Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

For our client, we are seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience to join the team of a leader in the Consumer Technology space.

This role will shape the engineering environment that supports developers across the organization, with a strong focus on speed, reliability, and scale. You will lead improvements to local and remote development workflows, CI/CD infrastructure, and pre-production systems that help teams ship with confidence. The position also plays a key part in advancing AI-powered developer tooling and defining the metrics used to measure developer productivity and platform health.

Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available

Compensation: $229,000 – $241,000 annually

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction for local and remote development environments
• Oversee CI pipeline infrastructure and the commit-to-feedback loop
• Manage the architecture of pre-production environments
• Ensure reliability and resilience of git infrastructure at monorepo scale
• Drive advancements in AI-powered developer tooling
• Design multi-quarter initiatives to enhance developer velocity
• Define and monitor developer experience metrics

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems at scale, including Buildkite and GitHub Actions
• Experience building or operating local and remote development environments
• Proven track record of leading cross-team technical initiatives
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, AWS preferred, and containerization with Docker
• Strong technical leadership skills, including mentoring and influencing others

Benefits

• Flexible remote work policy
• Market-competitive compensation
• Equity grant eligibility for new hires
• Annual refresh grants
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Opportunities for professional development and mentorship

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.