Platform Engineering Leader

Role Overview

You will be leading the end-to-end engineering function for Strategic client-specific deployment of AAVA, an enterprise‑grade Agentic AI platform designed to transform the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) through intelligent agents, automation, and AI‑driven engineering workflows. Your role will involve owning the development, extension, and operational readiness of the client platform, ensuring rapid innovation while maintaining alignment with the core AAVA product architecture at Ascendion. You will work closely with strategic clients to evolve their dedicated AAVA platform instances with a strong roadmap tailored to their engineering environment, developer workflows, and technology ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Ownership for Client Deployment:

  • Own the end-to-end engineering delivery for the AAVA platform deployed within a strategic enterprise client environment.
  • Lead development of client‑specific capabilities, integrations, and extensions required to support the clients engineering ecosystem.
  • Ensure the platform operates with enterprise‑grade scalability, reliability, and security.

• Engineering Roadmap Execution:

  • Translate the client‑specific product roadmap into a clear engineering execution plan.
  • Drive delivery across platform capabilities including Agentic SDLC workflows, AI‑assisted development capabilities, developer productivity tooling, enterprise integrations, and platform analytics and observability.
  • Ensure engineering execution aligns with both client priorities and the broader AAVA platform roadmap.

• Contribution to Core AAVA Product:

  • Architect client capabilities so they can eventually be productized into the core AAVA platform.
  • Collaborate closely with Ascendion’s central AAVA product and platform engineering teams to identify reusable innovations, upstream platform capabilities, and maintain architectural consistency.

• Platform Architecture & Engineering Excellence:

  • Work closely with platform architects and AI engineering teams to maintain a modular, extensible platform architecture.
  • Ensure the client platform adheres to core AAVA architectural standards.
  • Drive engineering best practices across distributed systems, agent orchestration frameworks, developer platform engineering, and cloud‑native architectures.

• Engineering Team Leadership:

  • Build and lead a high‑performing platform engineering organization supporting the client deployment.
  • Augment the existing engineering teams with top‑tier product engineers, platform specialists, and AI engineers.
  • Establish strong practices for engineering productivity, DevOps automation, quality engineering, and platform observability.

• Enterprise Integration & Deployment:

  • Lead engineering of deep integrations between AAVA and the client’s enterprise technology landscape, including developer tools, CI/CD pipelines, repositories and code management platforms, cloud platforms, and enterprise security systems.
  • Ensure seamless integration with the client’s software engineering ecosystem.

• Platform Security & Compliance:

  • Embed secure‑by‑design engineering practices across the platform.
  • Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards and governance requirements.
  • Build strong capabilities around identity and access management, auditability, model governance, and platform security controls.

Qualifications & Experience

• 15+ years of engineering experience, with significant leadership roles in product engineering organizations.
• Proven track record of leading platform engineering teams at top‑tier product companies.
• Experience building developer platforms, enterprise SaaS products, or AI‑driven engineering tools.
• Experience delivering platforms deployed in large enterprise environments.

About Ascendion

Ascendion is a leader in AI‑powered software engineering, partnering with Global 2000 clients to solve complex challenges in data, experience design, software product engineering, and workforce transformation. Our culture is built on core values, creating an inclusive and supportive environment where innovators can thrive and drive innovation.

Role Overview (Repeated)

You will be leading the end-to‑to engineering function for Strategic client‑specific deployment of AAVA, an enterprise‑grade Agentic AI platform designed to transform the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) through intelligent agents, automation, and AI‑driven engineering workflows. Your role will involve owning the development, extension, and operational readiness of the client platform, ensuring rapid innovation while maintaining alignment with the core AAVA product architecture at Ascendion. You will work closely with strategic clients to evolve their dedicated AAVA platform instances with a strong roadmap tailored to their engineering environment, developer workflows, and technology ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities (Repeated)

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