Software Engineering Manager - Global UX - Applications - Platform at elastic

The role

As the Engineering Manager for Global UX, you will lead the team responsible for Elastic UI, the company's design system and React component library. You will partner with technical leads and product management to oversee people development, roadmaps, and the delivery of shared UI patterns.

What you'll do

• Manage and grow a team of engineers building Elastic UI and shared infrastructure
• Own the delivery cadence including sprint planning and quarterly roadmap outcomes
• Lead hiring onboarding performance management and career growth for the team
• Foster a strong team culture in a fully distributed async-first environment
• Represent Global UX in cross-functional planning with engineering and product leadership
• Track adoption and health metrics to inform design system roadmap priorities

What you'll bring

• Experience managing engineering teams for design systems or shared UI infrastructure
• Proven track record running delivery cadences and roadmapping for internal stakeholders
• Working knowledge of React TypeScript and frontend component architecture
• Experience hiring and developing engineers into senior professional roles
• Strong communication skills for working in a distributed asynchronous environment

Your impact

You will ensure Elastic products remain consistent and high-quality by providing a dependable delivery schedule for the design system. Your leadership will balance long-term foundational investments with immediate product needs while helping the team adopt innovative AI-assisted design-to-code workflows.