Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead
Leads a Consumer Product engineering team at HomeToGo, a vacation-rental marketplace, in Vilnius or Kaunas — mentoring engineers, driving technical strategy, and partnering with Product on delivery. The stack includes PHP/Symfony, MariaDB, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Redis, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Kaunas,Vilnius,Kaunas/Vilnius
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 2+ years of experience leading and managing high-performing engineering teams
- Proficient in at least one modern programming language (PHP, JS/TS) and experience with relevant frameworks
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders, managing competing priorities
- Ability to keep the team focused on key initiatives while maintaining operational excellence
- Familiar with relational databases (e.g., MariaDB, PostgreSQL)
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to drive technical solutions in a fast-paced environment
- Proficient in working with agile projects, setting KPIs, defining and executing OKRs
- Understands fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- Fluent in English
Full description
At HomeToGo, we’re on a mission to make incredible accommodation easily accessible for everyone. Our team is united by a passion for travel, driven by innovation and impact, and guided by open-minded leaders at every level. Our commitment to recognizing and empowering exceptional talent is the foundation of our growth. We are actively hiring candidates from all around the world, including sponsoring visas for Germany. An amazing journey of opportunity with an international team lies ahead - join us!
Join our team as a Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead in Vilnius or Kaunas, where you'll play a vital role in the success of HomeToGo. We're looking for an experienced software engineer and team lead to manage one of our Consumer Product teams. Our diverse and modern tech stack includes Symfony, MariaDB, ElasticSearch, Snowflake, Redis, Aerospike, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, and more. With millions of properties listed on our product, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact. Apply now and lead our team to new heights!
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment
- Be a part of a push to improve the product delivery process
- Drive the development and execution of technical strategies and initiatives to improve the quality of our product
- Partner with Product to shape the roadmap and ensure engineering decisions align with user needs
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and ensure the timely delivery of relevant features
- Identify and address technical challenges, ensuring the scalability, reliability, and usability of our Marketplace products
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging innovation, and driving operational efficiency
- Champion adoption of AI-assisted development tools across the team
- Manage project timelines, resources, and priorities to meet business objectives
- Have 2+ years of experience leading and managing high-performing engineering teams
- Are proficient in at least one modern programming language (PHP, JS/TS) and experience with relevant frameworks
- Have excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders, managing competing priorities
- Have ability to keep the team focused on key initiatives while maintaining operational excellence
- Are familiar with relational databases (e.g., MariaDB, PostgreSQL)
- Have strong problem-solving skills and the ability to drive technical solutions in a fast-paced environment
- Are proficient in working with agile projects, setting KPIs, defining and executing OKRs
- Understand the fundamental design principles behind a scalable application