Engineering Manager, Automations & Internal Tooling

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers building internal automation and developer tooling.
• Shape and drive the strategy and roadmap for engineering automation and internal tools, focusing on high-impact opportunities that improve developer productivity and effectiveness.
• Partner with engineers, engineering leaders, and stakeholders to understand pain points, prioritize opportunities, and turn them into pragmatic solutions.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture discussions, design reviews, code reviews, and guidance on engineering quality and system health.
• Own the team’s execution and delivery, balancing speed with reliability, maintainability, and long-term technical quality.
• Build a strong, autonomous team by creating clarity, delegating effectively, and growing technical leadership within the team.
• Contribute hands-on to design, prototyping, coding, or debugging when useful.

Requirements

• Experience leading and developing software engineers, including coaching, mentoring, feedback, and career development.
• Strong software engineering background with enough technical depth to guide designs and code, understand implementation trade-offs, troubleshoot complex systems, and guide technical decisions.
• Experience delivering software projects end to end, from problem identification and refinement through planning, implementation, rollout, and ongoing operation.
• Ability to translate broad or ambiguous problems into clear priorities and plans.
• Strong product and customer mindset for internal tooling, with the ability to understand engineers’ workflows and identify high-leverage opportunities.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to build trust and ownership, delegate effectively, resolve conflicts, and foster transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Interest in automation, developer productivity, and engineering effectiveness.

Technologies

• TypeScript
• Python
• Java
• Postgres
• BigQuery
• Datastore
• Git
• GitHub
• Buildkite
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• AWS
• AI development tools

Nice to Have

• Experience building developer productivity platforms, internal developer tools, engineering infrastructure, or workflow automation.
• Experience measuring developer productivity, engineering effectiveness, or the business impact of internal tooling.
• Experience building solutions using LLMs, AI agents, or agentic workflows.

Compensation and Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance.
• Generous paid time off, paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, holidays, a year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days off.
• RSU stock grants.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• Virtual happy hours, free food, and team-building activities.
• Monthly cell phone stipend.
• Mental health support, including therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness resources for covered employees and dependents.