Director of Software Development, Developer Experience

Role Description

We're looking for an experienced Engineering Director to lead our Developer Experience organisation, helping hundreds of engineers build, test, deploy and operate software efficiently and reliably.

• Lead multiple engineering teams responsible for our internal developer platform, infrastructure, CI/CD systems, engineering tooling, and cloud platform.
• Remove friction from the software development lifecycle, improve developer productivity, and ensure our platform can scale alongside the business.
• Partner closely with Product, Security, Infrastructure, Engineering leadership and developers across the company to define technical strategy, prioritize investments, and deliver platform capabilities.
• Provide technical direction, make architectural decisions, coach engineering managers and senior engineers, and help shape the future of our engineering organisation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams or engineering managers in a fast-growing technology organisation.
• Strong technical background in backend systems, cloud infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Experience building and scaling internal developer platforms, engineering tooling or infrastructure organisations.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native technologies including Kubernetes, AWS, Docker and modern CI/CD practices.
• Experience defining engineering strategy, setting technical direction and successfully delivering large cross-functional initiatives.
• Passion for improving developer productivity through automation, standardisation and self-service platforms.
• Excellent coaching and mentoring skills with a track record of growing engineering managers and senior technical talent.
• Comfortable working in a remote-first, globally distributed organisation.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across engineering, product and executive leadership.
• Data-driven approach to measuring engineering effectiveness through metrics such as deployment frequency, lead time, reliability and developer satisfaction.

Benefits

• Access to healthcare plans
• Flexible working hours
• Generous time off policies
• £200 per annum employee wellbeing allowance
• Market-leading maternity and paternity schemes

The Hiring Process

• 30 minute introductory meeting with your Recruiter
• Engineering Leadership Interview
• Technical Strategy & Systems Discussion
• Cross-Functional Leadership Interview
• Executive Interview
• Offer!