Cibc
Financial Services
Director,DeveloperExperience
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“Director, Developer Experience at Cibc. Skills: Developer Experience, AI-native SDLC, Platform Engineering. Shape engineering future. Build and lead new team”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve cycle time; Improve deployment frequency; Reduce change failure rate; Improve developer satisfaction; Increase AI-tool adoption; Manage AI cost per developer
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Twelve years of software engineering experience, Five or more years leading engineering teams, Five years of experience with Python, Five years of experience with TypeScript, Five years of experience with Go, Five years of experience with Azure, Five years of experience with AWS, Five years of experience with Kubernetes, Five years of experience with coding-assistant ecosystems, Five years of experience with agent frameworks, Five years of experience with evaluation harnesses, Five years of experience with retrieval/RAG, Five years of experience with vector databases, Five years of experience with Model Context observability, Five years of experience with FinOps tools, Five years of experience with Datadog, Five years of experience with OpenTelemetry, Five years of experience with Sentry, Five years of experience with cost-attribution, Five years of experience with source control, Five years of experience with CI/CD, Five years of experience with GitHub, Five years of experience with GitHub Actions, Five years of experience with internal release platforms, Proven track record building developer platforms, Fluent in AI-assisted SDLC, Experience recruiting senior engineers, Experience recruiting staff engineers, Experience retaining senior engineers, Experience retaining staff engineers, Understand regulated financial institution challenges, Excellent written communication skills
Nice to Have
Experience with pgvector, Experience with Pinecone
What You'll Do.
Shape engineering future
Build and lead new team
Make engineers faster
Make engineers consistent
Support engineers with AI
Design AI-native SDLC
Manage CI/CD platform
Manage internal AI gateway
Manage developer workflows
Manage governance for bank
Partner with senior leaders
Ensure AI investments are ambitious
Ensure AI investments are defensible
Set tone for engineering culture
Set tone for engineering standards
Set strategy for SDLC
Design paved-road developer workflow
Implement paved-road developer workflow
Evolve paved-road developer workflow
Ensure streamlined process
Ensure AI-assisted process
Lead selection of AI tools
Lead adoption of AI tools
Lead measurement of AI tools
Lead governance of AI tools
Manage AI tool sunset
Recruit founding team
Scale function to twelve members
Define team collaboration
Collaborate with product engineering
Collaborate with security
Collaborate with risk
Collaborate with compliance
Collaborate with FinOps
Collaborate with data office
Report on key metrics
Ensure AI capabilities meet obligations
Partner with CISO's office
Represent Simplii Technology externally
Build engineering brand
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Product engineering; Security; Risk; Compliance; FinOps; Data office
Communication Scope
RFCs; Governance documents; Strategic briefs; External representation; Speaking engagements
Process & Methodology
Roadmap ownership, Strategic Management
Full Job Description
We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients. At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute. To learn more about CIBC, please visit [CIBC.com](https://www.cibc.com/en/about-cibc.html) **What You 'll Be Doing** As Director of Developer Experience at Simplii Technology, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of engineering at Simplii Financial. You’ll build and lead a new team dedicated to making every engineer at Simplii faster, more consistent, and fully supported by AI. Your mandate is to design and own our AI-native software development lifecycle, including our CI/CD platform, internal AI gateway, developer workflows, and the governance needed for a regulated bank. You’ll partner with senior leaders across engineering, security, risk, and compliance to ensure our investments in AI-assisted development are both ambitious and defensible. This is a founding leadership opportunity where your hands-on technical judgement will set the tone for engineering culture and standards for years to come. _At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You 'll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you'll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote._ **How You 'll Succeed** * **Strategic Leadership and Roadmap Ownership –** Set the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Simplii’s AI-native software development lifecycle in collaboration with executive leadership. * **Developer Platform and Workflow Management –** Design, implement, and continuously evolve the paved-road developer workflow, ensuring every engineer follows a streamlined, AI-assisted process. * **AI Tool Governance and Ad
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