30 countries across Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Asia-Pacific. HomeToGo also operates brands such as Agriturismo.it, AMIVAC, atraveo, Casamundo, CaseVacanza.it, e-domizil, EscapadaRural, Kurzurlaub, Kurz Mal Weg, Tripping.com, and Wimdu.
HomeToGo is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring and nurturing exceptional talent, representing various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are authentically candid and open-minded, fostering a safe environment for diverse opinions. Our hiring decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We do not discriminate against race, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, political, ideological, or religious views, disability, or age.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a workforce of equality and diversity at HomeToGo and to provide opportunities to everyone. We therefore welcome your application even if you aren't completely confident that your experiences fit the job description criteria. We would really love to get to know you!