Senior Engineering Manager

Hace 2 días

Barcelona, Cataluña, España Preply Jornada completa
Overview

In this role you will lead GenAI and Agentic Platform initiatives, guiding two cross-functional teams from experimentation to production. You’ll shape long-term architecture, foster platform reliability, and partner with Product, Applied Science, Data, Security, and Engineering to align investments with outcomes. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on scalable, safe AI infrastructure that enables company-wide AI capabilities. You’ll drive strategy, execution, and organizational health to advance Preply’s AI-powered learning platform.

Compensaciones / Beneficios
  • monthly lesson allowance
  • Learning & Development budget
  • time off for self-development
  • equity and health insurance
  • relocation package to Barcelona
  • mental health support
Responsabilidades
  • Set long-term engineering vision for GenAI and Agentic Platforms and unify them as a coherent platform
  • Define outcomes with Product Manager and measure platform impact
  • Lead and develop 8–12 engineers across two teams with performance management and coaching
  • Oversee hiring quality, team composition, and operating models amid changing needs
  • Guide architecture across model access, evaluation, observability, retrieval, agent orchestration, tools, state, memory, permissions, and control planes
  • Translate strategy into actionable plans balancing foundational investment with near-term needs while managing trade-offs
  • Align senior stakeholders across Product, Applied Science, Data, Security, and Engineering on standards and priorities
Requisitos principales
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • 5+ years in engineering management and leading multiple teams or a multi-squad area
  • Track record of hiring, coaching, and retaining high-performing teams
  • Strong depth in platform engineering, backend or distributed systems, ML infrastructure or developer infrastructure
  • Practical experience with production GenAI or Agentic systems and related concerns (model access, evaluation, observability, retrieval, orchestration, safety)
  • AI expertise in using Agentic AI for architecture, planning, and decision-making with governance and safety nets
  • Experience leading platform products with strong self-service, API design, and developer experience
  • Clear communication and stakeholder leadership to align teams with different incentives
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management
  • Coaching and people development
  • Strategic thinking with ability to balance long-term vision and near-term needs
  • Platform engineering
  • Backend or distributed systems
  • ML infrastructure