Join our Movement and Champion Restaurant Culture! 💚

At TheFork we believe that the best things in life happen around the table, and we are on a mission to connect the world’s favorite restaurants and the broadest community of loyal diners. 

Finding the best dining experience for our Diners community or boosting restaurant performance for our Restaurateurs Partners has never been easier thanks to our signature products: 

• 📱TheFork App: our free restaurant discovery & booking app that helps you find your next table with ease.
• 💻TheFork Manager: our innovative software tool that digitizes restaurant operations, empowering our Restaurateurs to manage bookings efficiently and boost their revenue.
• 💳TheFork PAY and TheFork Gift Card: quick and easy ways to pay directly from TheFork app

At TheFork, we also believe that people truly make the difference. None of this would be possible without our vibrant Forkies community. Our strong core values—Better Together, Ownership, Respect, and Growth—are the guiding principles of everything we do, shaping our behaviors: “Come as you are,” “Dig in,” and “Make it Memorable”.  

TheFork leads the restaurant booking market in Europe and operates in 11 countries. Our offices boast a fully international team working together in a flexible, multicultural, and constructive environment that provides everyone with space to grow, both professionally and personally.

To learn more about TheFork and our Forkies, explore our official site: https://www.careers.thefork.com

What you will do:

As the Head of Engineering, you will demonstrate strong ownership by taking full accountability for engineering outcomes. You'll lead engineering excellence and innovation, overseeing technical execution and strategic direction for geographically distributed teams. Reporting directly to a Senior Leader, you'll collaborate closely with Product, Design, Architecture, and Data teams.

• Lead, Develop and Drive 4-6 Engineering Managers and a Staff Engineer across distributed teams. Ensure their professional growth and high performance.
• Develop and execute engineering strategies focused on scalability, reliability, and maintainability. Align strategies with business goals and innovation.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to deliver exceptional user experiences and measurable business outcomes.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning while embody and champion our core values. Promote accountability and quality within engineering teams.
• Support transversal initiatives, enabling knowledge sharing and alignment on best practices.

Who you are:

You Must Meet These Critical Qualifications:

• A self-motivated exceptional people leader with experience building (4+ years in a similar role) and leading high-performing teams (20+ engineers), including geographically distributed teams .
• Technical expertise in software engineering, distributed systems, cloud architectures, and continuous delivery; skilled in developing clear, actionable strategies and roadmaps.
• Experienced in scaling engineering teams, mentorship, hiring, performance management, and succession planning.
• Solution-oriented leader, skilled at navigating complex technical and organizational challenges.
• International outlook with experience in multicultural environments. Excellent English communication skills.

What we offer you: 

😄 An awesome team 

🏠 A permanent contract (that can be useful in life) 

⚖️Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week +  up to 4 total weeks additional flexibility during the summer period and in December to work fully remotely)

💸 Competitive fixed salary & bonus 

🍕 Lunch vouchers available for each working day (because yes, we like to try our best restaurants)  

🌎 International teams and a multicultural environment spanning 10 offices across Europe

🤝 Highly inclusive working environment 

🤸‍♀️ Lifestyle benefits that can be used to reimburse expenses related to physical and leisure activities, family support, travel etc 

🎓 Continuous learning and development programs

😌 Free access to the Calm app to help you build resilience wherever you are in your mental health journey

🐣Dedicated parental leave and caregiver leave policies (12 weeks fully paid)

🏥Health insurance 

👩‍🦽 Life & Disability Insurance at no cost to the employee

🍴 Amazing offices with dining, coffee points and leisure area    

🎤 Team building events

We believe that we are better together, and we welcome you for who you are. We endeavor to ensure  that everyone - regardless of ability, age, socio-economic & cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, national origin, race, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under  applicable law -has the opportunity to reach their full potential. At TheFork, we want you to bring us your unique perspectives and experiences, so we can collectively continue disrupting the restaurant industry and go from good to great.

TheFork is committed to a fair recruitment process. If you have special needs and require reasonable support during your application,  interview, or participation in the selection process due to health conditions or disability, please direct your inquiries to AccessibleRecruitment@TheFork.com. Our HR team will review the request and respond accordingly.

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