Director, Development – Platform Extension & Developer Experience

Lumin Digital

Director of Developer Experience at Lumin Digital overseeing the platform extensibility program. Leading a team to enhance the SDK and developer experience for financial institutions.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $245,000 - $265,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the team that makes Lumin the best platform to build on in the CFI space.
Set strategy, lead and grow a team of developers, and get into the work when it counts.
Shape SDK architecture, present to prospects alongside Sales, or co-present roadmap at the SDK advisory council.
Partner with the extensibility product manager to define and execute a roadmap that elevates Lumin’s developer platform to industry leadership.
Own technical strategy and quality of Lumin’s SDK, ensuring it is well-documented, extensible, and designed for developer success.
Build Lumin’s developer platform from the ground up, including sandbox environments, quick-start tooling, API explorer, and a DevEx portal.
Champion developer experience metrics in partnership with the PM, including adoption rates, time-to-first-call, integration success, and developer NPS.
Serve as Lumin’s technical face with external developers, clients, and vendor partners.
Collaborate across product, engineering, and marketing to integrate the developer platform into Lumin’s broader go-to-market strategy.
Foster a culture of developer empathy as the team builds for developers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. MS degree or MBA preferred.
Demonstrated experience building and delivering developer platforms, SDKs, or APIs, with 8+ years of software engineering or related leadership experience.
Strong engineering background with hands-on experience building or owning APIs, SDKs, or developer platforms.
Experience building and managing technical teams in a player-coach model, able to set strategy and roll up your sleeves when the team needs it.
Data-driven approach to developer experience, with fluency with metrics such as time-to-first-call, developer NPS, integration success rates, and adoption curves.
Deep understanding of what great developer experience looks like, with strong opinions on documentation, sandbox tooling, onboarding, and community.
Outstanding communication skills, equally comfortable in a whiteboard session with engineers, a roadmap presentation with clients, or a finalist sales meeting with a credit union CTO.
Familiarity with the AI developer tooling landscape and ability to translate those insights into platform positioning and team practices.
Naturally cross-functional, able to work fluidly with product, data, SRE, security, and sales without losing momentum.
Experience in fintech, banking technology, or platforms serving financial institutions is a plus, but not required. Curiosity about the CFI space is.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Lead the team that makes Lumin the best platform to build on in the CFI space.
Set strategy, lead and grow a team of developers, and get into the work when it counts.
Shape SDK architecture, present to prospects alongside Sales, or co-present roadmap at the SDK advisory council.
Partner with the extensibility product manager to define and execute a roadmap that elevates Lumin’s developer platform to industry leadership.
Own technical strategy and quality of Lumin’s SDK, ensuring it is well-documented, extensible, and designed for developer success.
Build Lumin’s developer platform from the ground up, including sandbox environments, quick-start tooling, API explorer, and a DevEx portal.
Champion developer experience metrics in partnership with the PM, including adoption rates, time-to-first-call, integration success, and developer NPS.
Serve as Lumin’s technical face with external developers, clients, and vendor partners.
Collaborate across product, engineering, and marketing to integrate the developer platform into Lumin’s broader go-to-market strategy.
Foster a culture of developer empathy as the team builds for developers. 🎯 Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. MS degree or MBA preferred.
Demonstrated experience building and delivering developer platforms, SDKs, or APIs, with 8+ years of software engineering or related leadership experience.
Strong engineering background with hands-on experience building or owning APIs, SDKs, or developer platforms.
Experience building and managing technical teams in a player-coach model, able to set strategy and roll up your sleeves when the team needs it.
Data-driven approach to developer experience, with fluency with metrics such as time-to-first-call, developer NPS, integration success rates, and adoption curves.
Deep understanding of what great developer experience looks like, with strong opinions on documentation, sandbox tooling, onboarding, and community.
Outstanding communication skills, equally comfortable in a whiteboard session with engineers, a roadmap presentation with clients, or a finalist sales meeting with a credit union CTO.
Familiarity with the AI developer tooling landscape and ability to translate those insights into platform positioning and team practices.
Naturally cross-functional, able to work fluidly with product, data, SRE, security, and sales without losing momentum.
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Hard Skills & Tools

SDK architectureAPI developmentdeveloper platformssoftware engineeringdata-driven metricsdocumentationsandbox toolingonboardingcommunity engagementtechnical strategy

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcollaborationdeveloper empathystrategic thinkingplayer-coach modelcross-functional teamworkpresentation skillsproblem-solvingadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Software EngineeringMaster’s degreeMBA