Senior Director - Developer Platform and Experiences

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At GoDaddy, we are looking for a Senior Director of Engineering to lead Internal and External Developer Platform and Experiences at GoDaddy — a strategic leadership role responsible for transforming how 2,000+ engineers and an even larger builder community build, test, integrate, ship, and operate software in the era of AI and Agentic systems!

What you'll get to do

• Influence thousands of developers, invent the future developer experience for in-house and outside teams and broader builder ecosystems
• Reimagine and modernize the process of software creation and delivery for an AI-first and Agentic future, including tooling, workflows, automation, and improving developer efficiency
• Build and scale highly available, secure, and extensible platforms that improve engineering velocity, reliability, and developer satisfaction
• Partner with ELT, Architecture, Security, Product, and Infrastructure teams to influence enterprise-wide technical strategy and platform investments
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering workflows, developer assistants, autonomous systems, and emerging software delivery patterns
• Create measurable outcomes around developer productivity, platform adoption, operational efficiency, and software quality
• Stay connected to architecture and implementation details; hands-on coding, prototyping, and technical experimentation are preferred to maintain technical depth and credibility

Experience

• 10+ years of experience leading large-scale engineering organizations and platform teams in high-growth or enterprise environments
• Strong technical depth in developer platforms, cloud-native systems, infrastructure, software delivery, and engineering productivity
• Demonstrated experience driving organization-wide transformation initiatives and platform modernization efforts
• Experience building or scaling developer ecosystems, internal platforms, developer tooling, or self-service capabilities
• Strong understanding of modern SDLC practices, CI/CD, platform engineering, developer experience, and reliability engineering
• Experience with AI, ML platforms, developer copilots, Agentic systems, or automation frameworks is strongly preferred
• Hands-on technical capability with a willingness to prototype, code, review architecture, and engage deeply in technical decisions is needed