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Fora Travel · 4 months ago

Engineering Manager, Advisor Enablement

New York City

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$185K/yr - $235K/yr

4+ years exp

Fora is a modern travel agency that empowers travel entrepreneurs through innovative technology and personalized training. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team focused on creating scalable tools that enhance the travel planning experience for advisors. The role involves collaboration with Product and Design teams, driving technical excellence, and mentoring engineers to achieve impactful business outcomes.

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Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Product and Design to shape product strategy, ensuring that your team builds the right solutions that drive the highest impact on the business

Improve team efficiency and engineering velocity, ensuring your team delivers value quickly without compromising on quality, maintainability, or reliability

Guide architecture and technical decisions, balancing trade-offs and proactively anticipating future issues to ensure robust and scalable solutions

Drive operational excellence across reliability, performance, cost-efficiency, design consistency, and maintainable code

Promote high team engagement, employee happiness, continuous skill development, and professional growth

Mentor engineers, provide constructive feedback, and support direct reports to help them overcome challenges and deliver on ambitious goals

Perform hands-on technical work, contributing to code reviews, debugging, and implementing functionality

Participate in hiring processes and attracting top engineering talent to support the continued growth of your team and our organization

Qualification

Engineering managementWeb systems developmentTechnical acumenRecruiting experienceProject managementEntrepreneurial mindsetFirst-principles thinkingCommunication skillsMentoringCollaborative leadership

Required

4+ years of experience in engineering management roles with a proven track record of driving successful product deliveries and team growth

8+ years experience in web systems development

Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, effectively manage performance, and build highly motivated, engaged teams

Strong technical acumen, with experience making informed architectural decisions, addressing technical debt, and setting robust engineering standards

Exceptional project management and organizational skills, including the ability to break down complex projects, anticipate risks, and deliver consistently high-quality outcomes

Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders and facilitate productive, drama-free project launches

Proven recruiting experience, capable of evaluating engineering candidates effectively and representing the company positively

A collaborative, empathetic leadership style that emphasizes humility, openness to feedback, accountability, and continuous learning

Entrepreneurial mindset and comfort working in an early- to mid-stage startup environment where ambiguity and pace are part of the fun

First-principles thinker who carefully evaluates each problem, thoughtfully choosing between established best practices and bespoke solutions, especially when designing team processes and norms