Engineering Manager
Job description
Engineering Manager at Pitchup.com responsible for managing a team of software engineers and overseeing the development and delivery of high-quality software products. The role combines people management, process improvement, release management and technical oversight for a fully remote travel booking site.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Remote
- Pay
- GBP 100,000 – 120,000 / year
What you'll do
- People management - giving the team structure and purpose to their work
- Accelerating product development - streamlining development process, introducing best practices and agile methodologies
- Being on top of monitoring performance metrics
- Fixing issues - eliminating the roadblocks and keeping the workflow and productivity smooth
- Updates - providing transparent and regular updates
- Project management - avoiding frustrations and inefficiency by providing clear goals/guidance with realistic steps
- Release management - be actively involved in testing, deployment and post deployment
- Code quality assurance - striving for quality, preventing problems and building consistency
- Recruiting - hiring the right talent at the right time
- Navigating conflicts - while adapting to changes in technology and business needs
- Presenting practical input to strategic technology decisions and technology roadmap
- Keeping abreast of new software technologies
- Being available, during peak season, to act swiftly so the business can continue to provide great user experiences
What we're looking for
- 5 - 7 years of experience in software development and team management
- Previous experience of reporting to a Founder or Senior Leadership team or a career history of working in small, high growth scale up organisations over larger corporations
- Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, information systems, information technology, or similar
- In-depth knowledge of Python (at least 7+ years) and understanding of JavaScript/Vue.js and the rest of our tech stack
- Extensive experience in developing, deploying, and integrating software solutions
- Proficiency in documenting processes and monitoring performance metrics
- Knowledge of best practice
Nice to have
- Ideally worked for an e-commerce, online marketplace or OTA business
- Bias to Action
- Conscientious
- Professional Integrity
- Results focused
- Initiative and responsibility
- Logical thinking
- Reaction time: speed of response to key information
Your team
software engineering team
A team of software engineers with a strong base of technical skills.
Benefits
Employee assistance helpline, with access to get-fit programmes, nutrition advice, financial and legal advice and counselling
- £500 to spend annually on learning & development at Udemy and whatever software you need
- Choice of technology
- Work-from-home office equipment allowance
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part-time employees)
- Pension matched to 4%, private healthcare, life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection
- Discounts including: gym memberships, sports equipment, Caffe Nero, Odeon cinema and various hotel and retail outlets
- Great staff discounts on Pitchup bookings across thousands of properties in 70 countries
- Enhanced paternity and maternity leave
- Cycle to work scheme
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About Pitchup.com
Award-winning travel site making it a doddle to book camping, glamping and caravan sites all over the world
Pitchup.com is an award-winning and quickly expanding travel site with over 5,300 camping, glamping and caravan sites to choose from. It receives 33m annual visits and up to 7,500 bookings per day, with £260m worth of holidays booked so far and 9m holidaymakers helped. The company is profitable, was founded in 2009 by former lastminute.com staff with a background in the holiday park sector, and is a 100% remote business with a nimble team of 70 based in 10 countries.
Key facts
- 2009
- Travel / online marketplace
- Receives 33m annual visits and up to 7,500 bookings per day
- Total transaction value 50% up compared to 2022 (a record-breaking year)
- £260m worth of holidays booked through the site
- Helped 9m holidaymakers make their great escape
- Launched a new mobile website this year, with the desktop version soon to follow
- The company is profitable
- 100% remote business with a team of 70 based in 10 countries
- Site translated into 17 languages
- Member of the Financial Times' FT1000 fastest growing companies in Europe
- Awarded the Platinum Trusted Service Award by Feefo for achieving a customer rating of at least 4.5 out of 5 for 3 years in a row
What they value
- Bias to Action
- Conscientious
- Professional Integrity
- Results focused
- Initiative and responsibility
- Logical thinking
- Reaction time: speed of response to key information