Engineering Manager

FLYR • Kraków, Poland

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Our Vision

We believe in a world where travel companies can innovate freely, growing and accelerating their business, while delivering the experience travelers want and the change the industry needs.

FLYR is a technology company that unlocks freedom to innovate for the travel industry – eliminating legacy constraints to enable real-time decision making and create the experiences travelers seek. With FLYR, businesses are able to quickly unlock modern retailing capabilities, improve revenue performance and modernize the e-commerce experience.

Flight Itinerary (About The Role)

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Platform Integration Team, responsible for building, maintaining, and operating the services, APIs, and event-driven systems that connect our platform with internal services and external partners.

We’re seeking someone passionate about innovative technology, continuous learning, and ownership.

This is a fixed-term contract for 1 year. Please note that this is a hybrid position, with 3 days in our Krakow office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)

What Your Journey Will Look Like (Responsibilities)

Lead a Scrum team of backend developers
Grow your team’s technical expertise in quality, scalability, performance, and reliability using a modern technology stack (Go, Python)
Support engineers in their career development through 1:1 meetings, goal setting, feedback, and performance reviews. Provide technical mentorship and guidance
Promote a strong culture of ownership, accountability, and enablement
Drive continuous improvement within a fast-growing engineering organization
Collaborate with Product Management to define and execute the team roadmap
Work with product and technical leadership to develop a technical architecture roadmap aligned with the feature roadmap
Ensure timely delivery of features within a broader product development organization. Identify and manage dependencies and risks
Partner with Engineering Leadership and Project Management to deliver cross-team initiatives
Collaborate with the recruiting team to hire and build high-performing engineering teams
Provide production system support, ensuring high availability, incident response, and rapid resolution for critical issues (24/7 support context)

What To Pack For This Trip (Qualifications)

Experience leading individuals and/or engineering teams as an Engineering Manager or Team Lead
5+ years of hands-on software development experience
Experience developing and mentoring software engineers
Strong project management skills using Agile methodologies, including building delivery schedules and leading estimation efforts
Deep understanding of engineering processes and best practices
Experience in hiring and onboarding engineers
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Fluency in English

Optional Carry-On (Preferred Qualifications)

Experience with modern airline retailing technologies and standards
Experience with integration patterns
Domain expertise in aviation
Hands-on experience with production system monitoring, incident management, and high-availability systems
Customer-facing roles experience

First-Class Amenities

Equity in Series C startup with high growth potential
Comprehensive healthcare plans (Choice of PPO & HMO available)
Generous PTO policy and flexible working arrangements
401K with company match
Free breakfast/Lunch (in-office)
100% paid Parental Leave for 12 weeks
Annual educational fund

Our Commitment to Equality

Here at FLYR, we’re committed to growing with intention, having our teams better reflect the world around us. We strive to create an environment of inclusion and even more importantly, belonging, where psychological safety, empathy, and human connection are at the center of our leadership principles. Not only does this enable us to create better products and have a better work environment, it’s good for the bottom line and it’s the right thing to do.

FLYR provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetics, marital or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, FLYR complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates.

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