Offer summary

Qualifications:

10+ years in software development, with 5+ years in API development/management., 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams with a strong mentoring record., Expertise in RESTful APIs, security, versioning, and best practices., Strong Agile experience and excellent stakeholder communication skills..

Key responsabilities:

Lead and manage a high-performing team of engineers focused on public APIs.

Define and drive API strategy aligned with customer needs and business goals.

Architect and design scalable, secure, high-performance API services.

Report progress of API initiatives to senior leadership and manage on-call rotations for critical API services.

Job description

Smartsheet is a tech company with a human story to tell. We’re here to empower teams to manage projects, automate workflows, and rapidly build new secure solutions, using simple no-code tools. We’re revolutionaries – so for us changing the way the world works is all in a day’s work.

As a global leader in Collaborative Work Management and with a market cap of $10bn we’ve experienced incredible growth in EMEA, expanding from 1 team and 3 engineers in 2018 to 9 teams with over 80 engineers in 2025. As we expand into Bulgaria, we are seeking a Senior Manager, Public APIs to lead a team focused on the development and growth of our public API offerings, allowing our customers to integrate Smartsheet with other enterprise tools and create custom workflows to improve productivity.

You will report to the Engineering Director, based in Bulgaria and can work remotely in Bulgaria.

You Will:

Lead and manage a high-performing team of engineers responsible for building and maintaining Smartsheet’s public APIs.
Define and drive API strategy aligned with customer needs and business goals.
Architect and design scalable, secure, high-performance API services.
Foster collaboration across engineering teams to improve integration experiences.
Develop best practices for API development and ensure platform robustness.
Own the API lifecycle from design to ongoing maintenance and uptime.
Mentor engineers and build a strong, cohesive, and high-performing team.
Report progress of API initiatives to senior leadership.
Manage on-call rotations for critical API services.
What You Will Achieve in Your First 360 Days:
First 30 days: Understand API infrastructure and team projects, meet stakeholders.
60–90 days: Optimize team performance and introduce best practices.
6 months: Deliver high-impact API features with measurable value.
360 days: Position Smartsheet as a leader in the API ecosystem

You Have:

10+ years in software development, 5+ in API development/management.
5+ years managing engineering teams with a strong mentoring record.
Expertise in RESTful APIs, security, versioning, and best practices.
Proven experience in scalable architecture and cloud-based systems.
Strong Agile experience and stakeholder communication skills.
Passion for leadership and mentoring.
Eligibility to work in Bulgaria long-term

Why Should You Join Us?

Lead critical API projects that drive integrations and productivity.
Influence and innovate Smartsheet’s evolving API ecosystem.
Gain leadership opportunities in a high-growth company.
Work in a supportive, inclusive environment where your voice matters.

Get to Know Us:

At Smartsheet, we’ve created a place where everyone is welcome — people from all over the world, all backgrounds, all ages, all colors, and all beliefs working side by side. Here, everyone can make a difference and empower others to do the same. You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match our job description—if your career path has been nontraditional, that will set you apart. At Smartsheet, we empower everyone, everywhere to change the way the world works—join us!

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Smartsheet is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment with the best employees. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants in accordance with applicable laws in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, Costa Rica, Japan, Bulgaria, and India. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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