Senior Engineering Manager, K4B

KAYAK•Concord, MA

1d•$190,000 - $235,000•Remote

About The Position

At KAYAK for Business (K4B), we're building the future of corporate travel technology — and the engineering teams behind it are at the heart of that mission. As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead one or more agile engineering teams delivering software that helps companies and their travelers move smarter and with less friction, while playing a key role in shaping our growing engineering hub.

Requirements

Proven track record of managing teams for 3+ years within B2B SaaS applications, focusing on improving quality operations, managing enterprise maintenance and system sustainability and meeting contractual SLA’s.
Demonstrated experience with quality process design and building quality first culture.
Experience of overseeing cross functional (quality engineers, quality assurance specialists and frontend engineers, backend engineers).
10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in an engineering leadership or management role directly managing software engineers, and a proven track record of leading productive teams and shipping high-quality software in a fast-paced environment; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered.
A proven track record of ownership and innovation within a data-driven, results-oriented environment, along with the ability to rapidly learn and master new business domains.
Experience steering organizational transformation, maximizing gains from agile methodologies, and fostering process optimization and innovation
Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and backend service architecture, with the ability to credibly guide architectural decisions and participate meaningfully in design reviews.
Demonstrated experience owning the full people management lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotions, with a strong track record of coaching and developing engineers at multiple levels through structured feedback, regular 1:1s, and deliberate career conversations.
Solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability practices; comfortable driving process improvements within a sprint-based team.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision to both technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering functions.
Hands-on experience with modern software development tooling — including version control systems (e.g., GitHub), issue tracking (e.g., Jira), and logging or observability platforms — and a demonstrated openness to adopting AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity.
Comfort working in a global engineering organization with teams across multiple time zones and office locations.
A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; no specific certification is required.

Responsibilities

Lead a cross functional agile teams focused on sustaining and operational quality
Mentor a team by providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and career development support.
Own the team’s technical roadmap, aligning priorities with engineering leadership to support the broader platform strategy.
Champion backend architecture decisions by leading design reviews and collaborating with technical leaders across engineering.
Set and enforce engineering best practices for coding, testing, code coverage, and deployment quality.
Manage day-to-day team operations by removing blockers, balancing the backlog, and maintaining high standards for reliability and security.
Collaborate with engineering managers from other teams and cross-functional stakeholders to resolve dependencies and support product teams across the company.
Ensure business unit wide quality standards & processes and SLA’s
Manage high impact incident remediation and operational tool development for issue resolution with AI enabled technologies
Monitor team health and delivery metrics, identifying risks early and adjusting priorities as needed.
Champion agile practices and high impact engineering culture within the team
Recruit and onboard frontend/backend engineering talent to support the platform roadmap.

Benefits

Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
Company-wide week off a year
No meeting Fridays
Paid parental leave
Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
Paid volunteer time
Development Dollars
Leadership development
Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
Annual bonus
Recurring RSU grants
Commission-based compensation
Health benefits
Flexible spending account
Retirement benefits
Life insurance
Paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays)
Parental leave and benefits