Engineering Manager: Automation & AI Workflows

Retool; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Hybrid work location

Job summary

Retool is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the Automation team, expanding Retool beyond internal apps into end-to-end process orchestration. You will drive workflows, integrations, and AI-driven agents, balancing rapid experimentation with architectural soundness.

Collaborate with Product, Design, and GTM partners to translate customer needs into scalable automation, ensuring reliability and trusted production systems.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience managing engineering teams.
• Ability to navigate codebases and contribute to design discussions.
• Track record delivering complex systems, esp. workflows and integrations.
• Strong product intuition and ability to align technical work with customer needs.
• Perspective on AI-driven automation and production readiness.
• Judgment balancing speed, reliability, and maintainability.
• Experience coaching engineers and recruiting; business ownership mindset.
• Ability to communicate clearly across engineering, product, design, and GTM teams.
• Comfort with ambiguity and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a fullstack team building Retool’s automation capabilities.
• Define the team's strategy and roadmap with Product and Design.
• Oversee architecture across workflow execution, state management, and integrations.
• Guide AI agent production, including autonomy and human oversight.
• Drive end-to-end delivery from scoping to launch and iteration.
• Engage with customers to understand processes and translate into automation.
• Support engineers with feedback, growth opportunities, and performance expectations.
• Partner with Recruiting to grow a diverse engineering team.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Technical judgment

System design

Product instincts

AI-driven automation

Cross-functional collaboration

People coaching

Recruiting

Ambiguity navigation

Communication

Job description

Retool is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the Automation team, expanding Retool beyond internal apps into end-to-end process orchestration. You will drive workflows, integrations, and AI-driven agents, balancing rapid experimentation with architectural soundness.

Collaborate with Product, Design, and GTM partners to translate customer needs into scalable automation, ensuring reliability and trusted production systems.