Director of Developer Platform Engineering, Alteryx
$200-250k
+ Bonus payouts are based on individual and company performance
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Analytics & data science automation
Open for applications
Analytics & data science automation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$200-250k
+ Bonus payouts are based on individual and company performance
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To put data and AI to work for the Intelligent Enterprise.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years in software engineering, with significant experience leading platform engineering or developer infrastructure teams
- 5+ years leading managers in large technical organizations
- Proven track record setting platform strategy for orgs with hundreds of engineers
- Deep knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, and developer experience practices
- Experience leading large-scale engineering transformations
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder influence
- Find yourself checking a lot of these boxes but doubting whether you should apply? At Alteryx, we support a growth mindset for our associates through all stages of their careers. If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply
Desirable
- Kubernetes on AWS, Azure, or GCP
- CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins) and GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux)
- Build systems (Gradle, Bazel, Nx) and testing infrastructure across unit/integration/e2e/performance
- Progressive deployment (canary, blue/green, feature flags) and IDPs/developer portals
- DevEx metrics frameworks (DORA, SPACE) and observability platforms
- AI-powered dev tools (GitHub Copilot, Anthropic, agentic workflows)
What the job involves
- Alteryx is seeking a Director, Developer Platform Engineering to own the strategy and evolution of the platforms, tooling, and practices that power software delivery org-wide. You'll lead the Developer Experience vision — enabling 600+ engineers to build, test, deploy, and operate software faster and more reliably. Your team covers developer productivity, CI/CD, testing infrastructure, local dev environments, release engineering, and AI-powered engineering enablement
- Reporting directly to SVP of Engineering, you'll partner with Product Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Architecture to define the technical strategy and roadmap that lets teams ship faster with less operational complexity
- Platform Strategy — Define the long-term vision for Alteryx's Developer Platform; build a roadmap that standardizes the SDLC and scales across hundreds of engineers
- Developer Experience — Own the developer journey end-to-end, from local dev to production; reduce friction across builds, testing, and deployment; champion self-service capabilities
- CI/CD & Release Engineering — Modernize CI/CD platforms; standardize pipelines; drive GitOps and progressive delivery (canary, blue/green)
- Integration Testing — Establish testing strategy and scalable infrastructure for unit and integration testing
- AI-Enabled Engineering — Lead adoption of GenAI and agentic tooling for coding, testing, and docs; define responsible-use best practices
- Metrics & Operational Excellence — Define KPIs for developer productivity and platform health; build dashboards to guide investment
- Leadership — Recruit and grow a high-performing org; mentor managers and senior engineers; align stakeholders across Engineering
- First-Year Success:
- Unified Developer Platform strategy defined and in motion
- Measurable gains in developer productivity via automation and modernization
- Standardized CI/CD and release practices across product teams
- Expanded AI-powered engineering capabilities
- Productivity metrics established to guide investment
- A scaled, high-performing Developer Platform org
- You'll shape how software is built across Alteryx — the tools, platforms, and practices every engineering team relies on
Our take
Alteryx brings a suite of tools to automate data driven processes on a large scale, massively speeding up data based procedures. The system also uses AI to analyse data and provide insights to enable rapid decision making.
What Alteryx does differently from other data science tool developers is focus on the accessibility of its software, taking a low code/no code approach. This allows for greater collaboration between people with differing skill sets, speeding up processes for its users.
The business has made some strategic partnerships over time, most notably with Snowflake and Blue Prism. And with AI becoming more, Alteryx is projected to make major inroads in its market as more companies turn to automated solutions for data analysis.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
51% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2015
$85m
SERIES C
Oct 2014
$60m
SERIES B
Total funding: $217m
Company HQ
Irvine Business Complex, Irvine, CA
Leadership
Dean Stoecker
(Executive Chairman)Dean began his career as a Sales Manager at D&B and Strategic Mapping for 6 years, before working as CEO of SRC for 13 years. In 1997, he co-founded Alteryx, serving as CEO from 2010, and has been Executive Chairman since 2020.
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