Director of Developer Platform & AI Enablement

Alteryx Inc.; Irvine (CA); Remote; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Connectivity stipend

Home office reimbursement

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Mental health support

Career development assistance

Job summary

Alteryx is seeking a Director, Developer Platform Engineering to own the strategy and evolution of the platforms, tooling, and practices that power software delivery org-wide. You’ll lead the Developer Experience vision for 600+ engineers, spanning productivity, CI/CD, testing infrastructure, release engineering, and AI-powered enablement.

Reporting to the SVP of Engineering, you will partner with Product Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Architecture to define the technical

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with platform or developer infrastructure leadership.
• 5+ years leading managers in large organizations.
• Proven track record defining platform strategy for large teams.
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, and developer experience practices.
• Experience driving large-scale engineering transformations.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder influence.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term platform strategy and a scalable SDLC roadmap.
• Own developer journey end-to-end from local dev to production.
• Modernize CI/CD platforms and standardize pipelines.
• Establish testing strategy and scalable infrastructure.
• Lead AI-enabled engineering initiatives and governance.
• Define KPIs and dashboards for platform health and productivity.
• Recruit, mentor, and grow a high-performing org.

Skills

Platform engineering

Developer infrastructure

CI/CD

DevOps

Executive communication

Leadership

Stakeholder influence

Tools

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Flux

Gradle

Bazel

Nx

Job description

Alteryx is seeking a Director, Developer Platform Engineering to own the strategy and evolution of the platforms, tooling, and practices that power software delivery org-wide. You’ll lead the Developer Experience vision for 600+ engineers, spanning productivity, CI/CD, testing infrastructure, release engineering, and AI-powered enablement.

Reporting to the SVP of Engineering, you will partner with Product Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Architecture to define the technical