Engineering Manager - Apps

What’s the Opportunity

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Mobile Apps team within Distilled Engineering, reporting to the Head of Engineering for DoneDeal. This role will oversee the development and delivery of Ireland’s most impactful marketplace apps—Daft, DoneDeal, and Adverts—used by 1.5 million people monthly, generating 22.9 million sessions across the platforms.

You’ll be accountable for the technology, team performance, and delivering seamless, high-quality app experiences that have earned 200k ratings with an impressive 4.68/5 average score. This is a unique opportunity to shape products that millions of people rely on every day while fostering a high-performing team culture

What will I be doing

• Partnering with Product, Sales, and Design/UX to define a vision and strategy for your team.

• Leading the execution of your team’s roadmap and pragmatically solving bumps along the way.

• Help coordinate delivery priorities, unblock teams, align solutions to our technology strategy and guide new feature development.

• Leading by example to set a culture of empowerment, accountability, and ownership throughout the engineering team.

• Monitoring team cadence and efficiency, surfacing operational insights and driving continuous improvements.

• Developing and mentoring the Engineers on your team, with a focus on career and personal growth.

What skills and experience do I need

• A track record of 2-3 years in running engineering teams, with experience in leading through ambiguity and uncertainty

• Proven experience managing iOS or Android teams, with a solid understanding of modern software development practices and architectural principles

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to set clear goals and the right context

• A results-oriented nature and passion for continuous improvement - of people, processes and technology

• Successfully recruited and retained great people and championed a team culture of development, growth and technical excellence

What’s it like to work here

You will have the opportunity to work with one of Ireland's fastest growing Internet companies. You will get the chance to create a significant contribution to our strategic direction. Projects are exciting and employees are given wide scope for creativity and innovation

Benefits - what you can expect

• Our goal is to maintain a culture where people look forward to work – whether in our centrally located office in Dublin or working from home, which is optional for all employees.

• We do that by making Distilled a place you'll be listened to and trusted to do your job. Where you can have fun, learn and feel appreciated. And where you get focused career development, growth and progression opportunities.

• We understand that the tools you have to do your job can make a difference too. So while MacBooks are our standard, we’re happy to get you the equipment you need to do your job.

• We want you to feel confident that this is the right place for you, your career, your wellbeing and your future.

• Above all, your health and wellbeing are at the forefront of how we build the business. That means looking after you while you're here and later in life. So you'll receive life insurance, fully-paid healthcare and a 5% contribution towards your pension.

More about Distilled

We exist to make buying and selling in Ireland simple.

We put our people first, creating an inclusive environment where we can develop products that put our users first. We value people’s work and time, creating a community where they have an opportunity to make an impact and grow.

Our challenge is to enhance our market-leading products using insights and empathy to present our users with the perfect match.

What we build is technology, but what we do is create connections for life’s most meaningful moments. We are Distilled and we bring people together.

Our Values

We have five core values: We have a growth mindset. We like to simplify things and make things happen. We collaborate across teams, business units and brands. We're passionate about what we do.

These values give us a framework for leadership and daily decision making. They embody how we behave and present ourselves — as individuals and as a business — both internally and externally for our colleagues, our users and our customers.

We are a diverse bunch of people here in Distilled, and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our Company. We do not discriminate based on gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race and membership of the Traveller community.