Lumin Digital
digital banking
Director,Development-PlatformExt&DevExperience
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“Director, Development - Platform Ext & Dev Experience at Lumin Digital. Skills: Platform Extensibility, Developer Experience, SDK Architecture, API Strategy. Lead team for platform extensibility. Set strategy and grow team”
What You'll Achieve.
Elevates Lumin’s developer platform to industry leadership; Ensuring SDK is well-documented, extensible, and designed for developer success; Champion developer experience metrics; Help external developers and partners understand the full scope of what they can build; Help third-party developers build faster and smarter; Build a high-performing DX engineering function
Industry & Context.
Minimal travel, generally 12 days or less per year, ~2X team get togethers a year, Less than 25% - Up to 65 work days of travel per year for a full time employee
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of software engineering or related leadership experience, engineering background with hands-on experience building or owning APIs, SDKs, or developer platforms, Experience building and managing technical teams in a player-coach model
Nice to Have
MS degree or MBA preferred, Experience in fintech, banking technology, or platforms serving financial institutions is a plus, Curiosity about the CFI space is
What You'll Do.
Lead team for platform extensibility
Set strategy and grow team
Shape SDK architecture
Partner with product manager
Define and execute roadmap
Own technical strategy and quality of SDK
Build developer platform from ground up
Create and own content strategy
Champion developer experience metrics
Build narrative around data extraction
Stay current on AI trends
Incorporate AI best practices
Serve as technical face externally
Lead and co-present externally
Support Sales in engagements
Educate Sales Engineering
Ensure infrastructure alignment
Collaborate across product
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with extensibility product manager; Work closely with SRE, Security, and Support teams; Collaborate across product, engineering, and marketing; Foster a culture of developer empathy
Communication Scope
Outstanding communication skills; Equally comfortable in a whiteboard session with engineers; Roadmap presentation with clients; Finalist sales meeting with a credit union CTO
Process & Methodology
Define and enforce SDK engineering standards, Define and execute a roadmap
Full Job Description
## Description Basic Function Lumin Digital is the digital banking platform of choice for credit unions and community banks across the country. As we scale our extensibility program, the Director of Developer Experience & Platform Extensibility will lead the team that makes Lumin the best platform to build on in the community financial institution (CFI) space. This is a player-coach director role. You will set strategy, lead and grow a team of developers, and get into the work when it counts, whether that’s shaping SDK architecture, presenting to a prospect alongside Sales, or co-presenting roadmap at the SDK advisory council. You will partner closely with the extensibility product manager and together you will define and execute a roadmap that elevates Lumin’s developer platform to industry leadership. Essential Functions, Responsibilities, Experience: SDK & API Technical Leadership Own technical strategy and quality of Lumin’s SDK, ensuring it is well-documented, extensible, and designed for developer success. Partner with the extensibility product manager to shape the SDK and public API roadmap, GTM activities, and developer adoption strategy. Define and enforce SDK engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across the team. Developer Platform & Experience Build Lumin’s developer platform from the ground up, including sandbox environments, quick-start tooling, API explorer, and a DevEx portal that includes recipes, demo videos, and testing tools. Create and own the overall structure and content strategy for the developer documentation portal. Champion developer experience metrics in partnership with the PM, including adoption rates, time-to-first-call, integration success, and developer NPS. Data & Extensibility Storytelling Partner with Lumin’s data team to build a cohesive narrative around how FIs can use Lumin’s bulk data extraction capabilities in conjunction with the SDK to build powerful, data-driven applications. Help external developers and par
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