Engineering Director, Developer Experience

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead, nurture, and expand a multi-team organization comprising managers and senior engineers across Infrastructure Services and Developer Tooling.

• Define and implement the vision for enhancing developer experience, which includes build, test, deployment, artifact management, internal platform functionalities, and AI-augmented developer workflows.

• Take ownership of the strategy and implementation of AI tools throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), such as AI coding assistants, AI code review and pull request automation, AI-assisted test generation, and AI engineering intelligence platforms. Promote adoption, assess impact, and ensure safe and effective deployment of these tools.

• Guarantee the availability, performance, and security of the systems that engineers rely on daily.

• Propel the advancement of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to be quicker, more reliable, self-service oriented, and secure, incorporating AI capabilities like automated triage, intelligent test selection, and AI-assisted incident response.

• Establish metrics and leverage them to drive measurable enhancements in developer productivity.

• Collaborate with security, legal, and AI leadership to formulate policies regarding AI-generated code, intellectual property and licensing, data management, model selection, and acceptable-use guidelines.

• Work alongside security, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), product engineering, architecture, and AI/ML teams to align on standards, best practices, and shared platforms.

• Manage the budget, tooling investments, and vendor relationships for the developer experience portfolio, including expenditures related to AI tools.

• Recruit, mentor, and retain outstanding engineering leaders and individual contributors.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of progressive engineering experience, including more than 5 years in engineering management and at least 2 years in a role leading managers (managing managers).

• Proven track record in building and scaling developer experience, platform engineering, or DevOps organizations within a mid-to-large engineering organization.

• Extensive, hands-on knowledge of the contemporary CI/CD and developer tooling stack: Jenkins, ArgoCD, Artifactory, or similar tools.

• Practical experience in evaluating, implementing, and assessing the impact of AI developer tools.

• A well-defined perspective on how AI transforms the SDLC and strategies to harness that value without compromising security, code quality, or developer trust.

• Strong understanding of Kubernetes, GitOps, containerization, and cloud-native deployment methodologies.

• Experience in defining and managing internal developer platforms and best practices.

• Excellent strategic thinking, combined with a readiness to delve into technical decisions when necessary.

• Strong communication skills and executive presence; capable of influencing across engineering and collaborating with security, compliance, legal, and product leadership.

• A demonstrated commitment to developer empathy, self-service, and minimizing operational toil.

🏝️ Benefits

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Flexible time off

• Paid company holidays and paid sick time

• Gender-neutral parental leave

• Grandparent leave

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match

• Life and disability insurance

• Health and dependent care FSA

• Voluntary benefits (hospital, accident, critical illness)

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• ARAG pre-paid legal

• Nationwide pet insurance

• Cancer Care program

• Global business travel medical insurance

• Home office allowance

• Mobile phone reimbursement

• Wellness coach

• Wellness/gym reimbursement

• Fertility coverage

• Adoption & surrogacy reimbursement