Engineering Manager - Accounting - 100% Remote - Europe

NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role, but the candidate must be within the European region to collaborate with their team, peers, and internal customers. You do not have to be in the specific country or city shown in this listing, but please only apply if you are physically based within the European region.

Hostaway is the market-leading SaaS scale-up transforming the vacation rental industry. With innovative solutions and partnerships with giants like Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking, we're taking on the competition and winning. Leveraging our customer-centric core values, we consistently deliver results that encourage growth, learning, and innovation for our team, our customers, and the industry.

Backed by $365M in funding, we’re expanding fast and building new capabilities like Trust Accounting to set the standard in our industry.

About the Role

We’re looking for a delivery-focused Engineering Manager to build and lead our first Trust Accounting team. This team will design and deliver a financial subsystem that property managers can trust - accurate, compliant, and reliable. You’ll be responsible not only for delivery but also for establishing a culture where correctness and accountability are paramount. This is a greenfield opportunity where you’ll influence architecture, processes, and talent from day one.

What you’ll do:

• Build and lead a product engineering team (5-7 engineers) focused on financial correctness and compliance.

• Ensure timely, high-quality delivery of the trust accounting subsystem with secure, scalable, auditable, and maintainable architecture.

• Collaborate deeply with Product, Finance, Legal, and other Engineering teams to align on goals and ensure execution.

• Establish and refine processes to improve delivery speed, system reliability, and team autonomy.

• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of precision, ownership, and continuous improvement.

• Establish engineering practices that emphasize quality, resilience, and observability.

• Contribute technical context to discussions and decisions while fostering transparency and accountability.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineering Manager or in a similar position (CTO, Head of Engineering Department, Director of Engineering) with direct people management responsibilities.

• A strong foundation in software engineering - you don't need to write production code daily, but you're able to engage in technical and architectural discussions.

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in a product-oriented environment, ideally within SaaS or platform businesses.

• Ability to drive execution: aligning team goals, managing delivery timelines, and removing blockers.

• Track record of mentoring engineers and creating an environment where people can grow and thrive.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially in distributed/remote settings.

• Comfortable working in agile environments with fast-moving priorities and cross-functional teams.

• Fluent English.

• Familiarity with fintech and accounting is a plus, but not required.
  
  

What success looks like:

• The trust accounting subsystem is delivered reliably, accurately, trusted by customers and regulators, and integrated seamlessly into the Hostaway platform.

• The team is high-performing, engaged, and growing under your leadership.

• Compliance and financial correctness are built into system design and delivery processes.

• Cross-functional collaboration w