Engineering Manager
Company: Vacatia
Location: Portland
Posted on: February 18, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Join Vacatia and Help Power the
Future of Vacation Experiences Through High-Impact Technology
Delivery Location: Portland, OR (hybrid) or Remote At Vacatia,
we’re transforming how families and travelers vacation and how
great technology supports that mission. As a leading hospitality
and resort management company, we blend personalized guest service
with scalable digital platforms. We’re looking for an Engineering
Manager (Hands-On) to lead a small team (up to 10 engineers) while
contributing directly as a senior developer. This is a
“player/coach” role that is perfect for someone who wants to write
code, mentor engineers, and drive high-quality delivery. Why You’ll
Love Working at Vacatia Engineering Leadership at Scale: Guide
agile teams building complex products that support advanced search,
multi-currency reservations, billing, inventory, and more. Balance
Leadership & Coding – Spend ~30–50% of your time coding and
implementing new features. Impact Across Teams: Collaborate with
product, design, DevOps, and security to deliver scalable, reliable
technology that drives business outcomes. Culture of Excellence –
Shape engineering best practices, foster innovation and
high-velocity delivery without compromising stability, and
encourage smart use of Gen AI. Mentorship & Growth – Develop a
talented engineering team while growing your own leadership skills.
Your Impact Lead day-to-day operations of engineering squads,
ensuring delivery aligns with business priorities and timelines.
Contribute production code, guide system architecture and ensure
engineering best practices across codebases and deployments.
Collaborate with product and design leaders to define scope,
roadmap, and feature prioritization. Drive execution across cycles,
backlogs, and releases using tools like Linear and Monday. Innovate
through the use of Gen AI in the development process to increase
productivity and speed. Facilitate sprint planning, reviews,
retrospectives, and stakeholder updates to ensure transparency and
alignment. Coach and mentor software engineers, fostering growth in
technical depth, product thinking, and delivery habits. Build a
team culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous
improvement. Champion performance, reliability, and scalability in
application design and infrastructure. Partner with QA, DevOps, and
security to integrate testing, monitoring, and compliance into
development workflows. What You Bring Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. 7
years of software development experience, with 2 years in a
leadership, delivery, or engineering management role. Proven
ability to lead agile teams, deliver complex projects in fast-paced
environments, and ability to balance IC work with managing agile
teams. Strong coding skills in PHP (Symfony/Laravel),
MySQL/Postgres, React/Next.js, TypeScript. Strong understanding of
full-stack development, CI/CD practices, and cloud-based
architectures (AWS preferred). Excellent project management skills
with experience driving technical roadmaps to completion.
Exceptional communication, stakeholder alignment, and people
leadership abilities. Bonus: Experience in hospitality, travel,
eCommerce, or platform-based SaaS environments. Be Part of
Something Bigger If you want to code and lead at the same time,
owning both technical direction and team culture; then this role is
for you. You’ll help scale a modern hospitality platform while
mentoring a growing team in a collaborative, impact-driven
environment. We’d love to meet you. Apply today and help Vacatia
shape the future of vacations through high-performance technology
delivery.
Keywords: Vacatia, Beaver Creek , Engineering Manager, IT / Software / Systems , Portland, Oregon
