Team Overview
The Amplify Engineering team builds internal tools, platforms, and AI‑powered automation that help employees work more efficiently and at scale. The team partners across the organization—including Sales, Marketing, Engineering & Product, Customer Service & Success, and Finance—to solve real operational problems with well‑designed software.
Our work spans internal applications, third‑party integrations, interactive dashboards, CMS integrations, and robust AI systems and agents that automate repetitive tasks, surface relevant information at the right time, and help teams make better decisions. We operate in tight feedback loops with internal customers, shipping quickly, learning fast, and seeing the impact of our work immediately in how deals move faster, tickets resolve sooner, and launches go more smoothly.
How You’ll Make An Impact
Lead one or more engineering teams and help shape the technical direction for internal tools and platforms that improve efficiency, automation, and productivity.
Lead a portfolio of internal systems supporting Sales, Marketing, Customer Service & Success, R&D, and Finance, including AI‑powered workflows, internal web applications, data and event pipelines, third‑party integrations, and support tooling.
Balance technical leadership and people leadership, setting direction, modeling best practices, and enabling teams to deliver effectively through others.
Partner closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and senior stakeholders to translate organizational challenges into scalable, high‑quality software solutions.
Learn and evolve the company’s end‑to‑end internal workflows, scaling platforms and processes to support the next phase of growth.
Foster a culture of collaboration, systems thinking, technical excellence, and curiosity around new technologies, including AI.
Make a direct and visible impact on how thousands of employees get their work done every day.
Who You Are
Passionate about building software for the long term, balancing technical quality, delivery pace, and business impact.
BA or BS Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of hands‑on software development experience building and operating highly available, full‑stack SaaS products, with knowledge of modern web architectures and scalable, multi‑tenant systems.
3+ years of experience as an engineering manager, leading high‑performing teams that deliver complex, cross‑team initiatives using an agile, iterative approach.
Technically curious leader with hands‑on experience using modern AI tools and workflows (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, n8n) and an interest in applying them thoughtfully to improve productivity and outcomes.
Comfortable setting technical direction and standards, working with peers and senior leadership to evolve architecture, development practices, and shared engineering processes.
Experience owning work end‑to‑end— from design through delivery and deployment, including planning, estimation, and managing delivery risks.
Effective cross‑functional communicator, able to work closely with product, design, and business partners to align priorities and move work forward.
People‑first leader who enjoys hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and developing engineers, creating an environment where individuals and teams can grow and do their best work.
Enjoys leading teams that build internal platforms, tools, or systems that improve productivity, automation, and operational efficiency across an organization.
Questions convention, continuously improves how work gets done, and thrives in small, autonomous teams that ship early and often in close partnership with stakeholders.
Nice to Have
Experience building internal tools, platforms, or automation for developers and/or non‑technical teams.
Hands‑on experience in full‑stack environments, including diagnosing and improving application performance.
Strong practical experience using AI tools and patterns (e.g., APIs/SDKs, prompt and context design, automated or agentic workflows, RAG, and evaluation or monitoring).
Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), including infrastructure‑as‑code and containerised environments (Terraform and Kubernetes). Familiarity with GCP or Azure is a plus.
30 / 60 / 90 / 6‑12 Month Plan
30 Days: Build context across the Amplify domain by learning the teams’ areas of ownership, architecture, and core workflows. Establish trust with engineers and partners while contributing to technical discussions and trade‑off decisions.
60 Days: Assess team roadmaps and delivery practices, incorporating input from engineers and stakeholders. Align priorities with the technical direction and business goals you are helping to shape, and begin contributing to hiring and team growth.
90 Days: Improve how teams and stakeholders work by introducing or refining tools, processes, or architectural approaches. Provide technical leadership through reviews, guidance, and targeted hands‑on contributions where helpful.
6‑12 Months: Be a trusted owner of your teams’ platforms and systems, known for delivering meaningful, scalable impact. Partner closely with product and design to drive adoption of Amplify systems and evolve them to support the company’s continued growth.
Technologies We Use
Python / Django / FastAPI
TypeScript / React
MySQL / Redis / Memcached
RabbitMQ / Celery / Apache Kafka / Apache Pulsar
AWS / Terraform / Kubernetes
Location & Work Model
Role based in Dublin, Ireland. The position follows a hybrid working model. Klaviyo supports work authorization and relocation for this role.
Benefits
Base salary range: €112,000 – €168,000 EUR.
The base salary is determined by job‑related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.
Additional compensation may include participation in the annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign‑on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility.
Travel: This role may require up to 10% travel for purposes such as new hire onboarding, client or partner work if applicable, team meetings, and industry events. Travel is coordinated in advance.
Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non‑discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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