VP, Engineering
Core
Lead the engineering organization responsible for Workato's developer platform, tooling, and the Otto superagent to enable customers and partners to build, extend, and innovate on the platform.
Role type
VP of Engineering (Developer Products & Platforms)
Builds
Developer tools, SDKs, IDE extensions, APIs, platform services, and AI developer-facing tools (Otto superagent)
Domain
Enterprise iPaaS, Cloud-native infrastructure, AI/LLM application architectures
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Scaling developer platforms, API design, distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, modern AI developer tooling, agent frameworks, LLM application architectures, telemetry, data-driven decision-making
Preferred skills
Product instincts, customer empathy, strategic thinking, community engagement
Technologies
VS Code Extension, Workato CLI, language SDKs, orchestration platforms
Responsibilities
Lead and scale the engineering organization for developer tools and platform services; Partner with Product and executive leadership to shape platform strategy; Collaborate with AI researchers to ship AI developer-facing tools; Recruit and mentor high-performing engineering teams; Drive delivery of developer-facing products; Ensure seamless integration with developer frameworks and AI ecosystems; Establish engineering best practices for scalability and security; Define and monitor platform health metrics; Champion developer ergonomics and community engagement; Serve as the key executive voice for developer needs.
Seniority
VP, strategic leadership & hands-on technical direction