Senior Engineering Manager

Who you are

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in an engineering leadership or management role directly managing software engineers, and a proven track record of leading productive teams and shipping high-quality software in a fast-paced environment; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered
• Proven track record of managing teams for 3+ years within B2B SaaS applications, focusing on successfully onboarding enterprise and SMB clients with measurable outcomes
• Ownership and innovation within a data-driven, results-oriented environment, along with the ability to rapidly learn and master new business domains
• Experience steering organizational transformation, maximizing gains from agile methodologies, and fostering process optimization and innovation
• Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and backend service architecture, with the ability to credibly guide architectural decisions and participate meaningfully in design reviews
• Demonstrated experience owning the full people management lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotions, with a strong track record of coaching and developing engineers at multiple levels through structured feedback, regular 1:1s, and deliberate career conversations
• Solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability practices; comfortable driving process improvements within a sprint-based team
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision to both technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering functions
• Hands-on experience with modern software development tooling — including version control systems (e.g., GitHub), issue tracking (e.g., Jira), and logging or observability platforms — and a demonstrated openness to adopting AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity
• Comfort working in a global engineering organization with teams across time zones and office locations
• A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; no specific certification is required

What the job involves

• At KAYAK for Business, we're building the future of corporate travel technology — and the engineering teams behind it are at the heart of that mission
• As a Senior Engineering Manager, you'll lead one or more agile engineering teams delivering software that helps companies and their travelers move smarter and with less friction, while playing a key role in shaping our growing engineering hub!
• Lead a cross functional agile team with both frontend and backend engineers, delivering a world class onboarding solution for customers, account management and integration management together with a designer and a product owner
• Mentor a team by providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and career development support
• Own the team’s technical roadmap, aligning priorities with engineering leadership to support the broader platform strategy
• Champion backend architecture decisions by leading design reviews and collaborating with technical leaders across engineering
• Set and enforce engineering best practices for coding, testing, code coverage, and deployment quality
• Manage day-to-day team operations by removing blockers, balancing the backlog, and maintaining high standards for reliability and security
• Collaborate with engineering managers from other teams and cross-functional stakeholders to resolve dependencies and support product teams across the company
• Monitor team health and delivery metrics, identifying risks early and adjusting priorities as needed
• Champion agile practices and high impact engineering culture within the team
• Recruit and onboard frontend/backend engineering talent to support the platform roadmap

Benefits

• Work flexibly: Our global flexible work policy lets our teams decide if they head into one of our offices or work from anywhere else
• Team-wide time off: Most of our team disconnects at the same time each year to recharge and reconnect
• Global volunteer week: Take VTO (Volunteer Time Off) to support the organizations and charitable efforts you believe in
• Wellness: We take care of each other - providing opportunities and spaces to live that work-life balance
• Resource groups: Our five ERGs are employee-led groups for underrepresented communities and their allies
• Career growth: We provide opportunities for our team to develop their skills – or learn new ones – on their own terms