Sr. Manager Developer Experience (DevEx)

Overview

THE ROLE: 

Manager II, Developer Experience (DevEx)

The Developer Experience (DevEx) Manager II leads a team in designing, implementing, and optimizing development workflows, tooling, and automation to enhance developer productivity and efficiency. Provide mentorship to diverse teams, streamline software delivery, supervise engineers in CI/CD, tooling improvements, and system integrations. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in full-stack development, programming languages, modern frameworks, and APIs to drive an end-to-end developer experience while also possessing strong knowledge of containerization, cloud-native technologies, and infrastructure as code.

HOW YOU WOULD CONTRIBUTE: •    Lead and mentor a team of DevEx engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.•    Lead, coach, and support a team of Developer Experience engineers to deliver high-impact solutions that enhance engineering workflows.•    Foster a team culture centered on innovation, ownership, and continuous learning.•    Set clear goals, provide regular feedback, and guide career development for team members.•    Engage in multi-functional collaboration to align team efforts with broader engineering and business objectives.•    Improve processes and encourage standard methodologies in automation, tooling, and developer enablement.•    Identify and remove bottlenecks in the development lifecycle to improve overall team efficiency and velocity.•    Champion the adoption of modern engineering practices and tools that support scalable, reliable, and secure software delivery.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:   Yes

• Champions a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge-sharing, and experimentation.
• Leads the standardization of CI/CD processes to enhance efficiency and reliability.
• Encourages the use of standard processes in coding, testing, deployment, and software maintainability.

 

Qualifications

SKILLS AND BACKGROUND REQUIRED TO BE SUCCESSFUL: 

 

•    Strong software engineering background with deep understanding of developer workflows and challenges.•    Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to engage both technical and executive audiences.•    Experience with front-end and back-end development frameworks (e.g., React, C#, Vue.js, Node.js, etc.).•    Strong understanding of microservices architecture and cloud-native development.•    Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline design, DevOps best practices, and automation.•    Expertise in containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift) and cloud environments.•    Experience with GitOps methodologies (e.g., ArgoCD, Github Actions) for infrastructure and application deployments.•    Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform for managing cloud infrastructure.•    Strong knowledge of real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures using Kafka.•    Experience with API management solutions like Apigee, ensuring secure and scalable API integrations.•    Passion for improving developer experience, workflows, and automation.•    Ability to drive cross-functional collaboration and align teams on shared goals.Experience:

•    10+ years of experience in IT, DevOps, Developer Productivity, or Software Engineering.•    Prior experience leading DevEx, DevOps, or Platform Engineering teams preferred.•    Hands-on experience with modern programming languages such as React, NodeJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, or Go.•    Proven ability to design and implement scalable, developer-friendly infrastructure and tooling.•    Strong background in application modernization, cloud adoption, and DevOps transformations.Education:•    Bachelors in computer science or equivalentPreferred Qualifications:

 

Leadership & Innovation:

 

•    Fosters a collaborative and growth-oriented team environment.•    Champions a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge-sharing, and experimentation.•    Drives adoption of emerging technologies that enhance developer efficiency.Strategic Thinking & Execution:•    Aligns DevEx initiatives with business objectives, ensuring measurable impact.•    Defines clear roadmaps and success metrics to track improvements in developer workflows.•    Leads the standardization of CI/CD processes to enhance efficiency and reliability.Developer-Centric Approach:•    Advocates for engineers' needs by improving tooling, reducing friction, and optimizing workflows.•    Strives for continuous improvement in developer productivity and software delivery speed.•    Promotes best practices in coding, testing, deployment, and software maintainability.Operational Excellence:•    Implements scalable and resilient