Senior Vice President, Senior Software Engineering, Developer Experience

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in London seeks a Senior Vice President, Senior Software Engineering, Developer Experience to lead the DevEx team. You will shape the central build automation platform, improving reliability, security, and developer productivity across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes architectural leadership, collaboration with product and SRE teams, and the adoption of AI-assisted build optimization and failure diagnosis to reduce friction and accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline, or equivalent work experience; advanced degree preferred.
• Expert-level competency in one or more modern programming languages (Java, Go, JavaScript, Python).
• Proven expertise with modern build automation and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Bazel, Gradle, Maven).
• Strong technical leadership with ability to set architectural direction across teams.
• Experience delivering large-scale developer platforms in enterprise or high-scale environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage Build Engineering team with clear technical direction and career growth paths.
• Oversee architecture and implementation of central build automation platform with high availability, reliability, and security.
• Create developer-friendly templates, quick start guides, and tooling for fast, transparent build automation.
• Streamline build orchestration, dependency management, and CI/CD to accelerate software delivery while reducing friction.
• Drive observability and resilience by integrating telemetry and automated remediation into build systems.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural direction

Cross-team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Bazel

Gradle

Maven

Job description

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Senior Software Engineering, Developer Experience to join our Developer Experience (DevEx) team. This role is located in London.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a high‑performing Build Engineering team, setting clear technical direction and career growth paths.
• Oversee the architecture and implementation of the company’s central build automation platform, ensuring high availability, reliability, and security.
• Create developer‑friendly templates, quick start guides, and troubleshooting tools to help feature teams quickly create performant, transparent, and compliant build automation.
• Optimize developer workflows by streamlining build orchestration, dependency management, and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate software delivery while reducing friction.
• Drive observability and resilience by integrating telemetry, analytics, and automated remediation into build systems to proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks and failures.
• Champion secure software supply chain practices, artifact management standards, and consistent build strategies across the enterprise.
• Partner closely with Product Management, SRE, Security, and application engineering teams to ensure alignment with developer needs and organizational priorities.
• Foster innovation by evaluating and adopting emerging technologies, including AI‑assisted build optimization and intelligent failure diagnosis.

Define and track key metrics such as build success rate, duration, cost efficiency, adoption rates, and developer satisfaction to continuously improve the platform.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred.
• Expert‑level competency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Java, Go, JavaScript, Python).
• Proven expertise with modern build automation and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Bazel, Gradle, Maven).
• Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to set architectural direction and drive complex initiatives across teams.
• Experience delivering large‑scale, mission‑critical developer platforms in an enterprise or high‑scale environment.

Excellent collaboration and communication skills, able to engage effectively with engineers, architects, and executives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in Developer Experience (DevEx), Platform Engineering, or Build/Release Engineering.
• Experience with artifact repositories (e.g., Artifactory, Nexus) and secure software supply chain practices.
• Knowledge of observability systems, telemetry frameworks, and performance optimization for build pipelines.
• Exposure to AI/ML‑driven build acceleration and failure prediction tooling. **NOTE:** This line seems malformed; correct closing tag below.
• Exposure to AI/ML‑driven build acceleration and failure prediction tooling.
• Prior hands‑on software development experience building customer‑facing features.