Director of Engineering AI Solutions
San Jose, CA - USA
Job Summary
We are looking for an innovative Director of Engineering AI Solutions for Developer Productivity to transform how our software engineers build test and deploy this high-impact role you will lead the strategy and execution of AI-driven platform tools intelligent coding assistants automated code review agents and automated pipeline workflows. Your goal is to build an internal AI ecosystem that removes developer friction eliminates repetitive tasks and measurably boosts engineering velocity across our global technology team.
AI Developer Tooling Strategy
Internal Platform Roadmap: Define and drive the vision for AI-infused internal developer tools including LLM code-generation assistants intelligent CI/CD diagnostic agents automated code migration tooling and dynamic documentation systems.
Productivity Metrics (Core 4 DORA & SPACE): Use established Developer Experience KPIs to introduce AI initiatives/solutions that increase overall engineering output.
Team Leadership & Platform Delivery
Engineering Management: Lead recruit and mentor a team of Machine Learning/AI Engineers (builders scalers and maintainers) to work closely with the Platform Engineers and DevEx Engineers to develop AI based productivity solution.
Ecosystem Integration: Partner with Infrastructure DevEng and Security teams to seamlessly integrate AI tools into developer IDEs version control systems and CI/CD pipelines.
Prompt & Context Architecture: Oversee the architecture of code indexing vector databases and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines that feed repository context securely into internal LLMs.
Governance Security & Adoption
Code Privacy & Security: Work closely with Security and Compliance to implement AI based solution that enforce guardrails around IP protection secret scanning license compliance and secure code generation.
Change Management & Enablement: Champion the adoption of AI tools across engineering teams; establish internal training programs hackathons and best practices to help every engineer become an AI-augmented developer.
Technical Expertise
AI & LLM Integration: 3 years integrating Generative AI code-trained LLMs or agentic frameworks such as LangChain AutoGen LiteLLM Kong TrueFoundry or custom RAG pipelines into practical developer workflows.
Software & Platform Foundations: 8 years of core software engineering experience with a background in Developer Experience (DevEx) Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) or CI/CD infrastructure.
Developer Ecosystems: Deep familiarity with modern IDEs AI Code Assist quality and security AI code scanning tools AI solutions for test harness code review etc.
System Architecture: Solid understanding of vector search engines embedding models for code representation and LLM fine-tuning techniques.
Leadership & Soft Skills
Leadership Track Record: 5 years managing engineering teams at the Engineering Manager Senior Manager or Director level with a strong emphasis on platform engineering or internal tooling.
Developer Empathy: Passion for developer productivity developer satisfaction and eliminating operational friction.
Data-Driven Approach: Experience using metrics to measure productivity gains and cost efficiency without compromising code quality or developer well-being.
Compensation:
The target salary range for this position is 227800 - 338800 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidates location qualifications experience and education and may be outside of this range. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards reflecting a variety of factors and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance Life Insurance Retirement or Pension Plans Paid Time Off various Leave options Performance-Based Incentives employee stock purchase plan and/or restricted stocks (RSUs) with all offerings subject to regional variations and governed by local laws regulations and company policies. Benefits may vary by country and region and further details will be provided as part of the recruitment process.
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
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