Senior Engineering Manager (Search and Retrieval)

Workato is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for Enterprise Retrieval to lead the team building the retrieval layer that grounds Workato's enterprise AI agents. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of engineering management experience, including 2+ years managing managers or running teams of 8+ engineers, and a demonstrated track record of shipping non-trivial systems to production. The role requires strong hiring skills, comfort operating with ambiguity, and a working understanding of modern retrieval and applied AI.

Requirements

• 5+ years of engineering management experience
• 2+ years managing managers or running teams of 8+ engineers
• Demonstrated track record of shipping non-trivial systems to production
• Strong hiring track record
• Comfort operating with ambiguity, shaping strategy, and partnering with Product on what to build (not just how)
• Hands-on engineering background earlier in your career
• Working understanding of modern retrieval and applied AI
• Familiarity with the surrounding stack: distributed systems, search engines, vector stores, cloud platforms, CI/CD, and observability
• Intuition for enterprise data realities — heterogeneous content, ACL/permission models, freshness constraints, and the governance bar that enterprise security teams expect

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Dynamic work environment
• Vibrant work environment
• Multyple benefits