Head of Engineering - Developer Experience & Platform

• Shape the future of how Awin's engineers build, ship, and operate software at scale as Head of Engineering for Developer Experience & Platform, owning DevEx strategy, AI-native engineering practices, and cloud platform modernisation. • Define and deliver the developer experience vision ensuring engineers have the tools, environments, processes, and culture to be highly productive and deeply satisfied. • Lead at the intersection of engineering excellence, platform strategy, and AI innovation, reporting to the Director of Engineering across eight European locations.

• Bring significant experience in software engineering with a hands-on coding background in one or more major languages such as Java or TypeScript. • Hold a strong understanding of AI-native software development including AI coding assistants, agentic development workflows, and LLM-integrated toolchains. • Demonstrate proven leadership experience in developer experience, platform engineering, developer productivity, or a related engineering leadership role within a mid-to-large scale technology organisation. • Have a deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, engineering best practices, and what makes engineering teams highly productive. • Show demonstrable experience leading and improving CI/CD practices, deployment pipelines, and developer tooling ecosystems. • Hold a strong background in AWS including infrastructure-as-code, container platforms, serverless patterns, and cloud-native architectures. • Have experience with FinOps or cloud cost management including budgeting, tagging strategies, and cost optimisation at scale. • Show a track record of successfully delivering organisation-wide change programmes in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders. • Demonstrate the ability to lead, inspire, and grow engineering teams in a fast-paced, distributed environment. • Bring strong commercial awareness with experience managing budgets, building business cases, and making investment decisions with clear ROI thinking.

• Have experience designing and using developer experience metrics frameworks such as DORA, SPACE, or DX Core 4 to measure and improve developer productivity. • Bring experience evaluating and rolling out AI coding assistants like Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot at an organisational level. • Show experience building internal developer platform capabilities to abstract cloud complexity and accelerate developer self-service. • Demonstrate experience with platform-wide incident management and SRE practices. • Hold experience working in global, distributed engineering organisations across multiple time zones and cultures. • Have experience designing and delivering enablement programmes including training, communities of practice, and hands-on workshops.

• Own and evolve Awin's Developer Experience programme, defining the vision, strategy, and roadmap for DevEx improvement across the engineering organisation. • Identify friction points, productivity blockers, and systemic inefficiencies through data, qualitative research, and direct engagement with engineering teams. • Drive organisation-wide improvements to technology, tooling, and engineering processes, building consensus with stakeholders across product, engineering, security, and operations. • Establish and track DevEx metrics and KPIs using them to demonstrate impact and guide investment decisions. • Own the developer tools portfolio and associated budgets, evaluating, procuring, and retiring tools. • Lead Awin's AI engineering rollout, defining strategy for AI-native software development, establishing standards, and scaling adoption. • Evaluate and implement AI-augmented development tools including coding assistants, agentic environments, automated code review, and intelligent CI/CD pipelines. • Lead cloud platform standardisation across the AWS estate, establishing golden paths, reference architectures, and platform abstractions. • Own AWS cost management and FinOps practices including budgeting frameworks, cost allocation, and optimisation. • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team spanning developer experience, platform engineering, and tooling functions.

• Work a four-day Flexi-Week at full pay with one lighter or completely disconnected day per week and no reduction to annual holiday allowance. • Work in a flexible hybrid/remote scheme across Awin regions from Amsterdam, Berlin, Iași, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, or Warsaw. • Receive a monthly work expense contribution and a remote working furniture package. • Access health and wellbeing initiatives and sports offers. • Develop through the Awin Academy training suite covering professional and personal growth. • Recognise colleagues through a peer-to-peer voucher programme.

Awin is an affiliate marketing platform established in 2000, part of the Axel Springer group. The company builds the world's leading open partner ecosystem, connecting advertisers and publishers through a diverse and transparent network of affiliate partnerships. Awin is proud of its dynamic, social, and inclusive culture, hiring across multiple countries in Europe.