Staff Developer Experience Engineer
Core
Define architecture and roadmap for local development, CI/CD, build systems, and release workflows to improve delivery speed, quality, and security for engineering teams.
Role type
Staff Developer Experience Engineer (Technical Leadership & Hands-on IC)
Builds
Reusable GitLab CI/CD templates, runner capabilities, developer workflows, test gates, artifact promotion, release manifests, and rollback paths.
Domain
Cybersecurity / Cloud-Native Infrastructure / DevOps
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
CI/CD system design and operation, container builds and OCI images, Kubernetes workflows, automated testing and security checks, Go and Python programming, software supply-chain security, cross-team technical leadership
Preferred skills
Internal developer platforms, image signing and SBOMs, GitLab Runner fleets, GitOps, AI-assisted engineering workflows, developer-productivity metrics
Technologies
GitLab CI/CD, Docker/OCI, Kubernetes, EKS, Helm, Skaffold, ArgoCD, AWS, Go, Python, TypeScript, OpenTelemetry, Datadog
Responsibilities
Define architecture and roadmap for local development and release workflows; Lead high-impact initiatives to standardize the path from code change to production; Build reusable tooling and templates for CI/CD and security; Establish standards for container images and supply-chain security; Mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on technical leadership