Remote VP of Platform Engineering & AI Tools

Experian; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus plan

Medical, dental, vision

Remote/hybrid/in-office

Paid time off

Benefits site

Job summary

Experian is seeking a Vice President of Dev Platform Engineering to define the standards, roadmap, and governance for its enterprise developer platform and AI-powered engineering capabilities. This remote role reports to the Head of DevEx & AI Tooling.

You will lead a global team, shape CI/CD standards, cloud platform strategies, and AI-enabled tooling adoption, delivering faster, higher quality software across the company.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technology roles.
• 5+ years in senior leadership roles.
• Senior Leadership experience in Platform Engineering.
• Hands-on depth with CI/CD tooling (Harness and/or GitHub Actions).
• Cloud-native infrastructure at production scale in at least one major provider.
• Familiarity with Claude Code and the MCP protocol.
• Experience with security tooling concepts (SAST, SCA, secrets scanning, SBOM, artifact signing).
• Experience defining engineering standards and developer platforms in large organizations.
• Experience owning or leading AI developer tools and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy and roadmap for the enterprise developer platform and AI engineering capabilities.
• Define standards for CI/CD, cloud platforms, developer tooling, and secure software delivery.
• Guide the adoption of AI-enabled software development tools and governance.
• Partner with engineering, security, cloud, and developer experience teams to deliver a consistent platform.
• Manage a global organization through senior leaders and develop high-performing engineering teams.
• Own platform performance, adoption metrics, budgets, vendor investments, and product priorities.
• Establish engineering standards that improve software delivery speed, quality, security, and developer experience.
• Evaluate build-versus-buy decisions and drive continuous improvement across the engineering platform.

Skills

Tech leadership

Senior leadership

Platform engineering

CI/CD tooling

Cloud infrastructure

Claude Code / MCP

Security tooling

Engineering standards

AI developer tools

Job description

Experian is seeking a Vice President of Dev Platform Engineering to define the standards, roadmap, and governance for its enterprise developer platform and AI-powered engineering capabilities. This remote role reports to the Head of DevEx & AI Tooling.

You will lead a global team, shape CI/CD standards, cloud platform strategies, and AI-enabled tooling adoption, delivering faster, higher quality software across the company.