VP, Developer Experience & Build Automation

BNY; Greater London; On-site; GBP 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid leave

Volunteer time

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

BNY is seeking a Senior Vice President for Senior Software Engineering on the Developer Experience team in London. You will lead a Build Engineering organization, setting technical direction and mentoring engineers to scale a central build automation platform.

You will partner with product, SRE, security and application teams to drive secure software supply‑chain practices, observability, and AI‑assisted optimization while tracking key metrics like build success rate and duration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in computer science or related field.
• Expert-level competency in Java, Go, JavaScript or Python.
• Experience with modern build automation and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Bazel, Gradle, Maven).
• Strong technical leadership with ability to set architectural direction across teams.
• Experience delivering large-scale developer platforms in enterprise environments.
• Excellent collaboration and communication with engineers, architects, and executives.

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 BNY’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.

Skills

Java

Go

JavaScript

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Bazel

Gradle

Maven

Job description

BNY is seeking a Senior Vice President for Senior Software Engineering on the Developer Experience team in London. You will lead a Build Engineering organization, setting technical direction and mentoring engineers to scale a central build automation platform.

You will partner with product, SRE, security and application teams to drive secure software supply‑chain practices, observability, and AI‑assisted optimization while tracking key metrics like build success rate and duration.