Engineering Manager | Platform

Meet DeepL

DeepL is a global communications platform powered by Language AI. Since 2017, we’ve been on a mission to break down language barriers. Our human‑sounding translations and intelligent writing suggestions are designed with enterprise security in mind. Today, they enable over 100,000 businesses to transform communications, reach new markets, and improve productivity, while empowering millions of individuals worldwide to make sense of the world and express their ideas.

What sets us apart

Our blend of modern technology, competitive benefits, and an open, welcoming work culture enables our people to thrive. We are dedicated to innovation and employee well‑being, and our products have helped countless people worldwide.

Meet the team behind this journey

You will lead the Olympus Platform team, the engine room responsible for the internal developer platform that powers DeepL. Your team builds and runs the foundational compute and storage layers—specifically Kubernetes and Ceph clusters—that support products used by over 100 million people worldwide. We manage over 10,000 pods across 1,000+ nodes in a hybrid environment, working closely with the Data Center Operations team and driving our strategic expansion into AWS.

Engineering Manager (Must be based in UK)

Your responsibilities

• Inspire, develop, recruit, and motivate a platform engineering team, conducting regular 1:1s to set individual development plans and fostering a healthy, non‑retaliatory feedback culture.
• Support the team in taking responsibility for AWS and advancing our hybrid cloud strategy, helping them upskill in cloud technologies where knowledge is currently limited.
• Identify priorities and \”clean house\” by reducing unstructured work and bringing more structure to projects, which brings assurance and stability to the team.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to represent the platform\’s capabilities and ensure the timely delivery of new services while maintaining existing ones.
• Participate in roughly 30% hands‑on work, contributing to tech reviews, system design discussions, and code reviews to support team members.
• Support the team by participating in a humane on‑call offering and enabling them to balance planned roadmap work with unplanned tasks.
• Partner with Infrastructure Operations leadership to oversee the team’s strategy, quarterly goals, and technical roadmap.

Skills & Qualities we look for

• Track record of successfully leading and scaling a Platform, DevOps, or SRE team.
• High degree of hands‑on technical experience in platform development and architecture, having spent several years as a senior engineer.
• Expertise with Kubernetes (cloud‑managed and on‑premise) and ideally experience with Ceph storage systems.
• Experience with AWS, on‑prem infrastructure, Terraform, ACK, ArgoCD, and Harbor.
• Pragmatic problem solver who enjoys navigating both technical and non‑technical challenges associated with engineering management.
• Ability to identify tactical and strategic priorities to help navigate the team through a long request list and achieve long‑term objectives.

Don’t be put off if you meet most but not all of these areas—we’d still love to hear from you.

What we offer

• Diverse and internationally distributed team: a community of more than 90 nationalities across the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the US, and Japan.
• Open communication, regular feedback: clear, honest communication and a culture of empathy and growth mindset.
• Hybrid work, flexible hours: a hybrid schedule with office presence twice a week, flexible hours, and trust in productivity.
• Virtual Shares: every employee receives Virtual Shares, linking your contribution directly to DeepL’s growth.
• Regular in‑person team events: local gatherings, new‑joiner onboardings, and company‑wide events that bring everyone together.
• Monthly full‑day hacking sessions: Hack Fridays for passion projects and cross‑team collaboration.
• 30 days of annual leave: robust vacation policy plus access to mental health resources.
• Competitive benefits: tailored benefits that reflect the diversity of our global team.

We are an equal opportunity employer

You are welcome at DeepL for who you are—we appreciate authenticity here. Our product is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all succeed, contribute, and think forward! Bring us your personal experience, perspectives, and background. It’s in our diversity that we will find the power to break down language barriers in the world.