You'll own the architecture, build and rollout of Neko's internal AI developer platform, shaping how our engineers design, ship and operate software through agentic, AI-assisted workflows.
A clear architectural direction for the platform in the first 6 months
Initial components shipped and adopted by early teams
Measurable improvements to developer speed, reliability and autonomy
Genuine organic adoption across engineering, driven by value not mandate
A substantive shift toward agentic, engineer-led development workflows by month 12
Platform scaled beyond pilot groups to multiple teams
Clear ownership models for agents, tooling and supporting systems
Long-term architecture defined and moving toward maturity

Proven experience building and shipping an internal developer platform, hands-on, not advisory
A strong track record leading agentic or AI-assisted development work that engineers actually use day-to-day
Real backend engineering depth with production systems, recent Java or C# strongly preferred
Experience rolling out platform tooling to 20-30+ developers with meaningful adoption
Expertise with workflow engines such as AWS Step Functions, Azure Durable Functions, Temporal, Conductor or Dagster
The ability to drive change through influence and credibility, not positional authority
10-15+ years of engineering experience with substantial platform ownership
Full-stack exposure, though backend depth is the priority
Background in product-led SaaS or organisations with strong internal developer tooling culture

Director, Platform Engineering

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