Head of Developer Enablement, Kiro

Description

Do you obsess over developer experience? Do you lose sleep over unnecessary friction, confusing defaults, and onboarding flows that take too many clicks? Are you excited about helping developers go from zero to shipped with AI agents, not in weeks, but in minutes? If so, this might be your dream job.

We are seeking an experienced Head of Developer Enablement for Kiro to own the end-to-end developer experience, from first install to production deployment. You will ensure every developer who touches Kiro can self-serve their way to value without friction, whether they’re launching their first agent or scaling complex multi-agent workflows.

This role sits at the intersection of developer experience, documentation, product-led growth, and developer tooling. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Support, and Marketing to reduce time-to-value, improve self-serve success rates, and turn developer friction into product improvements, ultimately driving activation, retention, and expansion of Kiro.

Please note, we place significant value on candidates who have built developer tools, documentation systems, or enablement programs that demonstrably improved developer outcomes  existing public presence in the developer community is beneficial but not required. What matters most is your track record of making developers successful, fast.

• Own the developer journey from install to first successful agent run to production deployment, and ruthlessly eliminate friction at every step.
• Design and optimize onboarding flows, quick starts, starter templates, and in-product contextual guidance that get developers to value in minutes, not hours.
• Build and maintain reference architectures, sample applications, and reusable project templates.

• Own the quality, discoverability, and accuracy of all developer-facing documentation including API references, CLI guides, configuration docs, and troubleshooting playbooks.
• Ensure docs are always current with product releases through tight engineering partnerships and automated workflows.
• Build and improve developer-facing tooling (CLIs, scaffolding tools, project generators) that reduce manual steps.

• Systematically identify and quantify developer friction through instrumentation, friction logs, support ticket analysis, and direct developer engagement.
• Own the feedback loop from developers back to Product and Engineering. Prioritize and advocate for DX improvements that move activation and retention metrics.
• Use telemetry, funnel analysis, and qualitative signals to measure self-serve success rates and pinpoint drop-off points.

• Drive measurable improvements in developer activation (time to first deploy, first successful agent run, first production workflow).
• Partner with Growth and Marketing to optimize product-led growth loops that convert trial developers into active users.
• Instrument and track developer success metrics; own the enablement KPI dashboard.

• Measurable reduction in time-to-first-value and increase in self-serve activation rates.
• Developers can go from install to a working agent-powered project without opening a support ticket or watching a tutorial.
• Friction logs and developer feedback directly inform product roadmap priorities, with visible product improvements shipped as a result.
• Documentation and quick starts that developers rate as "best-in-class" and actively recommend to peers.

Agentic AI drives innovation at the forefront of artificial intelligence, enabling customers to transform their businesses through cutting-edge AI solutions. We build and deliver the foundational AI services that power the future of cloud computing, helping organizations harness the potential of AI to solve their most complex challenges. Join our dynamic team of AI/ML practitioners, applied scientists, software engineers, and solution architects who work backwards from customer needs to create groundbreaking technologies.

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