Dermot Dooley
I'm a Senior Engineering Manager based in Dublin.
For the past 15 years I've built software teams that are developers enjoy working in, and that deliver according to a shared plan.
Get the people right and the engineering follows.
• Thirteen years at CarTrawler, from front-end developer to Senior Engineering Manager, including a stint running the whole department as Interim Director of Engineering.
• The part I like most is the people. I manage managers, lead multiple teams, and spend most of my energy making sure engineers are supported, challenged, and able to do their best work. Happy teams build better products.
• Day to day that means aligning roadmaps to company strategy, removing blockers, and making sure what we ship grows the business.
• I started out writing code, and it still helps. I know what engineers need, what frustrates them, and what good work looks like.
• For how I operate under pressure, my strengths, and my growth areas, see my Leadership Profile, built on a Hogan Leadership Assessment.
Recommendations
What colleagues say about working with me
“Over 10 years at CarTrawler, I’ve had the opportunity to see Dermot grow into a highly capable engineering leader with broad organisational impact. He offers a rare blend of technical credibility, strategic thinking and people-centred leadership. Any organisation seeking to evolve and strengthen its engineering capability would benefit greatly from his leadership.”
Deirdre Monaghan
Head of Portfolio Governance @ CarTrawler
Worked together for 10+ years“I couldn't recommend Dermot highly enough from my time working with him in Cartrawler. His technical expertise and product knowledge meant you could always go to him in confidence knowing he could support and guide you. Encouragement and openness are the 2 words that immediately stick out for me from my time reporting to him as a DX engineering manager! He is a leader who takes accountability and never shies away.”
Gary Fox
Developer Experience Engineering Manager @ CarTrawler
Reported to Dermot“Dermot brings an enormous creativity to everything that he does - he is a natural born innovator, always seeking to find new ways to elevate our ways of working and solve for important problems that others may have missed. Enormously popular with his colleagues and inspiring in his approach, Dermot is both a very strong 'people first' manager but also an extremely impressive engineer, well able to grasp in-depth technical details and recommend practical routes forward.”
Jim Killeen
Senior Software Engineering Manager @ CarTrawler
Colleague at CarTrawler🏢 Experience
13 years at CarTrawler, developer to Director.
🌟 Leadership Style
Hogan assessment insights, strengths, and development focus.
🎓 Education
MSc Creative Digital Media (TU Dublin). BSc Computer Programming (IADT).
Get in touch
Hiring for a senior engineering leadership role, or just want to talk shop? Email me.
More about me
When I'm not managing engineering teams I'm with my wife and two boys, attempting golf, or riding a motorcycle across Europe.
