Engineering Manager - 100% Remote - Europe

NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role, but the candidate must be within the European region to collaborate with their team, peers, and internal customers. You do not have to be in the specific country or city shown in this listing, but please only apply if you are physically based within the European region.

Hostaway is the market-leading SaaS scale-up transforming the vacation rental industry. With innovative solutions and partnerships with giants like Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking, we're taking on the competition and winning. Leveraging our customer-centric core values, we consistently deliver results that encourage growth, learning, and innovation for our team, our customers, and the industry.

As a profitable and growing company, this role is necessitated by our continued growth. Check out more about our recent funding round of $365 million here.

We're looking for a delivery-focused Engineering Manager to lead one of our most impactful product teams - the Booking Engine team. This team owns the platform that powers direct bookings for thousands of vacation rental properties, and touches both B2B (property managers) and B2C (end guests) experiences. From secure guest portals and upsells to SEO-optimized, high-converting booking flows, the Booking Engine is central to Hostaway's success. You'll guide a high-performing team, ensure timely and high-quality delivery, and create a culture of ownership, learning, and growth. This new role was created due to company growth, and you'll play a key part in scaling our engineering organization.

As an Engineering Manager, you will:

• Lead and manage a product engineering team with a clear focus on delivery, ownership, and impact

• Ensure the team delivers high-quality software on time, with scalable, secure, and maintainable architecture

• Support engineers through mentorship, coaching, and career development — helping each person grow and succeed

• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and other Engineering teams to align on goals and ensure successful execution

• Foster a team culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement

• Establish and refine engineering processes that improve delivery speed, system reliability, and team autonomy

• Contribute to technical discussions and decisions, ensuring technical context and system thinking are always present

• Partner with the Director of Engineering and other Engineering Leaders to shape org-wide practices and team-level performance standards

• 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineering Manager or in a similar position (CTO, Head of Engineering Department, Director of Engineering) with direct people management responsibilities

• A strong foundation in software engineering — you don't need to write production code daily, but you're comfortable reading and reasoning about complex systems

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in a product-oriented environment, ideally within SaaS or platform businesses

• Ability to drive execution: aligning team goals, managing delivery timelines, and removing blockers

• Track record of mentoring engineers and creating an environment where people can grow and thrive

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially in distributed/remote settings

• Comfortable working in agile environments with fast-moving priorities and cross-functional teams

• Fluent English

• Experience in remote-first teams and product companies (vs. consultancy/project shops) is preferred

What we offer:

• Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant.

• 100% Remote: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere within your country of residence—be it a co-working space, your home office, or even your dining room table. The choice is yours. Just don’t ask to work in our office (we don’t have one).

• Equity: Every role in our company comes with valuable stock options in a fast-growing and profitable company. This ensures we all share in the company’s success.

• Values-Driven Leadership: Our Core Values are not just words we’ve written to make us feel good. We leverage them daily when making strategic and tactical decisions.

• Professional Growth: Our rapid growth offers unparalleled learning and development opportunities, along with a multitude of career advancement opportunities.

• Annual Paid Leave: The specific amounts vary by country and are aligned with country and/or contract-specific norms.

• Geographic Specific Benefits: As an international employer, we offer different country-specific benefits such as Health Insurance and Pensions in countries where these perks are customary. The specifics depend on the country of the applicant.

• Dynamic Team Culture: As a global company with team members in over 40 countries, our diverse and international culture fuels our innovation and creativity, providing a key pillar to our success (and making it a lot of fun to work here).

Thank you for your interest. If you apply for this role, you will receive an email from our Talent Acquisition team after your application has been reviewed alongside the qualifications for this role and the qualifications of others who have applied.