Engineering Manager, Internal Dev Experience & AI Tooling

Paddle; Ireland; On-site; EUR 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Private healthcare

Retirement plans

Well-being initiatives

Job summary

Paddle is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Application Excellence team in our Platform group. You will lead a high-impact team of engineers, shaping internal developer experience and building self-serve tooling.

You’ll drive the AI software factory across the SDLC, establish golden paths, and measure impact on cycle time and quality. You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate with SRE and security, and own a practical roadmap.

Qualifications

• Significant senior engineering experience on large-scale cloud systems.
• Experience in Platform or Internal Developer Experience teams.
• Go experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team from concept to rollout with stakeholders.
• Own developer productivity and internal developer experience outcomes.
• Shape Paddle’s AI software factory across the SDLC.
• Build a clear, well-argued roadmap for sustainable impact.
• Coach engineers and drive high-impact performance.
• Contribute to platform strategy and shared libraries.
• Improve reliability and scalability of a high-traffic system.

Skills

Senior engineer

Platform experience

Internal Dev Experience

Go

People management

AI code review

Cloud-based systems

Tools

Terraform

Docker

AWS

PostgreSQL

Aurora MySQL

Job description

Paddle is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Application Excellence team in our Platform group. You will lead a high-impact team of engineers, shaping internal developer experience and building self-serve tooling.

You’ll drive the AI software factory across the SDLC, establish golden paths, and measure impact on cycle time and quality. You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate with SRE and security, and own a practical roadmap.