Engineering Manager

About TPConnects
TPConnects is a leading travel technology company with a rapidly growing engineering hub in Warsaw. We build software powering modern airline retailing. Every month, our platforms process millions of ticket purchases, connect airlines worldwide, and power digital retailing for airline providers. We’re a product company. We build, own and continuously evolve our platform, giving engineering teams the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges at global scale. Our roadmap extends beyond flights into hotels, insurance and other travel products, creating exciting opportunities to shape the future of travel technology.

Our team includes colleagues from dozens of nationalities, making English our everyday language.

About the Role
We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead one of our engineering teams as we continue to scale both our platform and our organisation. You’ll combine engineering leadership with technical decision-making, helping your team deliver high-quality software while creating an environment where engineers can grow, collaborate and do their best work.

Working closely with Product Managers, Architects and other Engineering Managers, you’ll help shape technical direction, influence architecture and ensure we’re building scalable, reliable products that power global travel.
Our engineering teams build cloud-native backend services using technologies including Java, Spring Boot, AWS, MySQL, DynamoDB and microservices, while continuously evolving our platform to support future growth.

AI-enhanced engineering
We use Claude AI coding assistants as part of our everyday engineering workflow to increase productivity and reduce repetitive work. Our engineers use AI to explore technical solutions, accelerate implementation, debug complex issues, generate and improve tests, create documentation and support code reviews.

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll help your team adopt AI responsibly and effectively—using it to improve developer productivity while maintaining high engineering standards, sound technical judgement and strong ownership.

What you’ll do

• Lead, mentor and grow a team of software engineers.

• Create an environment where engineers can do their best work and continue developing their careers.

• Drive technical execution, balancing delivery, engineering quality and long-term platform evolution.

• Partner with Product Managers and Architects to define technical solutions and execution plans.

• Support architectural decisions and help evolve scalable cloud-native systems.

• Foster engineering best practices across development, testing, deployment and operational excellence.

• Remove delivery blockers, manage technical risks and help your team make informed engineering decisions.

• Build a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement and engineering excellence.

• Contribute to hiring and growing our engineering organisation in Warsaw.

What we’re looking for

Leadership

• Proven experience leading and developing software engineering teams.

• Strong coaching and mentoring skills.

• Experience hiring, supporting career growth and managing performance.

• Ability to create a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture.

Technical background

• Strong software engineering background, ideally with Java or similar backend technologies.

• Experience building cloud-native SaaS applications.

• Solid understanding of microservices, distributed systems and API-driven architectures.

• Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).

• Strong understanding of software architecture, engineering quality and delivery practices.

Nice to have

• Experience in travel technology or airline distribution.

• Knowledge of IATA standards such as NDC, One Order or ARM.

• Experience leading distributed or international engineering teams.

• Interest in AI-assisted software development and modern engineering practices.

What we offer

• Lead engineering teams building software used across the global travel industry.

• Influence technical strategy, architecture and the future direction of our products.

• Help shape a rapidly growing engineering organisation in Warsaw.

• AI-enhanced software development with Claude AI coding assistants integrated into our daily engineering workflow.

• Stable employment based on an employment contract with 50% tax-deductible costs (KUP 50%), resulting in higher net pay.

• Hybrid work model (3 days per week) from our modern office at Hrubieszowska 2 in Warsaw.

• Private medical care and Multisport card.

• An international engineering environment with colleagues across Warsaw, Dubai and multiple other locations.

• The opportunity to make a lasting impact on both our technology and our engineering culture.