Director of AI-Driven Developer Platform

Motive; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 229,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

401k plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Motive is seeking a Director of Developer Platform & Experience to own the end-to-end internal developer ecosystem—experience, infrastructure, build and CI/CD, and AI tooling. You will lead real teams across North America, Europe, and Asia, shaping how hundreds of engineers work with faster, safer, and more efficient workflows.

You will drive governance, cost-aware scaling, multi-region support, and a culture shift toward continuous review of agent-generated work.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering with leadership experience.
• 2+ years as a manager of managers or equivalent scope.
• Deep DevOps and infrastructure depth: CI/CD, build systems, containers and Kubernetes, IaC, cloud platforms.
• Experience with modern AI developer tooling and agent-based development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi‑team organization across time zones and functions.
• Own developer productivity, platform infrastructure, and velocity metrics at scale.
• Drive AI-driven development, cloud-based agentic development, and internal tooling adoption.
• Communicate strategy, progress, and impact to executives and stakeholders.

Skills

Director leadership

Software engineering

DevOps depth

Kubernetes

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Motive is seeking a Director of Developer Platform & Experience to own the end-to-end internal developer ecosystem—experience, infrastructure, build and CI/CD, and AI tooling. You will lead real teams across North America, Europe, and Asia, shaping how hundreds of engineers work with faster, safer, and more efficient workflows.

You will drive governance, cost-aware scaling, multi-region support, and a culture shift toward continuous review of agent-generated work.