Senior Engineering Manager chez Amadeus

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to guide our Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) team. In this role, you will carry out the vision, implementation, and continuous improvement of internal platforms that support our engineering teams in building, deploying, and operating software efficiently at scale.
You will play an important leadership role, combining technical knowledge with effective people management, and fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented engineering culture. Your guidance will help improve developer productivity, platform reliability, and engineering speed across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Guidance & Development
  Support and grow a team of engineers focused on internal developer tools, platforms, and automation. Encourage collaboration, ownership, continuous learning, and development. Conduct regular check-ins and career development conversations.

• Technical Direction
  Guide architectural decisions and provide hands-on support for scalable internal platforms including continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, developer portals, infrastructure automation, service discovery, and monitoring tools.

• Platform Strategy & Collaboration
  Work with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product, Security, Operations) to define and prioritize platform capabilities that improve developer workflows and platform reliability.

• Process & Culture Building
  Promote best practices in software engineering, DevOps, and agile methodologies. Use metrics and feedback to measure platform adoption, performance, and developer satisfaction.

• Innovation & Evolution
  Keep up with industry trends and emerging technologies to evolve platform capabilities and tooling to meet current and future engineering needs.

Qualifications

• Experience
  Extensive experience in software engineering (typically 14+ years), including at least 3 years in a leadership role managing platform or infrastructure teams.

• Technical Skills
  Strong foundation in internal developer platforms, CI/CD systems, cloud infrastructure (Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure), container orchestration (Kubernetes), infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible), and developer tooling.

• Leadership Abilities
  Ability to support and grow high-performing teams. Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Problem Solving
  Experience solving complex technical challenges and improving developer workflows at scale.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  Experience working with product managers, security, and operations teams to deliver impactful platform solutions.

Additional Experience (Helpful)

• Experience in large-scale Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or enterprise environments

• Understanding of microservices architecture and service mesh

• Experience with site reliability engineering (SRE) practices

• Interest in improving developer experience and internal community building

What we can offer you

• 🎯 A critical mission and purpose - At Amadeus, you will power the future of travel with a critical mission and extraordinary purpose. 

• 🌎 A truly global DNA - Everything at Amadeus is global, from our people to our business, which translates into our footprint, processes, and culture. 

• 🎓 Great opportunities to learn - Learning happens all the time and in many ways at Amadeus, from on-the-job training to formal activities, and daily interactions. 

• 🤗 A caring environment – Amadeus fosters a caring environment that supports both professional growth and personal well-being. 

• 💰 A complete rewards offer - Amadeus provides attractive compensation packages, including salary, bonus, caregiving and health benefits. 

• 🌈 A diverse, equitable, and inclusive community – We are committed to enabling each employee to reach their full potential by fostering a culture of belonging and fair treatment. 

• 📈 A Reliable Company - Trust and reliability are fundamental to shaping our relationships with customers, partners, and employees. 

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