Senior Engineering Manager

Mason Alexander; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mason Alexander is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a 5-6 person engineering team in Dublin, with ownership of inventory-related backend systems. The role combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic architecture, focusing on reliability, performance, and scalable integrations.

You will drive backlog, collaborate with Architects, Designers and Product Managers, and push for operational excellence while mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of engineering teams in high-scale environments.
• Experience building cloud-native services on AWS with a strong backend focus.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD pipelines for scalable deployments.
• Background in real-time data processing and API-driven architectures.
• Strong focus on monitoring, reliability, and system uptime.
• Pragmatic approach balancing technical debt with feature velocity.

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow and mentor a team of engineers to deliver high-quality software.
• Own the technical architecture for inventory-related services ensuring scalability and performance.
• Own the team backlog and drive technical/product decisions with Architects, Designers and PMs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve supplier integrations and data freshness.
• Champion engineering standards and operational excellence from CI/CD to monitoring and incident response.
• Contribute hands-on when needed, reviewing code and guiding system design.

Skills

Leadership

C#.NET

Java Ecosystem

AWS Cloud

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Data Processing

Observability

Operational Excellence

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

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 experienced Engineering Managers from 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 a remote friendly opportunity looking 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.