Technical Lead, Gravitee.io
AI Platform & Developer Experience (DevEx)
Salary not provided
Offers stock options
JIRA
Senior and Expert level
London
2+ days a week in office
API management platform for APIs, Events and Agents
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API management platform for APIs, Events and Agents
101-200 employees
B2BSaaSAPICyber SecurityIdentityCloud Computing
Be an early applicant
Salary not provided
Offers stock options
JIRA
Senior and Expert level
London
2+ days a week in office
101-200 employees
B2BSaaSAPICyber SecurityIdentityCloud Computing
Company mission
Our mission is to make every company agent-first, easily and securely.
Role
Who you are
- Software Engineering Core: 7+ years of foundational software engineering experience. You are an expert backend engineer or systems architect who builds production-grade software that scales
- AI & LLM Mastery: Deep, recent, hands-on experience operationalising Generative AI. You understand context windows, token optimisation, embedding models, vector databases, and RAG architectures
- AI-Native Workflow Philosophy: You are deeply embedded in the modern AI development ecosystem. You have a clear, pragmatic philosophy on how AI-driven development changes code quality, testing methodologies, and technical debt
- Management experience is a plus (managing engineering teams, with a strong preference for DevEx, Platform, Infrastructure, or Tooling teams)
- Care deeply about quality, clarity, and impact
- Are curious, adaptable, and excited by emerging technologies like AI
- Take ownership and follow through
- Value collaboration, openness, and continuous improvement
- Bonus points if you’ve worked with APIs, cloud-native platforms, AI-enabled systems, or open source, but curiosity matters most
What the job involves
- At Gravitee, we aren’t just using AI to build features for our users; we are completely reinventing the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) itself
- This is not a corporate strategy role or a pure ML research position
- We are looking for a leading, hands-on AI-native engineer
- You will lead a high-performing squad of DevEx and Platform Engineers to build an AI-augmented internal ecosystem that optimises every phase of our lifecycle, from product ideation to production deployment
- Build the Squad: Hire, scale, and lead a high-performing team of Developer Experience (DevEx) and Platform Engineers
- Lead by Example: Act as a premier AI-native engineer, establishing the standard for how the team leverages advanced AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Devin, custom LLM workflows) to code faster, safer, and smarter
- Foster User Empathy: Ensure your team views internal Product Managers, Designers, and Developers as their primary customers
- Resource Planning: Masterfully balance the roadmap between long-term, high-leverage R&D (e.g., experimenting with multi-agent orchestration) and immediate, tactical fixes that unblock the engineering organisation
- Architect the AI-Native Stack: Lead the technical implementation of our Internal Developer Platform (IDP), knowing exactly when to rely on traditional, deterministic backend orchestration vs. autonomous LLM agents
- Master Context Engineering: Own our ingestion pipeline. You understand that AI is only as good as its context; you will build robust RAG systems that sync codebase knowledge, Linear/Jira histories, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) to feed internal tooling and eliminate hallucinations
- Infrastructure Guardrails: Ensure all AI-generated code and automated workflows are bounded by strict engineering guardrails, robust error handling, and security scanning
- For Product: Architect tools that ingest raw customer feedback, telemetry, and business requirements to assist PMs in drafting rigorous, comprehensive Product Requirement Documents (PRDs)
- For Engineering: Seamlessly integrate advanced coding assistants that go beyond basic autocomplete, enabling entire scaffolding and test-suite generation directly mapped to the specs created in the product phase
- Define the Metrics: Don’t guess, measure. Establish and track the core "Physics of Gravitee": Speed, Velocity, and Quality
- Monitor AI Adoption: Track and optimize the usage rates of internal AI tools, acceptance rates of AI-generated code/specs, and the direct impact on DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes) and "Time-to-Spec."
Salary benchmarks
Our take
APIs are key to digital transformation, enabling faster connections and greater agility for businesses. However, managing hundreds of APIs at once can be a major challenge for large organizations. Gravitee.io is one of the companies addressing this need, entering a market expected to exceed $200B in the coming years.
Gravitee.io is tapping into a rapidly growing space, following the success of companies like Mulesoft, which was acquired by Salesforce, and Plaid, valued at $13B. With nearly 75% of large US organizations looking to expand their use of APIs, the demand for effective API management is clear.
With strong funding and the market's growth, Gravitee.io is well-positioned to make an impact. As more businesses rely on APIs, the company is gearing up to help organizations streamline and manage their complex tech ecosystems.
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Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
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Company benefits
- Home Office Setup Support - Get up to €/$/£350 to kit out your perfect remote workspace.
- Co-working Allowance - Employees receive a monthly co-working allowance of €/$/£80 to work from inspiring spaces.
- Monthly Travel to London Hub - European team members can travel to our London Hub monthly to collaborate and connect with their teams in person.
- Time off - 25 days holiday/in addition to in-country national holidays.
- Mental Health Days - 3 days a year just for you because your well-being matters.
- Healthcare Plans - Opt into your local healthcare scheme from day one.
- Volunteering Days - 2 x paid days each year to give back to causes you care about.
- PerkBox Access - Enjoy exclusive discounts, wellbeing perks, and more.
- Professional Development Stipend - £/$/€1,000 annually to improve your skills and fuel your growth.
- New Starter Lunch Allowance - €/$/£25 a month for your first 3 months; lunch is on us while you settle in.
- Enhanced Parental Leave - Supportive leave policies that go beyond the standard.
- Birthday Day Off - Celebrate you! Take an extra day off around your birthday.
- Annual Company Offsite - Once a year, we bring the entire team together for a company-wide offsite—time to connect, align, and make memories.
- Team Lunches & Events - Regular get-togethers to stay connected and celebrate wins.
Company values
- Passion: Work with excitement - At Gravitee, we value passion and clarity in what drives us—whether mastering your craft or innovating for the future. Let your enthusiasm enhance your expertise and inspire continuous improvement.
- Hold Nothing Back: Go above and beyond - Second place has never been good enough for you. And you love doing what it takes to win. It’s not just about hard work; it's about determination and prioritizing others. It's about pushing yourself, and your team, forward.
- Professionalism: Communicate with respect - We believe in proactive and courteous communication with everyone. Over-communicating is better than under-communicating, ensuring we meet needs with professionalism and care.
Company HQ
London, UK
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Gravitee.io
- At Gravitee, no employee or applicant, client, colleague or supplier, will be treated less favorably on the grounds of their sex, marital status, race, color, nationality or ethnic or national origin, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or religion or belief.
- Our aim is to ensure that everyone who works here has an equal opportunity to develop a successful career, where everyone is treated with respect and dignity and decisions in the workplace are made free from the effects of bias and prejudice. We are committed to treating all of our clients, visitors and research participants respectfully, fairly and equally.
- At Gravitee we treat all our staff equally and fairly, with the utmost respect and understanding of individual and personal circumstances. We actively identify opportunities for everyone to pursue and thrive in our workforce, being essential for building an innovative and inclusive future. We encourage and support women working and learning, as well as promoting progression opportunities, acknowledging their minority in our industry. Not only does it help narrow the gender pay gap having a diverse STEM workforce, but it also prevents biases in the products and services that Gravitee designs.
- For more about our policies click here: https://www.gravitee.io/about/diversity-equity-and-inclusion
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