Senior Engineering Manager - Full Stack

Empowering. Collaborative. Impactful.

Skyscanner is on a mission to make travel more accessible, sustainable, and straightforward for millions of users. We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to support our flights vertical — assisting the search steps at the core of Skyscanner’s user journey, where travellers make key decisions. This role offers the chance to make a profound impact on our business and customer experience in one of the most critical parts of Skyscanner’s platform!

What you can expect as a Senior Engineering Manager for Flights:

As a leader, you’ll oversee and grow three high-performing teams: two established teams across Barcelona and Scotland, plus a new team being formed in London. Working alongside these teams, you’ll champion robust, innovative solutions and steer our growth in global markets with a keen focus on action and delivery. With a strong background in full-stack development and experience scaling e-commerce in new markets, you’ll guide the technical vision and lead our journey toward faster, more user-friendly search and booking experiences.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Deliver business-critical experiences by leading the engineering strategy for Skyscanner’s core search steps, which guide millions of travellers on their journeys.
• Shape a dynamic, cross-functional team by supporting team growth, developing team members, and fostering a culture that values speed, quality, and collaboration.
• Drive high-impact innovation across the flights stack, partnering closely with product and engineering leaders to bring scalable, secure, and intuitive solutions to life in new markets.
• Champion a bias for action in a fast-paced environment by setting clear goals, streamlining delivery, and ensuring we meet travelers’ needs with speed and excellence.

What we’re looking for:

A Senior Engineering Manager with a full-stack background, skilled in building and scaling e-commerce solutions, with a track record of expanding into new markets. You’re adept at setting a vision and empowering teams in a high-autonomy, agile setting. An ideal fit would bring a strong bias toward action and accountability, with experience working in environments using web technologies such as React, Javascript, CSS and APIs (REST/gRPC). Exposure to back-end technologies, such as Java, in order to interact with downstream services would be also appreciated.

Why Skyscanner?

We’re a hybrid working company with flexibility to help you bring your best self to work. We ask people to be in the office about 8 days per month to connect, collaborate, and innovate together.

In return, you’ll get meaningful benefits like medical insurance, headspace subscriptions, a home office allowance, and flexible holiday options. You’ll also have the opportunity to work from any country for 4 weeks each year and spend up to 30 days in our global offices—giving you the space to recharge, explore, and inspire.

Join us in building something great. For more details on Engineering at Skyscanner, check our Engineering Blog and follow Skyscanner Engineering on Twitter.