Sr. Director of Engineering - Developer Experience
Adobe Software
JOB LEVEL
M70/P70EMPLOYEE ROLE
People ManagerThe Opportunity
Adobe Developer Platforms has the mission to help Developers “write better software, faster.” Our goal is to provide integrated experiences for technical folks, to streamline the tasks of building, testing, deploying and operating services at scale. We strive to build into all our product offerings strong defaults around security, cost efficiency, reliability and operational observability, to minimize the cognitive load and toil needed to effectively build and run services at web scale.
We build platforms and work to deliver them as an integrated product to our customers, who come in two main classes:
Developers, Site Reliability Engineers, Database Engineers and other technical folks inside Adobe who build our products, our platforms and internal IT systems.
Outside Developers and employees at our customer companies, consultancies and independent software vendors, who are building on, extending and integrating with our products to add new capabilities or to solve unique integration challenges.
For this role, we are looking for someone to lead Developer Experience Engineering, which includes our Developer Home portal, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), as well as owning common shared libraries like Adobe Service Runtime. We seek a self-starter who will drive projects to achieve results and meaningful outcomes.
What you'll do
Lead engineering for the Developer Home, CI/CD and shared utilities teams within Developer Platforms
Act as a liaison to client and partner engineering teams to share the Developer Platforms mission, vision and roadmap
Gather input on client needs and proposed integration points with technical services which are delivered by our partner organizations
Inspire and encourage our internal customer teams to contribute to Developer Platforms via an internal open source and open contribution model
Review and provide feedback on features, technology, architecture, designs, time & budget estimates, and test strategies
Manage projects risks & engage in creative problem solving
Develop and evolve engineering and business processes to optimize team efficiency
Partner with other teams across Adobe on achieving common goals
Speak at industry events, representing Adobe’s Developer Platforms group and our strategy for approaching Developer Experience and Platform Engineering.
What you need to succeed
Deep customer empathy for the Developer as our primary customer stakeholder
Proven experience building reliable, high-scale, cost-efficient cloud services.
Strong verbal and written communication skills
12+ years of hands-on development experience
10+ years of experience leading Development Teams
5+ years of experience as a manager of managers and Director-level folks
A commitment to building exceptional, diverse and high-performing teams
Strong persuasion and influence skills
Bachelors in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
Desirable: Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
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