Join our AI-first team, where we're building a next-generation platform that runs AI agents to do real engineering work. Our systems reason, use tools, and act on production environments safely and at scale, making complex workflows trustworthy and reliable. We are seeking professionals passionate about building exceptional user experiences and eager to collaborate with an international team of experts to shape how people interact with autonomous agents in a globally leading product.
Possible locations: Linz, Klagenfurt, Vienna, Graz and Gdansk
Are you a leader who combines a passion for great products with a passion for growing great engineers? We're looking for a Team Engineering Lead to guide a high-impact team owning both what the team builds and how the team grows, in an AI-native world. You'll partner closely with Product Managers, Product Architecture, and cross-functional teams to shape the roadmap, deliver on commitments, and embed modern AI tooling and agentic ways of working into everyday engineering.
We are looking for a visionary engineering leader who is eager to drive technical execution and champion an AI-first development culture. In this role, you will lead a talented team, owning both strategic roadmap delivery and the growth of your engineers.
Lead and line-manage a high-performing engineering team: Lead and line-manage a team of approximately 10–15 Software Engineers, owning end-to-end delivery, timelines, quality, and production releases while driving hiring, team scaling, and organizational growth initiatives.
Own roadmaps and priorities: Drive the team's roadmap and backlog by translating product vision into actionable plans, balancing technical trade-offs, and representing the team's direction to stakeholders across departments.
Drive agile execution and strategic alignment: Drive daily execution with modern agile practices (Scrum/Kanban) to set clear goals, manage dependencies, remove blockers, and align roadmap execution with company strategy.
Champion an AI-first engineering culture: Promote an AI-first culture by introducing AI-driven SDLC practices, agentic systems, and LLM tooling that measurably accelerate how your team designs, builds, and ships.
Foster career progression and technical excellence: Lead, mentor, and grow the engineering team, taking direct responsibility for professional development, promotions, and comprehensive compensation planning.
The ideal candidate is an experienced leader with a strong software engineering background and a proven track record of managing agile delivery. You possess a passion for mentoring others, and are comfortable guiding teams through ambiguity with excellent communication skills.
Proven leadership and people management experience: Bring 3+ years of experience leading and growing engineering teams, including responsibility for career development, performance, hiring, and coaching.
Strong software engineering foundation: Maintain a solid technical background in software engineering that informs daily technical judgment and enables you to foster technical excellence within the team.
Strategic roadmap and backlog ownership: Demonstrate experience owning a product backlog or roadmap, with a strong ability to break down high-level requirements into actionable delivery plans while balancing trade-offs.
Hands-on expertise in AI-driven development: Have hands-on experience or familiarity with AI-driven development, including agentic systems, LLM tooling, and context infrastructure such as MCP, RAG, or knowledge bases.
Agile delivery and ambiguity management: Show fluency with modern agile frameworks (Scrum/Kanban) and a proven ability to operate and make decisions in ambiguous environments to keep the team moving forward.
- A one-product software company creating real value for the largest enterprises and millions of end customers globally, striving for a world where software works perfectly.
- Working with the latest technologies and at the forefront of innovation in tech on scale; but also, in other areas like marketing, design, or research.
- A team that thinks outside the box, welcomes unconventional ideas, and pushes boundaries.
- An environment that fosters innovation, enables creative collaboration, and allows you to grow.
- A globally unique and tailor-made career development program recognizing your potential, promoting your strengths, and supporting you in achieving your career goals.
- A truly international mindset that is being shaped by the diverse personalities, expertise, and backgrounds of our global team.
- For this position we offer exclusive relocation support to our R&D Headquarters in Linz , ranked among the top seven most sustainable cities in the world, where cutting-edge innovation intersects with an exceptional quality of life and affordable living costs! Click this link to find out more
Due to legal reasons, we are obliged to list a salary range for this position, which is € 74,000 up to € 112,000 gross per year based on full-time employment (38.5 h/week). We’ve listed the salary range for transparency, but if your experience and skills bring unique value, we’d still love to hear from you—please apply even if you’re outside the range.
Dynatrace provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We actively foster an inclusive workplace that celebrates differences and promotes accessibility, collaboration, and growth for all.
