Head Of Engineering Viseu

Head Of Engineering
Viseu
Viseu, Viseu District, Portugal

**ABOUT US**We are Hostelworld Group, the largest global
- focussed booking platform. With more than 13 million reviews across 17, 800 hostels in 179 countries, Hostelworld is an online hub for social travel. The website is available in 19 languages and our mobile app in 13 languages. Our customers crave cultural connection and unique experiences, and Hostelworld makes this possible. We inspire them to meet the world and come back with stories about
- changing experiences, by providing an unbeatable selection of hostels wherever they want to travel. Hostelworld has a growing team of over 240 people within Technology, Product, Global Markets, HR, Finance & Legal and Marketing, across our Dublin, London, Porto, Shanghai, and Sydney offices. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Dublin, Hostelworld is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Dublin Euronext. **THE ROLE & TEAM**The Head of Software Engineering is a senior leader in the Technology team who leads multiple development teams within our Growth Teams. Reporting to the CTO, you are responsible for defining software development best practice and ways of working to ensure delivery of technical solutions in an agile way. You will work closely with the wider Technology teams and with
- functional teams of Product and Growth Managers to help define product roadmaps and will be responsible for delivering high quality software solutions. You will lead projects that typically include a mix of greenfield developments using the latest technologies, building out highly scalable systems, maintaining and enhancing our existing platform to deliver innovative features to our end users across web, Android, i
OS, and API channels. You will lead the delivery of the Product roadmaps and will have functional and people leadership of the Technology resources embedded in the Growth teams. You will act as a technical expert providing thought leadership and direction that will enable the teams to succeed by continuously improving technical quality, pace of delivery and providing
- going technical excellence. **THE IDEAL PERSON**As a Head of Software Engineering, you have at least 10+ years’ experience in software delivery at a senior level in a
- moving high growth environment. You will have worked on significant enterprise level software projects, delivering robust, fast paced solutions to significant business challenges, while always focused on continuous improvement. You have up to date
- on technical knowledge, are obsessed with your area of expertise and stay current on
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- coming practices in software development. You are a strong leader who will have
- depth experience managing large teams of Software Engineers, QAs, Dev
Ops and will have had significant commercial budget responsibility. You enjoy working collaboratively and easily establish effective relationships across all levels in the organisation. You are an effective communicator who understands the need for strong stakeholder management. You inspire people through your impact and credibility and always demonstrate accountability and take responsibility for your deliverables while maintaining standards and hitting deadlines. You always embrace and respond to new challenges. Ideally, you will have worked in both
- up and medium size technology companies within a matrixed organisational structure. You thrive in a dynamic environment and have strong agency to get things done. **WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR**- Working closely with product management, technical leadership, and peers to create product roadmaps, estimate work packages and set priorities for your
- Leading and managing multiple
- disciplinary, geographically dispersed software development teams delivering high quality software
- Defining, driving, and achieving objectives and key results for your
- Focusing on continuous improvement and increasing development velocity while maintaining code
- Promoting an effective working environment that is supportive and rewarding, aligned with the Hostelworld values and
- Recruiting, coaching, mentoring, developing, inspiring, and retaining great
- Defining & driving the right decisions for tech systems, and acting as gatekeeper for dev tooling, platforms, QA tools, CI/CD, release control, code quality
- Instilling ownership, accountability, and technical excellence in your team by driving efficient processes and implementing engineering best
- Monitoring efficiency of resource use and manage costs
- Collaborating with key stakeholders across the organisation on a variety of different projects ranging from consumer facing features to backend
- Keeping stakeholders up to date on all activities that affect their individual goals and be the point contact for work
- Preparing budgets, cost estimate products and features, creating ROI (return on investment) models and negotiating with vend