Sr Director, Developer Experience and Platform Engineering

In this position...

This role requires a leader who brings deep hands-on engineering experience, having personally designed, built, and operated complex systems earlier in their career, and who now applies that experience to platform strategy, architectural decision-making, and technical leadership at enterprise scale. 

The Senior Director of DXPe brings technical credibility, architectural judgment, and engineering leadership to ensure Developer Experience is a first-class engineering discipline embedded across the software lifecycle. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering experience, platform ownership, and technical decision-making, while also requiring strong leadership, collaboration, and strategic alignment across the organization. 

What you'll do...

Engineering, Platform & Code Ownership 

1. Own the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for Developer Experience platforms, including: 

• Developer portals and internal platform products 

• CI/CD pipelines and code delivery systems 

• Container-based developer and runtime environments, including orchestration and lifecycle management 

• API platforms, service templates, and established “golden paths” 

• Observability, reliability, and operational tooling 

• Lead DevX platforms as products, with: 

1. Clear ownership and accountability 

1. Roadmaps informed by real developer needs 

1. Defined reliability, security, and service expectations 

• Act as a hands-on technical leader: 

• Review architecture, designs, and system patterns 

• Apply practical engineering judgment to platform and tooling decisions