Manager, API Practice Engineering

The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the international organization for public-private cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Why we are recruiting The Forum is building world-leading digital collaboration platforms, knowledge and data tools, and digital event experiences for our constituents.

As part of the evolution of our engineering operating model, durable product teams own delivery while horizontal practices safeguard the craft. We are looking for a Practice Engineer to lead the API platform practice across product streams: setting the standards and staying hands-on in real engineering work. In this model, the principle earns its authority through artefacts — standards and paved paths.

You will be the steward of architectural coherence and engineering excellence for your platform across all product teams. Reporting Lines & Interactions Part of the Forum IT Team, the Practice Engineer reports to the Head of Engineering. You will work across product teams in partnership with Engineering Managers — coaching engineers through weekly office hours, code reviews and RFC reviews — and sit on hiring loops as the technical-bar interviewer.

You will also collaborate with the IT Systems & IT Security teams on infrastructure stability and security, and with fellow Practice Engineers in the architecture council. The successful candidate will be