Engineering Manager, Design Systems & UI Platform

Elastic; Portugal; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Elastic in Portugal is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead Global UX. You will manage the engineering team responsible for the company UI (EUI) design system and shared infrastructure, ensuring accessibility, quality, and consistency across Elastic products.

Work closely with the Tech Lead, Design leadership and Product Management to define roadmaps, hire and grow engineers, and deliver a dependable delivery cadence in a fully distributed, async‑first environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading design system or platform teams.
• Ability to balance long-term investments with ongoing requests.
• Ability to create a dependable delivery schedule for the organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow a team of engineers responsible for building and maintaining the company UI (EUI) and other shared design system infrastructure across Global UX.
• Own the team's delivery cadence - sprint planning, quarterly roadmap, outcomes, and status reporting to stakeholders across the company.
• Run hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career growth for engineers on the team.
• Build strong team culture and health in a fully distributed, async-first environment.
• Represent Global UX in cross-functional planning with other engineering, design, and product leadership across the company.
• Remove blockers for the team: negotiate dependencies with other teams, address organizational friction, and *escalate risks early.*
• Track adoption and health metrics for the design system (usage, satisfaction, migration progress) and use them to inform

Job description

Elastic in Portugal is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead Global UX. You will manage the engineering team responsible for the company UI (EUI) design system and shared infrastructure, ensuring accessibility, quality, and consistency across Elastic products.

Work closely with the Tech Lead, Design leadership and Product Management to define roadmaps, hire and grow engineers, and deliver a dependable delivery cadence in a fully distributed, async‑first environment.