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Agentic AI-Driven Developer Platform Strategy and Implementation - Director

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 May 2026

💰 $300,000/yr($170,000/yr – $300,000/yr)

About the role

We are seeking a senior technology leader to build and scale a developer Platform (IDP) with a strong focus on AI-driven test environment management. As Director, you will own the enterprise strategy, governance, and operational integrity of all non-production environments (Dev, QA, UAT, Performance, Pre-Prod) in a highly regulated financial services environment.

You will drive a platform-as-a-product mindset, enabling self-service capabilities, improving developer experience (DevEx), and leveraging Agentic AI to automate the lifecycle of test environments. This role is critical in accelerating software delivery while maintaining strict compliance, security, and operational resilience standards.

Key Responsibilities

Platform & Architecture Leadership

Architect and evolve the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) with self-service, secure-by-default, and observable capabilities
Build Test Environment as a Service (TEaaS) for on-demand, production-like environments
Establish platform SLAs, adoption metrics, and continuous feedback mechanisms

AI-Driven Environment Management

Design and implement Agentic AI solutions to automate provisioning, scaling, optimization, and retirement of test environments
Enable intelligent scheduling, reuse, and cost-aware scaling based on demand
Ensure AI actions are auditable, policy-bound, and compliant

Environment Strategy & Governance

Define enterprise-wide strategy for lower environment management across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid ecosystems
Establish standards for provisioning, configuration, refresh cycles, and decommissioning
Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, and audit requirements

Operational Excellence

Lead global engineering teams managing environment provisioning, stability, and support
Implement observability, incident management, and reliability practices
Reduce risks related to configuration drift, environment inconsistency, and manual processes

DevOps Enablement

Partner with Engineering, QA, and Release teams to enable CI/CD pipelines and automated provisioning
Remove environment bottlenecks to support parallel development and testing at scale
Drive test data strategy, including synthetic data generation using AI

Cloud & Cost Optimization

Promote cloud-native architectures and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
Optimize utilization through lifecycle automation, right-sizing, and environment reuse
Balance self-service autonomy with governance and operational control

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Lead and develop high-performing global teams (FTE + vendors)
Define workforce strategy, career development, and performance management
Serve as the senior point of accountability for environment readiness and risk
Partner with Architecture, Security, Risk, and Business stakeholders

Qualifications

Required

15+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, or technology operations
5+ years leading enterprise-scale engineering teams
Proven expertise in managing development and test environments at scale
Strong experience with cloud platforms, automation, and CI/CD ecosystems
Experience operating in regulated environments (financial services preferred)

Preferred

Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) or platform engineering models
Exposure to AI/ML or Agentic AI implementations in operations
Knowledge of test data management and synthetic data generation
Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

What You’ll Bring

Strategic leadership with hands-on technical depth
Strong focus on developer experience, automation, and innovation
Ability to balance speed, cost, and risk in complex enterprise environments
Track record of driving transformation through modern engineering practices (Agile, DevOps, AI)

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