Engineering Manager, Automations

About this role

Lead the team building Retool’s automation capabilities, including workflows, integrations, and AI-driven agents. Set technical direction and partner with Product, Design, customers, and go-to-market teams to deliver reliable automation systems and grow the engineering team.

About the company

Retool is a software development company that provides a platform for building internal tools rapidly. They serve various industries by enabling businesses to create custom applications tailored to their operational needs.

The team

Retool’s Automation team

What you'll do

• Lead a full-stack team building workflows, integrations, and AI-driven agents
• Set team strategy and roadmap with Product and Design
• Guide architecture for workflow execution, state management, integrations, observability, and reliability
• Shape production AI agent capabilities for autonomous execution, human oversight, debugging, and recovery
• Drive delivery from scoping through launch and iteration
• Work with customers to turn complex processes into reusable automation capabilities
• Coach engineers, manage performance, and support recruiting and team growth

What we're looking for

• At least 2 years of experience leading and managing engineering teams
• Strong technical judgment and ability to engage deeply in design and architecture
• Track record setting technical direction and delivering complex systems
• Strong product instincts and ability to connect technical decisions to customer needs
• Point of view on making AI-driven automation dependable in production
• Experience coaching engineers, managing performance, recruiting, and building teams
• Comfort with ambiguity, accountability, and cross-functional communication

Nice to have

• Experience with workflows, distributed systems, integrations, or developer-facing products