Technical Manager

<p><strong>About Tripadvisor </strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>This is a <strong>hybrid role based out of Krakow</strong> on a permanent<strong> contract of employment/Umowa o pracę.</strong> We are unable to offer B2B contracts at this time.</p> <p><strong>What you'll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Build and lead a high-performing technical team by hiring, training, and mentoring engineers of all levels.</li> <li>Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture and champion effective Agile development processes. </li> <li>Develop project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation strategies, and ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope and budget.</li> <li>Show leadership as a hands-on developer in multiple layers of the software stack and data stack. Perform code and design reviews.</li> <li>Work closely with principal engineers to drive technology strategy and roadmap that aligns to the wider organisation vision.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals, commitments, and timelines.</li> <li>Define and enforce engineering best practices to ensure deliverables are complete, on time, and meeting a high-quality standard.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What you'll need:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Ten years’ experience of commercial software development</li> <li>Three years managing five to ten engineers, across one or two teams</li> <li>Background of working in a product-focused company, collaborating closely with stakeholders to build up a backlog of product and technical initiatives </li> <li>Directly responsible for giving performance feedback and providing formal career planning to their team</li> <li>Strong mentorship skills, helping engineers to grow technically and professionally</li> <li>Solid understanding of the technologies and tools used by their team, with hands-on experience of desig