OverviewLead a distributed team of ~12 engineers in the Chat platform within Elastic's Agents and Context group.
You will own the Chat roadmap delivery, align with PM and Tech Lead, and ensure timely, high-quality releases.
You'll hire, coach, and manage performance while shaping team processes for an async-first, diverse organization.
This role combines people leadership with hands-on product delivery in a fast-moving AI and search-focused environment.
You'll work to make conversational AI reliable, grounded, and scalable for customers at scale.
Compensaciones / Beneficioscompetitive pay
health coverage for you and family
versátil locations and schedules
generous vacation days
donation matching up to $****
volunteer hours (up to 40 hours/year)
ResponsabilidadesOwn delivery of the Chat roadmap and milestones; assess risks and ensure predictable shipping
Run end-to-end hiring: job descriptions, interviews, sourcing, onboarding
Coach and develop engineers with 1:1s, clear expectations, feedback
Conduct performance management: promotions, development plans, addressing underperformance
Collaborate with Tech Lead, PM, data science, UX,



and other teams on priorities and quality signals
Improve team processes (planning, async communication, release, on-call) via consensus and clear writing
Represent the team to leadership and stakeholders
Requisitos principalesProven track record as an engineering manager for software teams (hiring, coaching, promotions, performance management)
Experience delivering large multi-team initiatives in a distributed, async-first environment
Hands-on software engineering experience as a senior contributor with TS/Node/React stack and Elasticsearch-backed systems
Familiarity with LLM applications (RAG, agents, tool use, evaluation, prompt/context engineering)
Experience with Elasticsearch, Kibana, search and information retrieval (plus)
Product sense and ability to set and communicate priorities in ambiguous environments
Excellent written and verbal communication; concise long-form writing; empathetic, calm leadership
leadership
coaching
clear communication
TypeScript
Node.js
React

📌 Senior Engineering Manager (España)
🏢 Elastic
📍 España