Senior Engineering Manager, API Hub

Bentley Systems; Dublin; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bentley Systems in Dublin seeks a Senior Engineering Manager / Tech Lead to guide the Bentley Developer Platform. You will own delivery of the end-to-end stack from sign-up through API consumption to billing, leading a team of about eight engineers across portal, infrastructure, QA, and security.

You will stay hands-on for a meaningful portion, making technical decisions with the Principal Engineer and driving a commercial-grade platform. Hybrid/office work in Dublin preferred.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with several years leading or managing engineering teams.
• Hands-on technical credibility — able to write code, review architecture, and earn the respect of senior engineers.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, API gateways, OAuth, billing systems integration, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong delivery discipline: sprint planning, release management, and shipping to deadline against an aggressive ramp.
• Proven ability to hire and build a high-performing team quickly.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of the platform across the 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 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

Engineering leadership

SaaS/API platforms

Hands-on coding

Cloud infrastructure

API gateways

OAuth

Delivery discipline

Hiring / team building

Communication

Tools

API gateways

Billing systems

OAuth

Event-driven architectures

Job description

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• Complete twelve (12) months of employment in your current position and are in good standing with regards to performance in current role before applying for another role within Bentley.
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Senior Engineering Manager

Team: Bentley Developer Platform — Platform Engineering
Location: Preference is for hybrid or office‑based in our Dublin, Ireland office. Co‑located with the platform engineering team.
Reports to: General Manager, Bentley Developer Platform
Type: Full‑time

Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager / Tech Lead to lead the engineering team building the Bentley Developer Platform — the end‑to‑end technical stack that takes a developer from sign‑up through API consumption to billing and settlement. You will own delivery of this platform and build and lead a team of approximately eight engineers across portal, infrastructure, QA, and security. This is a hands‑on engineering management role. You will run delivery and sprint planning, make technical decisions in partnership with the Principal Engineer, and remain actively involved in the code, contributing hands‑on for a meaningful portion of your time. We are looking for a delivery‑focused, technically credible leader who can both build a high‑performing team and ship a commercial‑grade platform.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end delivery of the platform across the 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 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.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with several years leading or managing engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience delivering commercial SaaS or API platform products end to end.
• Hands‑on technical credibility — able to write code, review architecture, and earn the respect of senior engineers.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, API gateways, OAuth, billing systems integration, and event‑driven architectures.
• Strong delivery discipline: sprint planning, release management, and shipping to deadline against an aggressive ramp.
• Proven ability to hire and build a high‑performing team quickly.
• Experience operating in a federated or matrixed environment with shared accountability across functions is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills across engineering, product, and cross‑functional stakeholders.

About Bentley Systems

Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner‑operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance. www.bentley.com

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bentley is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers for employment all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, religion/belief, national origin, caste, age, or any other characteristic protected by local law or unrelated to job qualifications.