DevEx Tech Lead

Who are we?

Skai (formerly Kenshoo) is a leading omnichannel marketing platform that leverages advanced AI and machine learning to deliver intelligent solutions based on data with performance media, enabling smarter decision-making, increased efficiency, and maximized returns - Revenue enabler for businesses around the world. Its partners include Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft and more. ~$7 billion in ad spending is managed on the SkaiTM platform every year.

Established in 2006, We’re 700 employees strong. We work hybrid with a great home/ office work mix.

What will you do?

You will be part of the DevEx team which is in charge of significantly improving the productivity, efficiency, and satisfaction of developers across the organization. You will take a leading role in the team, build easy-to-use platforms, lead wide-impact projects, mentor team members, developers and keep innovating with new tools, workflows, deep dives and adHoc POCs. This role requires a blend of deep hands-on technical expertise, strategic vision and mentoring skills to drive the team to excellence in a culture of developer-centric workplace.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead Initiatives: Own the design and delivery of high-impact developer platforms, CI/CD evolution, AI tooling and more, from ideation through production rollout and adoption.
• Drive Excellence: Set a high bar for system design, code quality, scalability, and reliability across platforms. Act as the go-to expert for complex technical challenges.
• Hands-on: Design and build scalable, self-service developer platforms, with strong focus on usability, performance, observability and cost efficiency.
• Mentorship and Guidance: Mentor engineers through design reviews, pair programming and knowledge sharing. Elevate the technical capabilities of the team.
• Cross-Team Focal Point: Collaborate closely with stakeholders and infra teams to influence architecture, improve client experience and ensure solutions are widely adopted.
• Lead by Example: Demonstrate strong ownership, execution speed and high-quality delivery standards in day-to-day work.

• Strong Technical Leadership (IC Role): Proven experience as a senior/lead engineer owning complex systems and delivering projects end-to-end in a hands-on capacity.
• SDLC Expertise: Extensive experience with CI/CD systems, testing frameworks, local environments and modern developer workflows including AI-assisting tools.
• Platform Engineering: Strong experience building and operating internal platforms at scale, including IaC, observability and automation.
• Problem Solving & Execution: Ability to break down ambiguous problems, move quickly, and deliver scalable solutions with high ownership.
• Strong Communication Skills: Ability to influence technical decisions across teams, manage feedback loops and mentor team members.
• Cloud Native Experience: Hands-on experience working with production systems in cloud environments (preferably AWS).

Advantages: 

• DevEx/Platform KPIs: Prior experience defining and materially improving org performance/velocity KPIs, and developer satisfaction scores.
• Familiarity with specific tools/technologies: Experience with remote environments(Coder), dev portal / service catalog, Feature Flags management systems, CI/CD tools (ArgoCD, Jenkins/Github Actions) or similar internal developer platforms.
• Documentation and Education: Experience creating high-quality, accessible documentation and developing educational content (tutorials, workshops, tech-talk) for a developer audience.
• Community Engagement: Experience building and fostering internal or external DevOps/DevEx communities.