Director of Software Engineering, Platform Services
Core
Lead platform engineering to build internal developer tooling, shared services, and AI-assisted development frameworks for a car financing company.
Role type
Director of Platform Engineering (IC + Team Lead)
Builds
Internal developer tooling, shared engineering services, AI coding assistants, and golden path templates
Domain
Fintech / Car Financing / Platform Engineering
Required skills
Platform engineering strategy, team leadership, AI-assisted development, internal tooling design, service ownership, engineering productivity metrics, cloud infrastructure partnership, security compliance, technical mentoring
Preferred skills
MBA, experience in large organizations or innovative startups
Technologies
AI coding assistants, agent development frameworks, build/test tooling, cloud infrastructure (via careerplan.io/jobs/R13969-director-of-software-engineering-platform-services-at-creditacceptance)
Responsibilities
Define strategy for AI-assisted and specification-driven development; deliver golden path templates and reference implementations; own development environments and inner loop tooling; ensure availability and performance of shared services; build and manage diverse engineering teams; align platform goals with business objectives; establish engineering productivity measures.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical direction
