Engineering Manager, Global UX & Design System

Elastic; España; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Elastic seeks an Engineering Manager to lead Global UX, overseeing the company UI (EUI) and shared design system infrastructure. You will coordinate with the Tech Lead on direction, oversee hiring and roadmap delivery, and ensure alignment across engineering, design, and product teams.

You will balance long-term platform investments with ongoing requests, while fostering a dependable, distributed delivery cadence in a fast-moving org.

Qualifications

• Experience leading design system or platform teams.
• Ability to balance long-term investments with ongoing requests from other teams.
• Ability to create a dependable delivery schedule for the whole organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow a team of engineers responsible for building and maintaining the company UI (EUI) and other shared design system infrastructure across Global UX.
• Own the team's delivery cadence - sprint planning, quarterly roadmap, outcomes, and status reporting to stakeholders across the company.
• Run hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career growth for engineers on the team.
• Build strong team culture and health in a fully distributed, async-first environment.
• Represent Global UX in cross-functional planning with other engineering, design, and product leadership across the company.
• Remove blockers for the team: negotiate dependencies with other teams, address organizational friction, and escalated risks early.
• Track adoption and health metrics for the design system (usage, satisfaction, migration progress) and use them to inform

Skills

People management

Engineering leadership

Design system

React

Roadmap planning

Hiring

Tools

React

Design system tooling

Job description

Elastic seeks an Engineering Manager to lead Global UX, overseeing the company UI (EUI) and shared design system infrastructure. You will coordinate with the Tech Lead on direction, oversee hiring and roadmap delivery, and ensure alignment across engineering, design, and product teams.

You will balance long-term platform investments with ongoing requests, while fostering a dependable, distributed delivery cadence in a fast-moving org.