Engineering Manager, Enterprise Platform

Retool•San Francisco, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Retool is building the platform that makes it safe to ship custom software for critical business operations. As AI tools proliferate, the risk of shipping ungoverned software grows. Retool's platform allows companies to build with any AI tool and deploy into a unified system that connects to business data, enforces enterprise policies, and enables reuse of shared components. The platform aims to reduce the cost of building software while addressing the challenge of governing it. Over 100 million hours of work have been automated on the platform, allowing users to focus on strategic tasks. The company empowers individuals closest to a problem to build safe software solutions within enterprise guardrails.

Requirements

2+ years of experience successfully leading and managing engineering teams.
Strong technical judgment; ability to navigate codebase and engage deeply in design and architecture decisions.
A track record of setting technical direction and delivering complex projects that improve customer outcomes and support business growth.
Platform instincts: ability to identify common needs across customers and build scalable foundations that support multiple products and use cases.
Sound judgment when balancing delivery speed, reliability, security, and long-term maintainability.
Experience coaching engineers, managing performance, and recruiting and building strong teams.
A propensity to operate as a business owner, caring deeply about customers, product, and team.
Comfort navigating ambiguity, making decisions with incomplete information, and holding yourself and others accountable.
Clear, direct communication and the ability to partner effectively across engineering, product, design, and go-to-market teams.

Responsibilities

Lead a fullstack team building capabilities for enterprise adoption, deployment, and scaling of Retool.
Partner with Product and Design to define team strategy and roadmap, linking technical investments to customer needs and business impact.
Guide technical design and architecture for access controls, auditability, admin experiences, and integrations.
Help the platform evolve to support AI agents and autonomous workflows, ensuring infrastructure and controls keep pace with new demands.
Drive execution from scoping through launch and iteration, making tradeoffs, resolving dependencies, and maintaining high standards for security, reliability, and quality.
Work directly with customers and go-to-market partners to understand enterprise requirements and translate them into reusable platform capabilities.
Support engineers through continuous feedback, coaching, growth opportunities, and clear performance expectations.
Build processes to improve delivery and cross-team collaboration, and partner with Recruiting to grow a diverse team of exceptional engineers.