Engineering Manager - Data processing Engines

Lisbon · Porto · Berlin · Remote · Posted Oct 2, 2026

At a glance

Workato is the leading Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI — the neutral platform enterprises trust to put AI to work across their business. Workato unifies data, applications, and processes into a single platform so AI can reliably orchestrate business processes in production at enterprise scale. Built on more than a decade of running mission-critical processes for over half the Fortune 500 — including Nasdaq, Amazon, Cisco, Vodafone, Atlassian, and Lucid Motors — Workato turns over 14,000 enterprise systems AI needs to act on into one governed execution layer. For more information, visit workato.com.

Workato is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a team building core internal infrastructure and developer-facing systems, specifically focusing on evaluation engines and data processing engines.
This role sits at the intersection of project management, engineering leadership, and platform development, helping experienced engineers work effectively together and create clarity across interconnected initiatives.

Manage and develop experienced engineers with significant ownership of their technical domains, including regular 1:1s, feedback, performance management, career development, hiring, onboarding, and team health.
Work closely with Product Managers and department VP to define how products look, what to build, and delivery order.
Work with Quality Engineering and Product Security teams to deliver high-quality products while embracing new tools to shift quality and security scans left.
Own planning and operational execution across multiple engineering workstreams, creating visibility into priorities, dependencies, timelines, and resource allocation.
Help the team turn broad technical direction into an executable roadmap, identify and remove blockers, and balance new development, customer commitments, operational work, and technical debt.
Define meaningful engineering metrics and use them to identify opportunities for improvement.
Keep stakeholders informed about progress, risks, and trade-offs, and plan release and update cycles of the product.
Maintain the product and be responsible for defects triaging and mitigation.
Participate in technical discussions, review designs and architecture proposals, understand engineering trade-offs, and challenge assumptions when needed.

Significant software engineering experience before or alongside engineering management.
Experience managing senior, autonomous engineers.
A strong background in platform engineering, developer infrastructure, developer productivity, backend infrastructure, or distributed systems.
Experience with CI/CD, release engineering, developer tooling, or internal engineering platforms.
Experience owning roadmaps and delivering multi-quarter engineering initiatives.
Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and engineering practices.
Experience managing technical debt alongside product and business priorities.
Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional communication skills.
Experience hiring, coaching, and developing engineers.