[Hiring] Engineering Manager @Lokalise

Role Description

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team in our Product Engineering organization. Each of our engineering teams owns a product domain at Lokalise, from vision to delivery. Teams talk to customers, find out what they need, set their own goals and choose how to solve the problems that matter most.

AI is already part of how we build software at Lokalise, and it's changing what great engineering leadership looks like. We're looking for a leader who stays close to the work and understands how AI is changing speed, quality and engineers' day-to-day experience. You'll keep your teams focused on outcomes that matter to our customers and our business, not just on how much gets shipped.

For this role, you’ll lead our Editing Experience team. The team owns the tools linguists and reviewers use every day to translate, review and approve content at scale: the translation editor, the review and approval workflow, content management tools and the developer utilities that support them. Together with your Product Manager and Designer, you’ll own the team’s strategy and delivery end to end.

What You Will Do

• Lead, coach and develop your teams of Software Engineers.
• Stay technically close to the work without becoming a bottleneck.
• Partner with Product Managers and Designers (the Product Triad) to understand our customers deeply and take part in discovery.
• Connect engineering decisions to business impact.
• Own your teams' flow of work from start to finish.
• Lead your teams' move to AI-native engineering across the SDLC.
• Champion operational excellence.
• Own your teams' delivery: set quarterly plans, track progress against the product roadmap and help shape department-wide planning and strategy.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of recent experience as an Engineering Manager leading software engineering teams, ideally in SaaS product companies.
• A strong software engineering background, and you're still hands-on today.
• Proven people leadership: hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management and helping engineers grow into their next role.
• A strong product engineering mindset.
• Business acumen.
• Experience using engineering metrics and flow practices.
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development and agentic tools.
• Experience planning and delivering complex initiatives across several teams predictably.

It's a Plus If You Have

• Experience in the localization industry or with translation workflows.
• Experience leading engineering teams at a product company during a scale-up phase.
• Experience shipping AI-powered product features, such as LLM-based features, to customers.
• Experience managing fully remote, distributed teams.
• Familiarity with developer experience or productivity frameworks, such as SPACE or DevEx.

Benefits

• 💰 Competitive salary and employee stock options.
• 🌍 Fully remote setup with flexible working hours.
• 🏢 Co-working budget — for those days you want a change from your home office.
• 🌴 Flexible vacation policy to recharge when you need to.
• 🖥️ Home office setup budget — monitor, desk, ergonomics, whatever helps you do your best work.
• 📚 Learning & development budget to grow your skills and career.
• 🏥 Health insurance to keep you covered.
• 🧘 Wellness allowance to support your mental and physical well-being.
• 🤝 Great startup culture — remote but close-knit, with regular retreats and social events to stay connected.