NFQ is a core technology partner for HomeToGo – a dedicated team of software
engineers and data science professionals driving innovation to power a
marketplace with the world’s largest selection of vacation rentals. We are
expanding HomeToGo’s technology team in Lithuania and are looking for the
brightest talents to join this growing company.
HomeToGo is the marketplace with the world’s largest selection of vacation
rentals, listing millions of offers from thousands of trusted partners,
including Booking.com [https://booking.com], Vrbo and TripAdvisor. From vacation
homes, cabins, beach houses, apartments, condos, houseboats, castles, farm stays
and everything in between, HomeToGo combines price, destination, dates and
amenities to find the perfect accommodation for any trip worldwide.
Founded in 2014, HomeToGo operates localized apps & websites in 25 countries
across Europe, North America, South America, Australia and Asia-Pacific.
HomeToGo also operates brands such as Agriturismo.it [https://agriturismo.it],
AMIVAC, Casamundo, CaseVacanza.it [https://casevacanza.it], e-domizil,
EscapadaRural, Tripping.com [https://tripping.com] and Wimdu.
As a Lead Software Engineer, you’ll be a part of a passionate and innovative
Search and Ranking team, focused on building high-performance services that are
the backbone of HomeToGo’s Search. Our goal is to Make Customers Successful by
delivering the most relevant list of accommodation offers for every vacation
rental search. To achieve that, we especially rely on strong collaboration with
our Data Science team, where we co-own Machine Learning components that optimise
the ranking of our search results. Our developers are involved in the full
software life-cycle and have exposure to a broad set of technologies. You will
lead our Search Engineering Team, contribute to setting and executing team
goals, plan the team’s work, as well as coach and mentor team members. You will
also execute engineering initiatives hands-on with high autonomy and ensure a
healthy ratio between technical excellence and business impact. The expected
distribution of team leading vs individual contribution activities is 50/50.
IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL
* Plan and organise quarterly goals and the day-to-day activities of the team,
facilitate career growth discussions and conduct performance reviews
* Work hand-in-hand with stakeholders to refine requirements, divide work into
clear milestones, identify blockers, ensure effective cross-team
collaboration
* Facilitate technical conversations within and outside the team
* Collaborate with the team to develop features and ensure their success
through our in-house A/B testing platform
* Choose adequate technical and business metrics to monitor features and manage
risks
* Write clean, efficient and maintainable code, evangelising coding standards
and best practices to ensure the platform’s stability and scalability
* Continuously challenge status quo to and improve our services
* Solve problems at their root, stepping back to understand the broader context
* Coach / mentor team members, foster a collaborative and high-performance
culture
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WHAT YOU WILL BRING
* At least 5 years of experience in senior engineering roles, including
leadership experience
* Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills to effectively
manage and motivate a team
* Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and external
partners, as well as define and execute OKRs using agile principles
* Excellent knowledge of C# and .NET
* Experience with multiple programming languages and technologies, or a strong
willingness to continuously learn and adapt to new technological challenges
* Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins,
ArgoCD (or similar) and deploying containerized applications with Docker and
Kubernetes
* Proficiency in logging and monitoring system performance using Prometheus and
Grafana (or similar)
* Background in building highly scalable, performant, and mission-critical
services
* Fluency in English
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WHAT WE OFFER
* Career of growth opportunities and promotions, 360 feedback, performance
evaluation system, and mentoring from an international and distinguished team
* Culture of empowerment, trust, recognition, autonomy and quarterly
transparency about company goals. A focus on work-life balance, combined with
consistent collaboration and support from a team of 30+ nationalities
* Compensation of attractive salary, health insurance, additional holidays,
flexible working hours, language courses, employee-led workshops, office
perks, frequent team building and company events, business trips to Berlin
Salary range: € 4500 – 7500 (gross / month)
If you have any questions, please contact me ugne.rumsaite
[https://ugne.rumsaite]@nfq.com or via Linkedin
[https://linkedin.com/in/ugn%C4%97-rum%C5%A1ait%C4%97]
Check all our career opportunities here
[https://nfq.com/career?section=positions].
