Senior Engineering Manager - Databricks & Azure Platform

Acuity; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity Inc. in Cork is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to join the Digital Center of Excellence and lead a team building and operating the Azure and Databricks foundation used by data engineering, analytics, and AI teams.

You will lead people, set technical direction, and own delivery across development, test, and production environments, ensuring security, reliability, and cost-conscious operations at scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering or cloud/platform engineering.
• Demonstrated people management experience with hiring and coaching.
• Experience delivering complex, multi-stakeholder projects with strong delivery discipline.
• Hands-on background with Databricks, Azure Data Lake, cloud platforms, and DevOps.
• Strong knowledge of Git, CI/CD, observability, reliability, security, and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers, set direction, and develop talent.
• Define and drive engineering patterns for Databricks and Azure Data Lake platform capabilities.
• Own delivery planning, prioritization, and stakeholder alignment with clear commitments.
• Ensure secure identity, automation, and platform governance in collaboration with security teams.
• Oversee reliability, incident response, cost optimization, and platform upgrades.

Skills

Databricks

Azure Data Lake

Cloud platforms

DevOps

Git

CI/CD

Observability

Reliability

Security

Cost management

Leadership

Talent development

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Acuity Inc. in Cork is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to join the Digital Center of Excellence and lead a team building and operating the Azure and Databricks foundation used by data engineering, analytics, and AI teams.

You will lead people, set technical direction, and own delivery across development, test, and production environments, ensuring security, reliability, and cost-conscious operations at scale.