Remote Engineering Manager (Experiences) in Eastbourne

About Tripadvisor

The Tripadvisor Group connects people to experiences worth sharing, and aims to be the world’s most trusted source for travel and experiences. We leverage our brands, technology, and capabilities to connect our global audience with partners through rich content, travel guidance, and two-sided marketplaces for experiences, accommodations, restaurants, and other travel categories. The subsidiaries of Tripadvisor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIP), include a portfolio of travel brands and businesses, including Tripadvisor, Viator, and TheFork.

We are hiring an Engineering Manager for our fast-growing Tripadvisor Experiences org. Tripadvisor Experiences (Viator) is the world's leading marketplace for travel experiences. We believe that making memories is what travel is all about. And with 400,000+ travel experiences to explore—everything from simple tours to extreme adventures (and everything in between)—making memories that will last a lifetime has never been easier.

As the new Engineering Manager, you'll lead our Experimentation team within the Experiences organization. In this role, you will own the end-to-end experimentation platform that powers how Tripadvisor tests, learns, and ships. You will manage a team of talented engineers, set technical direction, and partner closely with product, data science, and analytics stakeholders to scale a best-in-class experimentation culture across Experiences.

The ideal candidate brings a strong engineering background, a track record of building reliable, high-scale platforms, and the leadership skills to grow a high-performing team in a fast-moving product environment. We embrace flexibility in where and how work gets done and also value meaningful in-person moments to connect and collaborate. You can expect a remote-first working model with periodic in-person gatherings at your closest office for team connection, planning, or other key moments. This position is open to candidates based within a commutable distance (generally up to 1.5 hours) from our Oxford office.

What You'll 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.
• 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 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.
• 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.

What You'll Need:

• 10 years’ experience of commercial software development.
• 3 years managing five to ten 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.
• Directly responsible for giving performance feedback and providing formal career planning to their team.
• 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.
• Proven leadership in driving major projects and actively participating in cross-functional teams in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
• Accountable for high-quality execution, operations and overall team performance.
• Uses strong analytical skills to identify risks early, mitigate issues and provide contingency plans.
• Adept at making high-level decisions about product and technical direction, balancing business objectives with engineering capabilities.
• Understands modern software delivery methodologies and project management tools and uses them to drive successful outcomes.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation packages, including base salary and annual bonuses.
• “Work your way” with flexibility to suit your lifestyle.
• Flexible schedule.
• Donation matching.
• Tuition assistance.
• Lifestyle benefit.
• Travel perks.
• Employee assistance program.
• Health benefits.
• Generous referral scheme.

Our Cultural Pillars:

• Traveller first: We exist to create value for our customer, the traveler.
• Execution is our edge: We act fast, experiment, learn from failure, iterate, and improve the solutions of tomorrow across every aspect of our business.
• We succeed together: The best outcomes are driven by empathic, humble, and diverse subject matter experts working toward shared goals.

Tripadvisor Group champions the unique identities, abilities, and experiences of all our people – employees, customers, and partners. This stems from our belief in the transformative power of travel, dining, and experiences to connect us and open doors to worlds very different from our own. Our ED&I strategy shapes how we approach our people, culture, business, and reputation. Tripadvisor Group strives to embed inclusion and belonging across all our brands.

We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please make sure to reach out to your individual recruiter or our team.