Head of Engineering
Head of Engineering
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14-06-2025
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Job Description
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 worlds largest selection of vacation rentals. We are expanding HomeToGos technology team in Lithuania and are looking for the brightest talents to join this growing company.
HomeToGo is the marketplace with the worlds largest selection of vacation rentals listing millions of offers from thousands of trusted partners 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 AMIVAC e-domizil Wimdu.
As a Head of Engineering in HomeToGos Marketing Technology department you will lead the teams powering our user acquisition and retention platforms. These systems are critical to engaging travelers across markets and delivering personalized experiences at scale. In this role youll help shape the architecture and direction of our CRM and Paid Marketing infrastructure and applications while fostering a culture of technical excellence and ownership. By bridging engineering with product strategy you will enable data-driven high-impact marketing initiatives that directly contribute to HomeToGos growth profitability and mission to make incredible accommodation easily accessible to everyone.
In this role you will
- Build and empower a high-performing team:Within the first 36 months you will have successfully onboarded and aligned with cohesive team of engineers driving clear team rituals and growth frameworks improved engineering satisfaction as measured by internal pulse surveys and delivery metrics
- Deliver impact through strategic project ownership:By month 6 you will have led the execution of all major CRM and Paid Marketing initiatives on time and within scope delivering measurable improvements in data reliability campaign performance or user engagement
- Improve system scalability and maintainability:Within the first year you will have introduced architectural improvements across core marketing services that reduce incident frequency and on-call load while enabling faster iteration cycles
- Streamline engineering operations and development workflows:You will have identified and resolved key bottlenecks in deployment pipelines testing practices or code review cycles achieving a reduction in lead time from code to production without compromising quality
- Act as a trusted strategic partner across teams:By collaborating with Product Data and Business stakeholders you will have influenced roadmap prioritization and experimentation strategiesresulting in data-driven marketing capability launched that improves user engagement or conversion
What you will bring
- Proven experience leading backend engineering teams in a product-centric environment
- Strong technical background in PHP (Symfony) Python (nice to have) and infrastructure experience with Docker Kubernetes and relational databases (e.g. MariaDB)
- Demonstrated ability to plan lead and deliver complex technical initiatives on time
- Skilled in coaching and growing engineers at various levels of seniority
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills with Product and Data stakeholders
- Ability to build technology roadmaps communicate these to key business and technology stakeholders and achieve buy-in
- Ability to co-ordinate and manage technology incidents in a structured and methodical way using them as growth and learning opportunities in a zero-blame culture
- Fluent in written and spoken English
What we offer
- Careerof growth opportunities and promotions 360 feedback performance evaluation system and mentoring from an international and distinguished team
- Cultureof 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
- Compensationof 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
Required Experience:
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