Pliant is seeking an Engineering Manager - Developer Experience to define and lead a brand-new platform team focused on enabling engineers to be productive from day one. You’ll own the golden path and CI/CD patterns on Kubernetes, and coach a team as it scales. You will start hands-on, then hire and shape the team, driving AI-assisted development tooling and a high-trust DX culture across product squads. This is a founding leadership role with broad impact.