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Lead Engineer - EMEA

Canary Technologies is a hospitality technology company founded in 2017 that provides a guest management platform to modernize hotel operations and enhance the guest experience. Their solutions digitize processes from booking to checkout for hotels globally.

Canary Technologies

Employee count: 51-200

Salary: 120k-140k GBP

United Kingdom only

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About Us

Canary Technologies is changing the game for hotels with modern software powered by Canary's hospitality-specific AI platform.
Canary is utilized by 20,000+ hoteliers in 100+ countries to equip hoteliers with the technology they need to work smarter and wow their guests. Major hotel brands such as Wyndham, Marriott, IHG, Four Seasons, Rosewood, and Best Western trust Canary to deliver results.
Canary was named a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ company, a Most Innovative Company by Fast Company and a HotelTechReport Best Place to Work — and is backed by top Silicon Valley investors like Y Combinator, F-Prime, Brighton Park Capital and Insight Partners.
Join us in shaping the future of hospitality!

About the Role

We're looking for a Lead Engineer to join our team to enable Canary's next phase of growth, with a focus on expanding in EMEA. You should be a strong technical leader that can deal with ambiguity, be able to define and guide our future architecture, and mentor junior engineers. You should also care deeply about the customer experience and work closely with Product Managers to inform product decision-making. The services built and owned by you will have to operate at a large scale and hence passion and discipline around operational excellence are essential.

Responsibilities

  • Directly manage a pod of engineers responsible for accelerating Canary's growth in EMEA
  • Set an example as an IC in terms of both the quality and velocity of code that you ship
  • Think about overall architecture and own its evolution based on engineering and product needs
  • Understand metrics and how our customers use our products, strong voice on product decisions and prioritization
  • Independently mentor and advise engineers in a pod
  • Build engineering execution plans, breakdown and assign work to engineers in the pod
  • Run pod processes autonomously and escalate appropriately when required
  • Participate in hiring and interviewing

Qualifications

  • 5-8+ years of a strong engineering background including being in IC engineering role
  • 3+ years of proven experience of leading successful engineering teams
  • Strong Javascript/TypeScript skills
  • Solid knowledge of developing backend applications
  • Have a strong demonstrated ability to ship high-quality products
  • Self-motivated, collaborative, and diligent work ethic
  • Excellent communication skills. You love being part of a diverse team, building consensus, and establishing credibility. You are a Class-A communicator: curious, thoughtful, clear, and (mostly) correct
  • Comfort with ambiguity and is eager to embrace ownership and accountability
We also work hard to ensure Canary is a fun and exciting place to work! Here are some of the additional benefits:
Canary Days: As a company we want to ensure that the team has time to recharge. Each month we provide company wide days off to ensure there is at least one extended weekend or day off.
Self Improvement Club: We meet each month and share our personal goals for the month. Each individual is provided a budget towards any purchases that help us achieve these goals.
Professional Development Chats: We provide budget to help drive cross functional professional development conversations across the organization.
Travel Reimbursement: Team members are able to visit our offices across New York, San Francisco or Dallas when they choose, and are provided a travel stipend for doing so. Spend time working with the team in their office, and use the rest of your time exploring a new city!
Personal Travel Reimbursement: If you stay at a hotel that Canary works with, we provide a credit towards your stay.
Canary Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote talent regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other protected characteristic.

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Salary

Salary: 120k-140k GBP

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United Kingdom +/- 0 hours

About Canary Technologies

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Founded in 2017 by long-time friends and industry veterans Harman Singh Narula and SJ Sawhney, Canary Technologies emerged from a shared vision: hoteliers deserved more intuitive, cloud-based solutions to navigate the complexities of modern hospitality. Narula, an alumnus of Cornell's prestigious School of Hotel Administration and The Wharton School, brought his experience from Starwood Hotels' Global Strategy Group and Bain & Company. Sawhney, with a background in leading product and technology at hospitality tech startup Stayful and co-founding other tech ventures, complemented this with his deep understanding of software development. Their journey began with the realization that the hospitality industry, critical for its guest experience, was often encumbered by antiquated systems and traditional processes.

Canary Technologies set out to modernize this landscape, developing an end-to-end Guest Management Platform designed to digitize every touchpoint from post-booking through checkout. The company's participation in Y Combinator's S18 batch provided an early catalyst. Despite the unforeseen challenges of a global pandemic, the demand for contactless and digital solutions in hospitality surged, further highlighting the value of Canary's offerings. Their platform, encompassing features like Mobile Check-In/Checkout, Digital Authorizations, Guest Messaging, Dynamic Upsells, and Digital Tipping, quickly gained traction. Today, Canary Technologies is trusted by tens of thousands of hoteliers in over 90 countries, including major global brands like Marriott International, Four Seasons, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, and Choice Hotels. From its headquarters in San Francisco and offices in New York and Dallas, the company continues its mission to streamline operations, boost revenue, enhance staff efficiency, and ultimately, elevate the guest experience for properties worldwide. Their commitment to innovation has been recognized through numerous accolades, including being named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2023 and Deloitte's Technology Fast 500.

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Employee benefits

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Stock Option Plan

Opportunity to earn equity.

Flexible working hours

Offers flexible working hours.

Regular team building events

Hosts regular team building events.

Paid Time Off

Unlimited Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays.

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