Head of Developer Experience: Platform & Delivery Leadership

Manchester Digital; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment platform company seeks a Head of Developer Experience to enhance delivery processes and improve developer productivity. You will oversee the internal developer platform, implement quality controls, and drive adoption of modern tools. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership experience in platform and DevOps functions and a track record of enhancing speed and quality through tooling and processes. This role offers a hybrid working model with attractive benefits.

Benefits

28 days holiday, increasing with service

Choice of pension schemes with matched contributions

Discretionary bonus scheme

Health Cash Plan

Free gym membership

Casual dress code

Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven experience in platform and DevOps functions.
• Hands-on experience with developer tooling like developer portals.
• Experience implementing agile ways of working across teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the developer platform and supporting toolchain.
• Drive adoption of productivity tools to enhance developer experience.
• Standardise delivery metrics and reporting cadence across the teams.

Skills

Leading platform and DevOps experience

Implementing developer tooling

Defining SDLC policy

Standardising agile practices

Data-driven mindset

Excellent stakeholder management

Collaborative leadership

Tools

GitHub Copilot

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

A leading investment platform company seeks a Head of Developer Experience to enhance delivery processes and improve developer productivity. You will oversee the internal developer platform, implement quality controls, and drive adoption of modern tools. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership experience in platform and DevOps functions and a track record of enhancing speed and quality through tooling and processes. This role offers a hybrid working model with attractive benefits.