Senior Engineering Manager Job at Tripadvisor (Krakow)

Senior Engineering Manager

Tripadvisor

Location:
Poland , Krakow

Category:
IT - Administration

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

Not provided

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Job Description:

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 a Senior 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. This is a hybrid role based out of Krakow on a permanent contract of employment/Umowa o pracę. We are unable to offer B2B contracts at this time.

Job Responsibility:

Lead multiple engineering pods within an Engineering Group, managing and coaching Managers and Principal Engineers, and owning hiring for the organisation in partnership with Talent Acquisition
Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture and champion effective Agile development processes
Partner with Product to create and execute a multi-quarter roadmap across your pods. Hold pods accountable for delivering commitments on time and ensure dependencies - including those outside Engineering - are scheduled to meet them
Work closely with Principal Engineers to drive technology strategy and roadmap that aligns with the wider organisation vision
Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals, commitments, and timelines
Hold the teams accountable for operational excellence and quality. Run operations reviews, quality triaging, and incident debriefs. Ensure high-quality post-mortems are completed and action items are closed on time, represent the team in Incident Reviews
Calibrate performance assessments across the team, ensure every engineer has a formal career plan and goals, and deliver consistent feedback
Leverage AI to automate routine tasks and to assist with idea refinement, prioritisation, planning, and document creation. Advocate for effective AI usage across your pods and in the product
Define and enforce engineering best practices to ensure deliverables are complete, on time, and meet a high-quality standard

Requirements:

10 years’ experience of commercial software development
5+ years of engineering management, including experience as a second-line manager running multiple pods and managing other managers
Background in a product-focused company, collaborating closely with stakeholders to build up a backlog of product and technical initiatives
Directly responsible for performance management, formal career planning, and calibration across a team of teams
Strong mentorship skills, helping managers and engineers to grow technically and professionally
Strong technical background with the ability to deep-dive into designs and tradeoffs when needed, even if not coding day-to-day
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
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
Demonstrated use of AI tools for planning, prioritisation, and document creation, plus awareness of best practices for producing and reviewing code with AI tools

What we offer:

Competitive compensation packages (routinely benchmarked against the latest industry data), including base salary and annual bonuses
Work your way with flexibility to suit your lifestyle. Tripadvisor Group takes a remote-friendly approach to collaboration across a worldwide team, with the option to join on-site as often as you’d like or as required by your team
Flexible schedule. Work-life balance is ingrained in our culture by design. Trust and accountability make it work
Donation matching. Give back? Give more! We match qualifying charitable donations annually
Tuition assistance. Want to level up your career? We love to hear it! Receive annual support for qualified programs
Lifestyle benefit. An annual benefit to spend on yourself. Use it on travel, wellness, or whatever suits you
Travel perks. We believe that travel is employee development, so we provide discounts and more
Employee assistance program. We’re here for you with resources and programs to help you through life’s challenges
Health benefits. We offer great coverage and competitive premiums
Generous referral scheme. Help us grow and be rewarded with generous awards for referring successful candidates

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 05, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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