Engineering Manager

High Five is partnering with a global hospitality technology company that is transforming legacy systems in the hotel industry and introducing AI-driven features to enhance daily operations and the guest experience. Their team includes Founders and Executives from many of the worldʼs most iconic brands, including Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons and InterContinental. We are funded by several of Silicon Valleyʼs most legendary investors as well as highly respected investors from around the world.About the RoleWe’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team of global engineers in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment. You’ll play a key role in both technical execution and people leadership, driving engineering excellence while scaling systems, teams, and culture. You’ll own and shape the team, process, and culture as you help build a great company and product. Expect to split your time between hiring, delivery, team enablement, and coordination with customer-facing teams.ResponsibilitiesLead and support a global team of 10+ experienced engineers.Recruit, train, manage, and motivate exceptional engineering talent.Own delivery of major product features, ensuring projects ship on time with high quality.Project manage various diverse non-development tasks, initiatives, and projects.Manage lightweight agile practices, engineering rituals, and quality metrics.Collaborate closely with engineering leadership, product managers, support team, and customer success to shape technical direction and prioritize impact.Guide architectural decisions, documentation, code reviews, and system design — jumping in where needed.Ensure consistent global cross-timezone and culture communications.Carefully track planned and ongoing work, support issues, product roadmaps, and priorities.Foster a culture of hospitality, ownership, collaboration, and high performance aligned with our values.Qualifications3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with 2+ years leading teams in a fast-growth startup environment.Proven ability to drive execution across multiple projects and priorities while supporting developer motivation and skill growth.Experience managing light-weight agile development across global teams.Comfortable working across cultures, timezones, and skill levels.Experience with hiring, performance management, and team dynamics.Familiar with modern technical platforms, languages, tooling, automation, AI, and DevOps.Excellent communication and the ability to align engineering with business goals.Exceptional attention to detail.Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.Required SkillsHotel or hospitality experience.Experience as the first engineering manager at a startup.Technical background in web, SaaS, or cloud infrastructure.