Software Engineering Manager

About the Position

We are seeking a talented and experienced Technical Manager to pave the way towards revolutionizing how we leverage data to deliver highly personalized content aimed at attracting and retaining customers!

Responsibilities

• 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 organization 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.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in commercial software development.
• 3+ years leading and/or managing others.
• Demonstrated excellence participating on cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments, both in terms of technical leadership and hands-on coding.
• Excellent ability to break down complex problems into simple solutions.
• Strong analytical skills and desire to write clean, correct, and efficient code.
• Excellent command of tools and expertise for troubleshooting production issues.
• Strong experience around building scalable and distributed software and data systems.
• Strong experience of data and software architecture/designs, especially real-time distributed data streaming designs.
• Good experience in AWS/Azure cloud platform, object-oriented programming (Java/Scala/Python) and SQL.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to Customer data platform and CRM tools like Braze, Segment, Hightouch, Marketo, etc.
• Exposure to Paid Marketing ecosystem and understanding of marketing attribution, Search Engine Marketing and related tools like Skai, SA360, etc.
• Exposure to BigQuery or Google Cloud Experience.
• Exposure to DBT.
• Exposure to Apache Airflow or other DAG frameworks is nice to have.
• Expertise in designing and implementing data pipelines using modern data engineering approach and tools: Spark, PySpark, Java, Docker, cloud native DWH (Snowflake, Redshift), Kafka/Confluence etc.
• Experience building microservices using Java Spring Boot framework.

We Offer

• Competitive compensation packages, including base salary and bonuses.
• “Work your way” with flexibility to suit your lifestyle. We take a remote-friendly approach to collaboration, with the option to join on-site as often as you’d like in select locations.
• Flexible schedule. Work-life balance is ingrained in our culture by design. Trust and accountability make it work.
• Donation matching. Give back? Give more! We match qualifying charitable donations annually.
• Tuition assistance. Want to level up your career? We love to hear it! Receive annual support for qualified programs.
• Lifestyle benefit. An annual benefit to spend on yourself. Use it on travel, wellness, or whatever suits you.
• Travel perks. We believe that travel is employee development, so we provide discounts and more.
• Employee assistance program. We’re here for you with resources and programs to help you through life’s challenges.
• Health benefits. We offer great coverage and competitive premiums.

About the Company

We aspire to lead; We’re relentlessly curious;… want to know more? Read up on our values:

• We aspire to lead. Tap into your talent, ambition, and knowledge to bring us – and you – to new heights.
• We’re relentlessly curious. We push beyond the usual, the known, the “that’s just how it’s done.”
• We’re better together. We learn from, accept, respect, support, and value one another–and are creating something remarkable in the process.
• We serve our customers, always. We listen, question, respond, and strive for wow moments.
• We strive for better, not perfect. We won’t get it right the first time – or every time. We’ll provide a safe environment in which to make mistakes, iterate, improve, and grow.
• Our workplace is for everyone, as is our people-powered platform. At Tripadvisor, we want you to bring your unique identities, abilities, and experiences, so we can collectively revolutionize travel and together find the good out there.