Senior API Platform Leader - Developer Hub

BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INC.; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary and benefits package

Inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Bentley Systems, a leader in infrastructure software, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Bentley Developer Platform. You will own end-to-end delivery, steer a multi-disciplinary team across portal and infrastructure, and contribute hands-on to the codebase while shaping a commercial‑grade platform.

The role emphasizes building a monetized developer ecosystem, strong delivery discipline, and collaboration with product, security, and legal teams in a hybrid setup.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years leading or managing teams.
• Proven ability to build monetized developer platforms or API ecosystems at scale.
• Hands-on leader who can dive into code when needed and drive delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end delivery of the platform across portal and infrastructure teams: API gateway, metering pipeline, billing engine integration, and settlement.
• Hire, organize, and lead a team of approximately eight engineers (Portal, Platform Infrastructure, QA/Automation, and a matrixed Security Engineer).
• Run sprint planning, delivery cadences, and release management, maintaining a continuous and reliable delivery pipeline.
• Make technical decisions in partnership with the Senior Principal Engineer and remain hands‑on, contributing to the codebase directly.
• Deliver the platform’s foundational milestones, including the API gateway with OAuth‑based authentication, the developer portal, the initial commercial model, and live usage and metering dashboards.
• Partner with Product Management to translate product specs for the Developer Hub and commercial engine into delivered software.
• Coordinate L2 developer support for API integration, authentication, and performance issues, and manage the handoff of L3 issues to product teams.
• Partner with Security and Legal to operate within established security, compliance, and deployment standards.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud infrastructure

API gateways

OAuth

Billing systems

Event-driven architecture

Frontend & Backend

Delivery discipline

Hiring & mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Bentley Systems, a leader in infrastructure software, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Bentley Developer Platform. You will own end-to-end delivery, steer a multi-disciplinary team across portal and infrastructure, and contribute hands-on to the codebase while shaping a commercial‑grade platform.

The role emphasizes building a monetized developer ecosystem, strong delivery discipline, and collaboration with product, security, and legal teams in a hybrid setup.