💼 About This Role

You'll own product delivery and engineering hiring at a fast-growing travel tech startup. You'll scale a 25-person engineering team to 50+ while partnering with the CTO on architecture and platform.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Own product delivery end-to-end, ensuring roadmap shipped on time and at quality.
• Manage through four engineering managers, coaching them into stronger leaders.
• Personally hire and close ~10-15 senior engineers in year one.
• Partner deeply with Product, Design, and CTO on strategy and execution.

📋 Requirements

• Led engineering organizations of at least 25 people through a growth phase.
• Managed managers for 3+ years, with engineering managers reporting directly.
• Strong technical foundation to review system designs and earn trust from Staff ICs.
• Personally recruited and closed senior engineers as a primary part of the role.

✨ Nice to Have

• Marketplace, consumer, or physical-world operations experience.
• Background from engineering cultures known for shipping (e.g., Linear, Stripe, DoorDash).

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 🚀 High-growth environment backed by top Silicon Valley investors.
• 🌍 Global impact shaping the future of travel luggage storage.
• 🏢 In-office collaboration in Lisbon with a sharp, senior-loaded team.
• 📈 Leadership growth — build and scale an engineering org.

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks · AI estimate

1. 1Recruiter phone screen· 30 min
2. 2Hiring manager interview· 45 min
3. 3Technical/leadership interview· 60 min
4. 4Executive interview with CTO· 45 min

🚩 Heads Up

• Role requires relocation to Lisbon with no mention of relocation support.
• Expectation to personally close senior hires while managing a growing org may lead to bandwidth strain.
• No explicit salary range listed; compensation unclear.