Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience
Core
Designing and operating the AI-native development environment, CI/CD platforms, and internal tooling to accelerate engineering velocity and reliability.
Role type
Senior Software Engineer (Developer Experience) with Tech Lead trajectory
Builds
Local development environments, CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and AI-assisted coding workflows
Domain
Software Engineering Infrastructure / DevOps / AI Development Tooling
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
CI/CD system ownership, distributed systems, cloud platforms, roadmap execution, stakeholder influence, technical mentorship, AI agent integration, build system management
Preferred skills
Hyper-growth startup experience, SRE automation, prior Tech Lead or Engineering Manager experience
Technologies
Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, CircleCI, Buildkite, GitHub Actions, Helm, Poetry, pip, uv
Responsibilities
Set strategy and architecture for build systems and CI/CD pipelines; Own CI health metrics and developer productivity tracking; Lead transition to automated continuous deployment; Standardize AI coding and reviewing agents; Ship multi-quarter DevEx roadmap; Mentor engineers on best practices; Partner on dev-infra and release process improvements; Drive large-scale DX initiatives like reducing flaky tests and infra cost; Present strategy to engineering leadership.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership potential