AI-Driven Platform Engineering Lead

TravelCenters of America; Ireland; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

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Job summary

Precisely is seeking a Platform Engineering Manager with a strong hands-on background to lead a team focused on developer experience and productivity. You will shape roadmaps for CI/CD pipelines, AI-powered tooling, and internal developer platforms, enabling engineers to ship high-quality software quickly and safely at scale.

You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate across Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Product, and champion an AI-forward culture with end-to-end ownership and fast

Qualifications

• 1–2 years directly managing software engineers or in a technical program management role.
• 3–5 years hands-on software engineering experience with Go/Python.
• Experience with capacity planning and designing scalable architecture patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead a platform engineering team, driving roadmaps for CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling.
• Build a self-service developer experience by integrating cross-platform tooling into one interface.
• Own capacity planning and define right-sized architecture patterns for teams to self-serve.
• Lead AI-powered platform tooling and automation for recurring SRE workflows.
• Partner with Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Product to prioritize investments.
• Coach engineers through feedback and foster end-to-end ownership and rapid iteration.
• Communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders, balancing depth with leadership communication.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Coaching

Go

Python

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Distributed systems

SRE practices

Communication

Global teams

AI tooling

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Precisely is seeking a Platform Engineering Manager with a strong hands-on background to lead a team focused on developer experience and productivity. You will shape roadmaps for CI/CD pipelines, AI-powered tooling, and internal developer platforms, enabling engineers to ship high-quality software quickly and safely at scale.

You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate across Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Product, and champion an AI-forward culture with end-to-end ownership and fast