Staff Engineer – DevX

Buildkite

. Own the end-to-end developer experience for around 80 engineers across CI, build tooling, codebase health, deployment paths, and the AI-assisted development loop .

Posted 10/31/2026full-timeRemote • Australia, New Zealand, United StatesLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong software engineering expertise with a focus on enhancing developer productivity through effective tooling and CI/CD practices. Proven ability to influence engineering teams and drive measurable improvements in output and efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Software Engineering BackgroundCI/CD ExperienceAgentic Coding Tools FluencyDeveloper Productivity MeasurementPlatform Engineering Experience

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Hard Skills

Production ExperienceEngineering Team LeadershipDeveloper ToolingPerformance MeasurementCodebase Health ManagementDeployment Path OptimizationCross-Language ProficiencyPipeline OptimizationR&D Output ImprovementRisk Management

Soft Skills

Influence SkillsRelationship BuildingComfort with AmbiguityHigh Tolerance for ExperimentationProblem-Solving

Industry Keywords

High-Performance Engineering EnvironmentAgentic Coding ToolsDeveloper ExperienceEngineering ProductivityContinuous Integration

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the end-to-end developer experience for around 80 engineers across CI, build tooling, codebase health, deployment paths, and the AI-assisted development loop
Lead the goal of doubling R&D output per engineer and establish meaningful productivity measures
Stay hands-on, ship real PRs across languages and services, and make low-risk, high-leverage changes in unfamiliar code
Build credibility and relationships across the engineering team, gain buy-in, and clear roadblocks for teams you don't own
Evaluate, roll out, and measure agentic coding tools while raising the bar for effective usage

Requirements

What you’ll need

A strong software engineering background with real production experience
Experience inside a platform engineering organisation, or a track record as the person on an engineering team who led the charge on AI and developer tooling
Evidence that you've made engineering teams measurably faster, with a clear point of view on what worked, what didn't, and why
Exposure to meaningful scale
Real fluency with agentic coding tools, and good judgement about when to trust, correct, or override them
Influence skills to lead everyone and manage no one
High tolerance for trying new things and taking sensible risks
Comfort with ambiguity around measurement
Deep CI/CD experience, particularly untangling and speeding up slow pipelines
Time in a high-performance engineering environment
Breadth across languages and stacks
Experience instrumenting and reporting on developer productivity

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks a year, on top of a fully remote setup
20 days paid annual leave plus 10 days sick & carer's leave
16 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers (6 for secondary)
A remote-work allowance for home-office kit, co-working, or working elsewhere
Confidential EAP & mental health support
Support for learning and growth, with time and budget for conferences, courses, and coaching
Retirement and health coverage (based on your region)