Software Engineering Manager

Stayforlong

Software Engineering Manager leading a team of engineers to enhance an innovative travel platform. Overseeing technical decisions and project execution in a collaborative environment.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeBarcelona • 🇪🇸 SpainMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoJavaJavaScriptPHPPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a software engineering team of 5, in delivering new iterations of our travel platform.
Manage the team leveraging technical prowess, coupled with customer insights, to create and maintain a user-friendly and technologically superior platform.
Drive the delivery, manage the team, and participate in technical decisions (average of 80% management and 20% hands on), managing priorities with full ownership of results.
Be responsible for the sustainable delivery of your team through the planning and execution phases with a focus on reliable and maintainable software.
Partner closely with your Product Management and Business stakeholders to drive roadmap creation and execution.
Hire, empower, develop, and delegate to geographically distributed engineers with different skill sets from your own.
Participate in technical design fostering software engineering best practices and adoption of AI as a development capability.
Manage your product's technical needs, working with engineers to identify engineering investments and prioritizing them in the backlog.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience coding in one of the following languages: Go, PHP, JavaScript, C#, Java, and/or Python.
2+ years of experience directly managing successful software engineering teams as an Engineering Manager.
A software engineering background that enables you to drive technical decisions within the team and engage with engineers at all levels of seniority.
Demonstrated experience recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management.
Experience managing highly complex projects with cross-team dependencies.
Able to communicate clearly and in an audience-oriented manner on both technical and non-technical subjects, with developers, product partners, and other business stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

True Flexibility: A full-time contract with a flexible schedule for real.
Hybrid-Flexible: This role is open to candidates based in or around Barcelona. You will enjoy remote work flexibility, with the requirement to attend our Barcelona office for quarterly meetings or more often if it's needed.
Work from Anywhere: You can work for up to 30 days per year from anywhere, allowing you to experience the "long stay" lifestyle yourself.
Barcelona Hub: Access to our city-center office if you prefer face-to-face connection.
Tailored Perks: Flexible compensation via Cobee (health insurance, restaurant/transport cards, kindergarten checks, and training).
Travel Rewards: Special Stayforlong discounts to help you enjoy your own long-stay discoveries.

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Hard Skills & Tools

GoPHPJavaScriptC#JavaPythonsoftware engineering best practicesAI developmenttechnical designproject management

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationteam managementperformance managementcustomer insightscollaborationdelegationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsstakeholder engagement