Senior Director, Software Engineering

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About the Position:

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Senior Director of Engineering, MuleSoft to lead our MuleSoft Developer Experience Tools team and deliver cutting-edge AI-powered features and products on our integration platform. This leader will leverage advanced AI methods - including Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and agentic frameworks - to build transformative developer experiences that delight customers and drive business value. If you thrive in a fast-moving environment, have a passion for mobile innovation, and want to be at the forefront of AI and developer experiences, we want to hear from you!

You will be responsible for:

• Team Leadership: Lead a team of 35-40 individuals, including 2-3 engineering managers, ensuring alignment, performance, and team cohesion.
• Team Building & Talent Growth: Recruit, mentor, and retain top mobile engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous development.
• AI-Driven Developer Strategy: Define and own the technical vision for MuleSoft developer experience products in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Innovative Product Delivery: Oversee design, development, and on-time delivery of impactful mobile features, balancing rapid iteration with long-term investments.
• Operational & Technical Excellence: Ensure performance, reliability, and scalability through best practices, monitoring, and hands-on technical guidance.
• Strategic & Cross-Functional Leadership: Drive collaboration across teams, translating technical goals for leadership and influencing long-term AI investments.
• Drive scalable and extensible architecture and good hygiene practices
• Work closely with Support and key customers on production issues

Job Requirements:

• 6+ years in Engineering Leadership: Proven experience in an engineering leadership role, managing teams and driving complex technical initiatives.
• iPaaS/Integration Leadership: Substantial experience leading engineering teams building integration tools, shipping high-quality products under rapid development cycles.
• 12+ years building and delivering software products, cloud services
• Experience with AI Integration (Preferred): Familiarity with integrating AI capabilities into developer products e.g. LLM based code generation for specific domains and DSLs
• A related technical degree required.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Critical eye for product design, well-versed in good design principles especially around integration/API applications
• Ability to adapt and handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Expert experience with Agile development methodologies, certified scrum master preferred

In office expectations are 10 days/a quarter to support customers and/or collaborate with their teams.

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For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $251,900 to $384,100.

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