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Senior Director of Engineering - Developer Experience

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The Senior Director of Engineering will define strategy and enhance developer experience through AI, leading teams and measuring productivity in software delivery.
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At JFrog, we’re reinventing DevOps to help the world’s greatest companies innovate – and we want you along for the ride. This is a special place with a unique combination of brilliance, spirit, and just all-around great people. Here, if you’re willing to do more, your career can take off. And since software plays a central role in everyone’s lives, you’ll be part of an important mission. Thousands of customers, including the majority of the Fortune 100, trust JFrog to manage, accelerate, and secure their software delivery from code to production – a concept we call “liquid software.” Wouldn't it be amazing if you could join us on our journey?
We are seeking a visionary leader with the right technical depth and passion for engineering excellence, to revolutionize the Developer Experience at JFrog. Across hundreds of engineers, diverse technological ecosystems, and a global presence, the impact is huge!

As a Senior Director of Engineering at JFrog you will...
  • Define a multi-year strategy, leveraging the latest advancements in AI to deliver unprecedented developer satisfaction and velocity.
  • Define, implement, and evangelize the methodology for measuring developer productivity. Use data to identify bottlenecks and prove the ROI of your initiatives.
  • Introduce and rapidly implement cutting-edge AI-based solutions and agents to enhance developer creativity, reduce toil, and accelerate the coding process.
  • Lead and grow the team focused on building the essential in-house tools and infrastructure that form the backbone of our development lifecycle. 
  • Build capabilities that will empower developers to easily spin up production-like or sandbox environments, at scale and with the proper guardrails.
  • Own the complete lifecycle for all third-party developer and engineering tools – from needs assessment and vendor selection to purchasing, implementation, and integration across the engineering organization.
To be a Senior Director of Engineering at JFrog you need…
  • A minimum of 10 years of experience in the software development world, with a strong, hands-on background in software engineering and architecture.
  • The ability to translate business goals into a multi-year technical roadmap and communicate its value to executive stakeholders.
  • Exceptional communication and influencing skills across all levels of the organization.
  • Demonstrated experience managing multiple groups of developers, with a focus on building high-performing, customer-centric engineering productivity functions.
  • Deep understanding of cloud-native development and modern CI/CD.
  • Background in AI assisted development – advantage!

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Cloud-Native Development

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