Engineering Manager - Data processing Engines

Belgrade, Serbia · 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 focused on core internal infrastructure and developer-facing systems, specifically evaluation and data processing engines.
This role involves managing a technically strong, autonomous team while balancing project management, engineering leadership, and platform development responsibilities.

Manage and develop experienced engineers through 1:1s, feedback, performance management, and career development.
Create an environment that balances high autonomy with clear priorities, ownership, and accountability.
Collaborate with Product Managers and department VP to define product roadmaps and feature development.
Work with Quality Engineering and Product Security teams to deliver high-quality products and implement shift-left security practices.
Own planning and operational execution across multiple engineering workstreams.
Create visibility into priorities, dependencies, timelines, and resource allocation.
Identify and remove blockers to ensure timely delivery.
Balance new development, customer commitments, operational work, and technical debt.
Define engineering metrics to identify opportunities for process improvement.
Maintain the product, including defect triaging and mitigation.

Significant software engineering experience before or alongside engineering management.
Experience managing senior, autonomous engineers.
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.
Ability to understand complex technical discussions without needing to personally own every implementation decision.
Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional communication skills.
Experience hiring, coaching, and developing engineers.