Engineering Manager (Viator)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (Viator): Building and leading a high-performing technical team, fostering a collaborative culture, and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. Focus on driving technology strategy, prioritizing product features, and enforcing engineering best practices.

Location: This Engineering Manager role is open to candidates based within a commutable distance (generally within 2–3 hours) of our office hub in Lisbon, Portugal. Expect a remote-first working model with periodic in-person gatherings at your closest office for team connection, planning, or other key moments.

Company

Viator, a hirify.global company, is the leading marketplace for travel experiences.

What you will do

• 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.
• 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.
• Define and enforce engineering best practices to ensure deliverables are complete, on time, and meeting a high-quality standard.

Requirements

• 10 years’ experience of commercial software development
• 2-3 years managing 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
• 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

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages, including base salary and annual bonus.
• 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.
• Give back? Give more! We match qualifying charitable donations annually.
• Want to level up your career? We love to hear it! Receive annual support for qualified programs.
• We believe that travel is employee development, so we provide discounts and more.