Director of Engineering, Developer Productivity
Core
Lead teams building AI-assisted engineering workflows, agent infrastructure, and developer productivity platforms to make AI-native development safe, measurable, and scalable for Reddit engineers.
Role type
Director of Engineering (AI-native developer productivity & platform strategy)
Builds
Scalable platforms for LLM access, safe agent workflows, intelligent development environments, and measurement systems for AI-assisted development.
Domain
Internet / Developer Productivity / AI Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
Engineering management at scale, AI/LLM governance, developer productivity systems (CI/CD, code review, observability), organizational change management, cross-functional leadership, data-driven measurement, technical strategy, architectural tradeoffs.
Preferred skills
Experience leading developer productivity or platform engineering teams, LLM platforms and agentic workflows, engineering productivity frameworks (DORA, SPACE), fast-moving environment adaptation.
Technologies
LLMs, agent workflows, CI/CD, observability systems, developer environments.
Responsibilities
Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams focused on AI-native developer productivity; Partner with leaders to translate strategy into scalable platforms across the software development lifecycle; Define and evolve the operating model for AI-native software development; Drive alignment across infrastructure, security, compliance, and executive stakeholders; Build engineering systems to transition teams from experimentation to durable adoption of AI workflows; Develop communication and enablement mechanisms for organizational change; Build and operationalize measurement systems to distinguish real productivity from vanity metrics; Drive AI governance to ensure security, cost management, and operational safety; Partner with senior leadership on organizational planning and technical investment strategy.
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with executive visibility
