Engineering Manager

Mason Alexander; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mason Alexander partners with a leading UK travel business to build a Dublin-based Engineering Management team. You will lead 5-6 engineers, own architecture for inventory and booking workflows, and drive operational excellence in a hybrid, remote-friendly role with fortnightly office visits in the city centre.

You will shape technical strategy, backlog, and cross-functional delivery with Architects, Designers, and Product Managers, while mentoring career growth and scalability.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in high-scale, distributed environments.
• Strong background in C# .NET (or Kotlin, Scala, or Java) with hands-on cloud-native AWS
• Experience using Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines for scalable deployments
• Background in data processing and real-time data workflows
• Focus on observability, reliability and performance optimization
• Balanced approach to technical debt, feature velocity, and operational stability

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and mentor a team of engineers to deliver high-quality software
• Own the technical architecture for inventory management, ensuring scalability and performance
• Own the team backlog and enable tactical and strategic decisions with Architects, Designers and Product Managers
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve supplier integrations and booking processes
• Promote engineering best practices from CI/CD pipelines to system monitoring and incident response
• Contribute hands-on when needed by reviewing code and guiding system design

Skills

Team leadership

Cloud-native

C# .NET

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

GraphQL/API

Observability

Data processing

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

AWS

Job description

Ready to spearhead a new market expansion and build a top-tier team from the ground up?

We have exclusively partnered with a leading UK travel business on this fantastic opportunity as they are creating a new Engineering team in Dublin and this will be their first expansion outside of the UK market.

I'm looking to speak with experiencedEngineering Managersfrom a development background that will lead a team of 5-6 engineers while driving both technical execution and operational excellence while hiring and scaling a high-performing engineering team. The Irish office will have full ownership on the Inventory side of the platform which includes supplier integrations, inventory management, and booking reliability.

This is aremote friendly opportunitylooking for people to come into the office once a fortnight in their city centre location.

What You'll Be Doing Day to Day

Our platform processes supplier connectivity, data acquisition, distribution, and booking workflows to ensure fresh, high-quality travel inventory with minimal latency in a high-traffic environment.

• Team Leadership & Mentorship:Lead, grow, and mentor a team of engineers to deliver high-quality software while developing their careers.
• Technical Strategy:Own the technical architecture for inventory management, ensuring scalability, resilience, and performance.
• Backlog & Product Delivery:Own the team backlog, facilitating technical and product decisions in partnership with Architects, Designers, and Product Managers.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to improve supplier integrations, enhance data freshness, and streamline booking processes.
• Engineering Best Practices: Champion standards for operational excellence, from CI/CD pipelines to system monitoring and incident response.
• Hands-on Contribution:Contribute directly when needed by reviewing code, guiding system design, and tackling complex technical challenges.

What We're Looking For

• Leadership Experience:Proven track record leading high-performing engineering teams, ideally within high-scale, distributed environments.

• Core Technical Stack:Strong background in C# .NET (or Kotlin, Scala, or Java) with hands-on experience building cloud-native services on AWS.
• Infrastructure & Automation:Experience using Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines for scalable, automated deployments.
• Data Processing & Architecture:Background in large-scale data processing, internet-scale real-time data workflows, transactional systems, and GraphQL / modern API-driven architectures.
• Observability & Reliability:Strong focus on monitoring, observability, system uptime, and performance optimization.
• Pragmatic Mindset:Balanced approach to technical debt, feature velocity, and operational stability, combined with a passion for data-driven experimentation and decision-making.