The Head of Engineering Experience and Platforms is responsible for championing the productivity, satisfaction, and continuous growth of our engineering community. This role ensures that engineers are empowered with intelligent, automated, and AI augmented tools, processes, and platforms that accelerate the delivery of high quality software at scale. Reporting to the Head of Engineering and Delivery Enablement, this leader will shape the future of our development ecosystem by embedding AI native and agentic capabilities throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). The team will own the creation and evolution of a seamless, scalable, and frictionless engineering environment—one that anticipates needs, orchestrates workflows, and reduces cognitive load through AI automation and smart developer assistance. Partnering closely with senior technology leaders and strategic stakeholders, this role will drive the modernization of our SDLC, enabling engineers to work in a highly optimized environment where intelligent agents automate repetitive tasks, surface insights proactively, improve code quality, and create an unparalleled development experience.
Key Responsibilities
Engineer Productivity: Own and optimize the end-to-end developer workflow, including onboarding, tooling decisions, documentation, and internal platforms.
Advocacy & Support: Act as the voice of engineer, identifying pain points and driving improvements across teams and projects.
Tooling & Platforms: Evaluate, implement and manage best-in-class development tools, including GitHub Copilot (or similar AI Code Assistants), AI agents for developer experience, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, and internal developer platforms.
Collaboration: Partner with the Head of Architecture to align on technical standards and with the Head of Cloud to ensure cloud-native best practices
Engineering Metrics: Lead the Engineering Metrics Program, defining, tracking, and reporting on developer experience and productivity metrics.
Developer Evangelization: Lead the Developer Evangelization Group to aid development teams in adopting new technologies and processes.
Metrics & Feedback: Run regular feedback loops to measure and improve developer satisfaction.
Culture & Community: Foster a culture of learning, innovation, and knowledge sharing through internal events, documentation, and mentorship.
Qualifications
10+ years of proven experience in software engineering, developer productivity, or platform engineering over 10 years.
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Deep understanding of modern development workflows, cloud platforms, DevOps practices, and developer productivity tools such as Github (or similar platforms) GitHub Copilot, AI agents, and GitHub Actions
Salary Range:
$152,290.00 - $250,195.00The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.
Our Promise
At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
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As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Accommodations
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Visa Sponsorship
Guardian is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment visas. In order to be a successful applicant. you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship.
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What We Do
Who we are Guardian makes a difference in the lives of people when they need us most. With over 160 years of stability and fiscal integrity, we are a trusted resource to generations of families and business owners, inspiring well-being and helping build financial confidence. Today, we stand behind 29 million consumers, helping them prepare and plan for a bright future for themselves and their families. We help business owners care for their employees. And we help people recover and thrive in times of unexpected loss. As a modern mutual insurance company, we believe in driving value beyond dividends. We invest in our colleagues and are building a progressive, innovative and inclusive culture. We uplift individuals and communities through thoughtful social and environmental programs. What we stand for In 1860, a community of immigrants joined together to insure and protect their businesses and families. They were guided by powerful ideals that we’ve continued to stand behind and evolved throughout the years: we do the right thing, we believe people count, we courageously shape the future together, and we go above and beyond for the people we serve. Guardian employees embrace and live by these values every day. They remind us to put people at the heart of all we do so that we can help protect what matters most to you. Want to help bring these values to life? Join us for a rewarding career and the opportunity to shape the future. Disclosures: Financial information concerning Guardian as of December 31, 2022, on a statutory basis: Admitted assets = $76.0 billion; liabilities = $67.2 billion (including $55.0 billion of reserves); and surplus = $8.8 billion. Dividends are not guaranteed. They are declared annually by Guardian’s Board of Directors. Guardian® is a registered trademark of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. © Copyright 2023 The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America 2023-156184 Exp. 5/25
