iOS Engineering Manager

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We’re also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.

As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.
We are looking for a smart, ambitious, and hardworking Engineering Manager to lead the iOS Engineering Team in Berlin. As a catalyst for complex projects and initiatives, you will work cross-functionally to drive innovative features used by hundreds of thousands of people around the world every day, and keep our app ahead of the competition.

If you live and breathe Swift, count down the days to WWDC, and want to be part of a team of skilled, driven individuals, we'd love to hear from you!

This role will be required to work from our Berlin office at least 3 days per week.

• Lead and mentor a diverse team of iOS engineers, providing guidance and constructive feedback.

• Create an inclusive team culture where innovation and open communication are valued.

• Define goals and track your team’s progress toward achieving them.

• Advocate for your team to ensure they have the support and resources they need.

• Own and shape the team’s technical roadmap together with your team and product partners.

• Encourage use of tools and processes that improve code quality and scalability.

• Work closely with product managers and designers to turn user needs into technical solutions.

• Keep up-to-date with iOS technologies and frameworks and explore new tools that can benefit the team.

• Organize development tasks and prioritize work to deliver projects on time.

• Bridge communication between technical and non-technical teams to keep everyone aligned.

• Participate actively in technical discussions, code reviews, and architectural planning.

• Experience leading or managing a team of engineers, including task delegation, performance management, and mentoring.

• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills working across teams and perspectives.

• Good understanding of software development principles and UI design patterns.

• Fluent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.

• App written in latest Swift, modularized into frameworks

• Primarily UIKit & Autolayout - in the process of migrating to SwiftUI

• Dependencies managed by Carthage

• Tooling and infrastructure in various programming languages (bash, swift, ruby, python)

• Unit, Integration, API, E2E and snapshot tests developed using XCTest

• Open source projects like SwiftFrame, carthage_remote_cache and attributions

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year

• Focus on mental health and well-being:

  • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth

  • Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace

  • Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)

• No meeting Fridays

• Paid parental leave

• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday

• Paid volunteer time

• Focus on your career growth:

  • Development Dollars

  • Leadership development

  • Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings

• Travel Discounts

• Employee Resource Groups

• 6 weeks paid vacation

• Free lunch 2 days per week

• Pension plan contributions

• Public transportation subsidies

• Bike leasing program

• Monthly social events, Thursday happy hours, sports teams

• An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin

At KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. That’s why we’re focused on hiring the best talent from all walks of life and experiences, supporting them well and making sure no one feels like they have to fit a mold to belong here.

Need an accommodation for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.

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