Director of Engineering, AI at Port

Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

10 Oct, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

12 Jul, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Engineering Leadership, Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI Agent Architectures, AI Developer Experience, Strategic Planning, People Management, Architectural Design, Cross-functional Leadership, Productivity Optimization, Enterprise Software

Industry

technology;Information and Internet

Description

About Port At Port.io, we are building an open and flexible Agentic SDLC Platform for modern engineering organizations. Following our recent $100M Series C funding round, we are in a phase of rapid hypergrowth with strong enterprise momentum. We act as the central nervous system for engineering, enabling platform teams to unify their stack and expose it as a governed layer through golden paths for developers and AI agents. By combining rich engineering context, workflows, and actions, we help organizations transition from manual processes to autonomous, AI-assisted engineering workflows — while maintaining control and accountability. As a product-led company, we believe in building world-class platforms that fundamentally shape how modern engineering organizations operate. About the Role We are seeking a strategic technical leader to drive the next phase of our engineering evolution. Reporting directly to the VP of R&D, you will carry two core mandates: Manage one or more engineering teams with a focus on AI development. Lead AI SDLC transformation efforts across the entire R&D organization. This is a rare, high-leverage role at the intersection of people leadership, technical craft, and organizational transformation. If you want to define how an entire engineering organization works in the age of AI — and leave a lasting fingerprint on a fast-scaling SaaS platform — this role is for you. What You'll Do: Domain Ownership & People Management Assume operational leadership for critical R&D domains, including management of engineering teams focusing on AI. Manage, coach, and grow Team Leads and senior engineers, building leadership depth across your domains. Own team health, delivery velocity, and engineering quality for every team under your purview. AI Developer Experience (AI DX) Lead the transformation of our engineering processes by implementing AI-driven tools, frameworks, and workflows. Significantly accelerate R&D throughput, optimize developer workflows, and foster an AI-first engineering culture — leading by example. Drive adoption of agentic coding tools (e.g., Cursor, AI agents) across teams and measure their impact on productivity. Technical Authority & Governance Challenge existing architectural paradigms and introduce innovative, out-of-the-box solutions to complex technical problems. Mentor engineering teams and raise the bar for AI engineering quality and best practices across R&D. Strategic Cross-Team Leadership Orchestrate complex, cross-functional initiatives that require deep technical alignment across disparate teams. Manage project delivery, timelines, and execution to ensure seamless cross-functional results. Architectural Vision Define and execute the long-term technical AI roadmap, ensuring high standards of scalability, reliability, observability and engineering excellence across the platform. Requirements Engineering leadership experience: Extensive background as a Director of Engineering or equivalent senior technical leadership capacity (typically 8+ years of experience), overseeing multiple Team Leads and cultivating leadership talent in medium-to-large startup environments. Proven experience working in organizations with enterprise customers. Delivery track record: Demonstrated success managing cross-functional engineering teams and delivering large-scale technical projects. Deep GenAI expertise: Strong knowledge of LLMs, evals, RAG, AI harness/agent architectures, and production-grade AI systems. AI DX hands-on experience: Proven track record of implementing AI agents and tooling to improve R&D productivity across multiple teams, with measurable outcomes and adoption. Architectural vision: Strong track record of architectural decision-making, technical mentoring, and long-term roadmap planning. Communication: Exceptional ability to bridge the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders. Fluent Hebrew and English. Startup DNA: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, hyper-growth environment where priorities shift and speed matters. Why Port? Work on real problems at scale — Port serves enterprise engineering organizations with thousands of developers. Rare scope — own both team leadership and org-wide AI transformation from day one. Hyper-growth moment — $100M Series C, strong enterprise pipeline, and a category we're actively defining. Brilliant team — collaborate with world-class engineers and product leaders who care deeply about craft.

Responsibilities

Lead AI engineering teams and drive the transformation of the R&D organization's software development lifecycle using AI-driven tools. Define the long-term technical AI roadmap while ensuring scalability, reliability, and engineering excellence across the platform.