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Director of Engineering Productivity and Operations

Matillion · Manchester (remote)

Matillion, which started in Manchester, builds Maia, an agentic AI platform for data automation used by firms like Cisco and Slack. This director shapes how engineering builds, ships and runs Maia, leading developer experience, release engineering and CloudOps while moving delivery towards agentic ways of working.

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Company
Matillion
Where
Manchester (remote)
Function
Operations
Posted
4 days ago
Team
Site Reliability Engineering
Seniority
Director
Work mode
Remote
Categories
FoundersSaaS

The role

What you’ll do

  • Lead the engineering productivity strategy, including agentic delivery from planning to deployment
  • Own the roadmap for CI/CD, release automation, observability and developer experience
  • Run the engineering operating rhythm and metrics on delivery, quality, reliability and cost
  • Drive cloud cost optimisation and manage tooling vendors, contracts and renewals

What you’ll need

  • Substantial engineering leadership in SaaS, cloud, DevOps, SRE or developer experience
  • Hands-on grasp of AI-assisted and agentic software development
  • Experience measuring engineering productivity by outcomes rather than activity
  • Background in cloud cost management, vendor contracts and technical procurement

Good to know: Estimated salary £141,200 to £211,800. Manchester or remote. Equity, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, 5 volunteering days, private health insurance and a pension.

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About Matillion

SaaS. Backed by Balderton Capital, Battery Ventures and Lightspeed (London). Stage: Growth.

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