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Engineering Manager - Edinburgh

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About Us

TravelPerk is a hyper-growth SaaS business travel platform and a pioneer in the future of travel for work. Its all-in-one platform gives travelers the freedom they want whilst providing companies with the control they need. The result saves time, money, and hassle for everyone.

TravelPerk has industry-leading travel inventory alongside powerful management features, 24/7 customer support, state-of-the-art technology, and consumer-grade design.

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Barcelona, we’ve grown to over 1,400 people across Europe and North America. In 2022 we became a ‘unicorn’ and in 2025 we raised $200 million in a Series E funding round, increasing our valuation of $2.7 billion.

We’ve been winning awards too. Since 2023, we’ve been voted one of the best places to work, one of the fastest-growing apps and tech companies, and a leading pioneer of business travel.

These are just some of the reasons why global brands like Wise, Red Bull, GetYourGuide, and Aesop trust us to get the most out of their travel

As an Engineering Manager, this position involves:

  • Being accountable for the delivery and personal development of your team(s)
  • Acting as servant leader to your engineers and adapting your leadership style to the needs of the situation
  • Taking care of individuals' performance in the organisation and supporting their journey and ownership of their career using coaching and mentoring where appropriate
  • Act as a technical champion, ensuring that the team has the time and context to build systems that meet the needs and standards of our organisation
  • Enabling fluent and effective collaboration within the team, and supporting them through challenges in system architecture, design or implementation
  • Develop and evolve a long-term strategy and roadmap for the team, working with the Product Manager and aligned with the Tribe mission.
  • Strategic team building and planning for delivering highly available features that scale with our growth
  • Being a key part of the recruitment and growth of the engineering team.
  • Working with the business and team metrics to deliver a 7 star experience to our customers.
  • An understanding of how engineering impacts product and business needs
  • Providing feedback to stakeholders within Builders (Product and Eng) and sometimes the wider business 

Required skills and experience:

  • You have around 5-8 years of experience managing software engineers
  • For this role, we’re looking for someone who has managed (and will continue to) around 8-10 software engineers.
  • You come from a technical background - ideally in software engineering, where you were a hands-on IC.
  • You are a people manager who builds an effective work culture that improves the working lives of your team.
  • You have experience managing larger teams where it’s necessary to build processes and systems of delegation to get work done.
  • You act as a problem finder and solver technically and organisationally, helping the team to overcome any issue that prevents your engineering fellows to perform at their best.
  • You run effective performance reviews that celebrate achievements and help your team identify where to grow next in line with their aspirations and the needs of the business.
  • Pragmatism and obsession for simplicity, efficiency, and performance.
  • You have the ability to adapt and react fast to an ever-changing environment.

What do we offer?

  • 💰 A competitive compensation package, including equity options in TravelPerk;
  • 🌴 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays;
  • 💼 Company Pension Plan with Aviva;
  • 💊 Private medical insurance from Bupa;
  • 🙌 Life insurance with Zurich;
  • 🧘‍ Income Protection + Wellbeing App with Unum;
  • 🦷 Access to voluntary dental insurance through Bupa;
  • 🚲 Tax-efficient schemes such as Cycle2Work & electric car leasing via Octopus;
  • 💪 Discounts on 12-month gym memberships with GymFlex;
  • 💙 iFeel - a mental health support tool with access to therapists year round;;
  • 🎟️ Access to a wide variety of discounts and rewards;
  • 🥳 Unforgettable TravelPerk events, including our spectacular annual summer party;
  • 👶 Parental leave: 12 to 16 weeks, based on location and eligibility factors;
  • 🫶 16 paid hours per year to volunteer for a cause of your choice;
  • 🌎 A ’Work from anywhere’ in the world allowance of 20 working days per year.
  • 📈 Exponential growth opportunities

How we work
Our Vision is for a world where TravelPerk is the platform for human connection in real life (IRL). We take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in person 3 days a week. For roles in Customer Care, this can be up to 5 days per week in the office. As such, this role requires you to be within commuting distance of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in meeting in real life to improve connectivity, productivity, and creativity, ultimately making us a great workplace.

At TravelPerk, we prioritize experience and potential over academic qualifications for this role. We believe that talent and ability aren't always reflected in formal credentials.

TravelPerk is a global company with a diverse customer base—and we want to ensure that the people behind our product reflect that. We're an equal opportunity employer, meaning you're welcome at TravelPerk regardless of your appearance, where you're from, or anything else that makes you.

All official communications will come from email addresses ending in @travelperk.com, our main social channels, or verified recruiters on LinkedIn linked to our official accounts.

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