Head of Engineering - Developer Experience & Platform (f/m/d)
Core
Define and deliver the developer experience (DevEx) vision, modernize the cloud platform on AWS, and lead the organization-wide rollout of AI-native engineering practices and agentic workflows.
Role type
Senior IC engineering leader (Head of Engineering)
Builds
Internal developer platforms, AI-augmented development toolchains, and standardized AWS cloud infrastructure.
Domain
SaaS / E-commerce / Cloud Infrastructure / AI Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
AI-native software development strategy, AWS cloud architecture, FinOps and cost management, developer experience metrics (DORA, SPACE), CI/CD pipeline optimization, team leadership, budget management, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), container platforms, serverless patterns.
Preferred skills
Experience with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot), agentic development environments, automated code review, test generation, intelligent CI/CD pipelines, global distributed team management.
Technologies
AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, CI/CD platforms, IDEs.
Responsibilities
Own the DevEx strategy and roadmap, lead cloud platform standardization and migration, drive AI tooling adoption and enablement, manage developer tooling portfolios and budgets, build and lead high-performing platform teams, establish DevEx metrics frameworks.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
