Engineering Manager - Accounting

NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role but the candidate must be within the European region to collaborate with their team peers and internal customers. You do not have to be in the specific country or city shown in this listing but please only apply if you are physically based within the European region .

Hostaway is the market-leading SaaS scale-up transforming the vacation rental industry. With innovative solutions and partnerships with giants like Airbnb VRBO and Booking we're taking on the competition and winning. Leveraging our customer-centric core values we consistently deliver results that encourage growth learning and innovation for our team our customers and the industry.

Backed by $365M in funding we’re expanding fast and building new capabilities like Trust Accounting to set the standard in our industry.

About the Role

We’re looking for a delivery-focused Engineering Manager to build and lead our first Trust Accounting team. This team will design and deliver a financial subsystem that property managers can trust - accurate compliant and reliable. You’ll be responsible not only for delivery but also for establishing a culture where correctness and accountability are paramount. This is a greenfield opportunity where you’ll influence architecture processes and talent from day one.

What you’ll do:

• Build and lead a product engineering team (5-7 engineers) focused on financial correctness and compliance.

• Ensure timely high-quality delivery of the trust accounting subsystem with secure scalable auditable and maintainable architecture.

• Collaborate deeply with Product Finance Legal and other Engineering teams to align on goals and ensure execution.

• Establish and refine processes to improve delivery speed system reliability and team autonomy.

• Mentor and coach engineers fostering a culture of precision ownership and continuous improvement.

• Establish engineering practices that emphasize quality resilience and observability.

• Contribute technical context to discussions and decisions while fostering transparency and accountability.

• 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineering Manager or in a similar position (CTO Head of Engineering Department Director of Engineering) with direct people management responsibilities.

• A strong foundation in software engineering - you don't need to write production code daily but you're able to engage in technical and architectural discussions.

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in a product-oriented environment ideally within SaaS or platform businesses.

• Ability to drive execution: aligning team goals managing delivery timelines and removing blockers.

• Track record of mentoring engineers and creating an environment where people can grow and thrive.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills especially in distributed/remote settings.

• Comfortable working in agile environments with fast-moving priorities and cross-functional teams.

• Fluent English.

• Familiarity with fintech and accounting is a plus but not required .

What success looks like:

• The trust accounting subsystem is delivered reliably accurately trusted by customers and regulators and integrated seamlessly into the Hostaway platform.

• The team is high-performing engaged and growing under your leadership.

• Compliance and financial correctness are built into system design and delivery processes.

• Cross-functional collaboration with Finance Legal Product and Engineering runs smoothly.

What we offer:

• Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant.

• 100% Remote: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere within your country of residence—be it a co-working space your home office or even your dining room table. The choice is yours. Just don’t ask to work in our office (we don’t have one).

• Equity: Every role in our company comes with valuable stock options in a fast-growing and profitable company. This ensures we all share in the company’s success.

• Values-Driven Leadership: Our Core Values are not just words we’ve written to make us feel good. We leverage them daily when making strategic and tactical decisions.

• Professional Growth: Our rapid growth offers unparalleled learning and development opportunities along with a multitude of career advancement opportunities.

• Annual Paid Leave: The specific amounts vary by country and are aligned with country and/or contract-specific norms.

• Geographic Specific Benefits: As an international employer we offer different country-specific benefits such as Health Insurance and Pensions in countries where these perks are customary. The specifics depend on the country of the applicant.

• Dynamic Team Culture: As a global company with team members in over 40 countries our diverse and international culture fuels our innovation and creativity providing a key pillar to our success (and making it a lot of fun to work here).

Thank you for your interest. If you apply for this role you will receive an email from our Talent Acquisition team after your application has been reviewed alongside the qualifications for this role and the qualifications of others who have applied.