Engineering Manager, Developer Platform

Airtable’s Developer Platform team ensures our engineers can ship features quickly, reliably, and securely by providing the infrastructure, tooling, and best practices needed for modern software development. As the Engineering Manager of this team, you will own the vision and roadmap for developer experience at Airtable, leading a dedicated group of platform engineers focused on scaling our internal systems to support an ever-evolving product suite.

Learn more about our Engineering team and values here.

What You’ll Do

• Mentor and Grow: Recruit, lead, and inspire a team of senior/staff engineers to deliver robust developer tools, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based infrastructure.
• People Development: Conduct performance reviews, create career development plans, and foster a culture of continuous learning and collaboration.

• Set the Vision: Own the roadmap for our developer platform—integrating CI/CD improvements, build automation, and tooling into a cohesive strategy.
• Stay Current: Continuously evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and best practices to evolve our developer experience in line with industry trends.

• Architect for Scale: Oversee the design and evolution of our build and release pipelines, ensuring low lead times and high reliability.
• Automate & Optimize: Drive initiatives to automate workflows, detect flaky tests, and implement robust quality gates, increasing release velocity without compromising stability.

• Partner with Stakeholders: Work closely with product, infrastructure, and security teams to align on priorities and ensure platform projects meet business needs.
• Communicate Impact: Translate complex technical strategies into measurable outcomes and clear action plans for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Who You Are

• Platform & DevOps Expertise: 7+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on building and operating developer platforms, CI/CD pipelines, or cloud infrastructures.
• Management Experience: 2+ years managing high-performing engineering teams, with a track record of mentoring senior-level engineers.
• Hands-On Knowledge: Familiar with modern DevOps toolchains (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• Visionary: Capable of setting long-term technical strategies that boost productivity across the entire engineering org.
• Collaborative Communicator: Skilled at building trust across teams, with the ability to balance technical trade-offs and business priorities.
• Data-Driven: Comfortable using metrics (build success rates, deployment times, developer NPS) to inform decision-making and optimize systems.

Airtable is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and strive to create a workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any characteristic protected by applicable federal and state laws, regulations and ordinances. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant. 

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