Who we are.

At Bluehost, we believe all small businesses deserve the opportunity to succeed online. Our mission is to give small businesses the confidence to think big. We're the all-in-one platform for small businesses to grow online with powerful simplicity, premium performance, smart tools and human support.

We're looking for a strong engineering lead to drive next-generation AI and Developer Platform initiatives across multiple brands and product ecosystems. This role is ideal for someone who can operate hands-on at the architecture level while also leading platform thinking, developer experience improvements, AI integrations, automation, observability, and scalable engineering practices.

The person will work closely with product, infrastructure, platform, and application engineering teams to modernize internal systems and accelerate AI adoption across customer-facing and internal platforms

Whatyou'lldo & howyou'llmake your mark.

Lead architecture and implementation of AI-powered platform initiatives
Build scalable developer platform capabilities for engineering teams
Drive AI integrations across customer flows, internal tools, automation, and support systems
Improve engineering productivity through tooling, workflows, CI/CD, observability, and automation
Define long-term technical direction for platform modernization
Partner with Infra, SRE, Security, and Product teams for platform reliability and scalability
Establish engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices
Mentor engineers and influence cross-functional technical decisions
Evaluate and introduce modern AI tooling, LLM integrations, RAG systems, copilots, and agentic workflows
Drive operational excellence around logging, monitoring, telemetry, debugging, and platform reliability

Core Engineering

Strong experience in distributed systems and scalable web platforms
Deep understanding of backend architecture and APIs
Strong coding skills in Java, Node.js, Python, or Go
Experience designing highly available and scalable systems
Strong system design and architecture fundamentals

AI & Platform Experience

Hands-on experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities into products or workflows
Understanding of prompt engineering, embeddings, vector databases, and RAG pipelines
Experience with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or similar AI platforms
Familiarity with developer productivity tooling and platform engineering concepts
Exposure to AI-assisted coding workflows and internal engineering copilots

Cloud & Infrastructure

Strong Kubernetes and container orchestration experience
Experience with Terraform, Helm, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins
Experience with OCI, AWS, or GCP
Strong understanding of observability tools such as Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, ClickHouse, and OpenTelemetry
Understanding of platform reliability and SRE principles

Leadership Expectations

Ability to lead ambiguous and fast-moving initiatives
Strong ownership mindset and execution capability
Excellent communication and stakeholder management
Comfortable working across product, infra, and engineering teams
Ability to challenge existing systems and drive modernization
Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical discussion

Who you are & whatyou'llneed to succeed.

6-10+ years of engineering experience
Experience building internal developer platforms
Experience in large-scale enterprise or multi-brand ecosystems
Knowledge of identity systems, authentication, SSO, or platform integrations
Exposure to AI governance and AI security
Experience with event-driven systems and workflow orchestration
Previously worked as Senior Engineer, Staff Engineer, Tech Lead, Principal Engineer, or Engineering Lead
Hands-on builder with strong architecture skills
Passionate about AI evolution and developer tooling
Able to balance speed, scalability, and business impact

Why you'll love us.

We'veevolved:We provide three work environment scenarios. You can feel like aNewfolderin a work-from-home, hybrid, or work-from-the-office environment.
Work-life balance:Our work is thrilling and meaningful, but we know balance iskey toliving well.
We celebrate one another's differences:We're proud of our culture of diversity and inclusion. We foster a culture of belonging. Our company and customers benefit when employees bring their authentic selves to work. We have programs that bring us together onimportant issuesand provide learning and development opportunities for all employees. We have 20+ affinity groups where you can network and connect withemployeesglobally.
We care about you:At Bluehost, taking care of our employees is our top priority. We make sure thatcutting edgebenefits are in place for you. Some of the benefits you will have: We have partnered with some of the best insurance providers toprovideyou excellent Health Insurance options, Education/ Certification Sponsorships to give you a chance to further your knowledge, Flexi-leaves to take personal time off and much more. Building a community with one domain at a time, one employee at a time.
Where can we take you We're fans of helping our employees learn different aspects of the business, be challenged with new tasks, be mentored, and grow their careers. Unfold new possibilities with Bluehost #OTOD!

This Job Description includes the essential job functions required to perform the job described above, as well as additional duties and responsibilities. This Job Description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee performing this job may be required to perform. The Company reserves the right to revise the Job Description at any time, and to require the employee to perform functions in addition to those listed above.

Engineering Lead – AI & Developer Platform