Engineering Manager (Applications - AI)
NewsWhip is the leading provider of predictive media intelligence, tracking and predicting engagement with the world’s news stories each day. Our platform is used each day by journalists at hundreds of top tier publications, and communications professionals at all 10 of the top 10 global PR agencies, dozens of international brands, and NGOs, international organisations and not-for-profits. As an Irish company, our product and engineering functions are central to our business. This presents a great opportunity to directly input into what we build and how we build it. There is a direct link between your work, our customers and the continued success of NewsWhip.
We're seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead two multi-disciplinary feature teams delivering NewsWhip's ambitious AI roadmap. As a key member of our product delivery team, you'll work closely with Product and UX leaders to shape and execute our AI strategy while managing diverse engineering teams that bring innovative solutions to life.
Responsibilities:
Product & Strategy Leadership
Partner deeply with Product and UX leads as part of the core product delivery triad (Design, PM, Engineering) working together to explore opportunities
Actively contribute to product strategy and roadmap planning, providing technical perspective and feasibility assessment
Drive feature definition and scope through close collaboration with Product Management and UX Design
Balance customer needs, technical constraints, and business goals to make informed product decisions
Proactively identify and communicate emerging AI technology opportunities that align with business goals and customer needs, helping shape the product vision through technical innovation
Facilitate discovery sessions and technical spikes to validate approaches and identify risks early
Team Leadership
Lead and mentor two cross-functional engineering teams (~8/9 engineers) across Backend, Frontend, Data Platform, and DS/ML disciplines
Foster a collaborative environment where Engineering, Product, and UX work seamlessly together
Drive engineering excellence while ensuring alignment with product goals and timelines
Manage team performance, career development, and growth
Own team metrics, capacity planning, and resource allocation
Ensure delivery plans, team structure, and engineering outputs consistently align with business objectives and product goals, maintaining focus on measurable customer and business impact
Requirements:
5+ years of engineering experience with 2+ years in engineering management
Strong track record of partnership with Product Management and UX teams
Experience leading product discovery and solution design processes
Proven ability to influence product strategy through technical leadership
Strong technical background with experience in either Backend Development, Data Engineering, or Machine Learning
Experience managing diverse technical teams and coordinating cross-functional initiatives
Understanding of modern AI/ML technologies, cloud platforms, and software architecture
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Experience with agile methodologies and modern software development practices
Proven ability to mentor and develop engineering talent
Technical expertise in several of:
Large Language Models and their APIs
Vector databases (ChromaDB, Pinecone, Weaviate, etc.)
Embedding models and similarity search
RAG architectures
Prompt engineering and management
AI evaluation and testing frameworks
LLMOps tools and practices
Nice to have:
Experience with AI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, etc.)
Background in media analytics or content intelligence
Knowledge of semantic search and content retrieval
Experience with real-time AI systems
Experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred)
Previous startup or high-growth company experience
Benefits:
Competitive salary
Health insurance
Bonus for individual and team performance
Pension
Great working environment - remote first or hybrid model
An opportunity to help define an entirely new industry category
Excellent opportunity to grow in one of Dublin’s fastest growing home-grown companies
Our ethos:
We believe in maintaining a friendly work environment, a healthy work-life balance, and compensating our employees fairly for their input. You’ll be part of a team that believes in mutual support and education, and for a company where a work week isn’t just the gap between weekends, but an opportunity to do work that is impactful and innovative. We also love eating and socializing together, annual and seasonal company and team retreats, healthy and unhealthy snacks and other perks.