Director of Engineering

We are TravelPerk: a scaling unicorn valued at $1.3billion that has raised over $400m since our creation in 2015.

Backed by world-class investors with portfolios including AirBnb, Stripe, Slack, Trello, Gusto, Twitter, Farfetch and Deliveroo, our team is made up of A-players from across the travel and technology industries.

Over the past few years, we’ve been named the fastest-growing SaaS startup in the world by SaaS1000 and featured as one of the hottest startups to watch by both Forbes and Wired. We’re revolutionizing the B2B corporate travel market—worth over $1.3 trillion— to connect people in real life in an enjoyable and sustainable way.

TravelPerk are innovators. During the last year we have welcomed and acquired the likes of Click Travel, NexTravel and Albatross to the team. From TravelCare, to FlexiPerk and of course GreenPerk we are shaping the future of the industry. Our team continues to emerge stronger and stronger as we adjust to the new normal—and that’s where you come in!

If you’re ready to take off with us, keep reading!

We are looking for a Director of Engineering to take ownership of one of our engineering units. This role involves technology, procedures, people and operations. In addition, the Director will build strong relationships with other functions related to the design, architecture, and implementation of our game-changing product.

As a Director of Engineering, this position involves:

• A hands on approach to system architecture, design and implementation.
• Intense collaboration with the Product team with a hybrid product engineering mindset.
• Complete control and understanding of all the daily business metrics to ensure we deliver a 7 star experience to our customers.
• An understanding of product and business needs and the ability to translate these to engineering requirements.
• Providing feedback to stakeholders within engineering.
• Making sure all initiatives are sensible, reasonable and are executed in the best way possible.
• Management and mentorship of your fellow engineers.
• Being part of the recruitment and growth of the engineering team.
• Strategic team building and planning with an idea of what is needed to provide and maintain an internet-scale worldwide service.

Required skills and experience:

• You have been the person responsible for the software development in a relevant software company with a strong product focus for more than 5 years.
• Pragmatism and obsession for simplicity, efficiency, and performance.
• Passionate about quality and testing.
• You live by the Lean principles.
• You have the ability to adapt and react fast to an ever-changing environment.
• You are able to operate at a tactical level while understanding the big-picture strategy.
• You can discuss product functionalities and understand all the steps required from concept to delivery.
• You act as a problem finder at organizational level, raising our engineering culture approach and impacting how our squads delivery value to our customers