Developer Relations Engineer improving developer experience across Tailscale’s product portfolio. Building demos, content, and community engagement for Tailscale's connectivity product.
About the role
- Senior Manager leading Developer Experience transforming software development at Vena. Focusing on AI-assisted engineering and enhancing developer productivity across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a globally distributed team across Canada and India while partnering closely with the Sr. Director of STO & Strategic Initiatives to define and execute a forward-looking Developer Experience strategy centred on GenAI-first software development.
- Lead the adoption and integration of AI-assisted development capabilities (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, internal AI agents), embedding them into the developer workflow to improve engineering velocity, code quality, test effectiveness, and overall productivity.
- Define and operationalize a GenAI-first development model, identifying high-impact opportunities across the product development lifecycle (PDLC) for automation, augmentation, and intelligent tooling.
- Own the strategy and delivery of Vena’s internal developer platform, including CI/CD, source control, artifact management, templated bff services and developer self-service capabilities, with a focus on reducing friction and cognitive load for engineers.
- Partner with Product & Development teams to identify bottlenecks in the developer journey and deliver scalable, high-leverage solutions that improve speed and quality of delivery.
- Stay current with industry trends in Developer Experience, Platform Engineering, and AI-driven development, rapidly evaluating and introducing new capabilities that provide a competitive advantage.
- Mentor and develop engineers and emerging leaders, fostering a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, or Developer Experience-related roles.
- 4+ years of experience in a leadership role (Team Lead or Manager), with experience managing distributed teams.
- Strong understanding of Developer Experience and Platform Engineering concepts, including internal developer platforms and productivity optimization.
- Familiarity with developer productivity and delivery metrics (e.g., DORA metrics, flow metrics) and their application in improving engineering performance.
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools and a strong interest in applying GenAI to improve the software development lifecycle.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority.
- Proven ability to define and execute on a technical roadmap supporting a broader engineering organization.
- Strong programming and software engineering fundamentals, with experience delivering production systems.
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS) and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability for team outcomes and organizational impact.
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