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Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

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. Set technical direction and long-term architecture across local development, build tooling, shared libraries, and the developer portal .

Posted 10/13/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $151,000 - $309,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates extensive experience in software engineering with a focus on architecture, developer-facing products, and technical leadership. Proficient in managing complex software migrations and driving technical initiatives while ensuring usability and adoption.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Software Engineering ExperienceExpertise in Kotlin, Java, Go, or TypeScriptBuild Systems and Dependency ManagementDeveloper-Facing Product DesignTechnical Leadership and Mentorship

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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringProgramming LanguagesBuild SystemsDependency ManagementSoftware MigrationDeveloper-Facing ProductsUsability FocusAI-Assisted Development ToolsDeveloper Productivity MetricsTechnical Documentation
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsEmpathy for EngineersInfluencing Without Authority
Tools & Technologies
GradleMavenNpmBackstageDev ContainersDockerKubernetesAWS ECS
Industry Keywords
Technical DirectionArchitectureTesting FrameworksCore LibrariesCross-Cutting Platform ComponentsCI/CDCloud Infrastructure

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudDockerGradleJavaKotlinKubernetesMavenTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Set technical direction and long-term architecture across local development, build tooling, shared libraries, and the developer portal
  • Oversee the architecture of testing frameworks and core libraries used for developing web services
  • Design, build, and ship high-leverage, cross-cutting platform components
  • Collaborate with Product using data and engineer feedback to identify workflow friction and create a prioritized, measurable roadmap
  • Design self-service golden paths and paved roads for product teams to create and evolve services
  • Drive technical alignment with AI, CI/CD, and Cloud Infrastructure partner teams
  • Partner with customer-facing teams to align developer platform solutions with customer and business needs
  • Raise the team's technical bar through design reviews, mentorship, code-pairing, and developing technical leaders

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Deep expertise in at least one general-purpose language, such as Kotlin, Java, Go, or TypeScript
  • Comfort working across several programming languages
  • Strong experience with build systems and dependency management at scale, such as Gradle, Maven, or npm
  • Experience managing software migrations across hundreds of services
  • Track record of leading technical initiatives across multiple teams from problem definition through design, delivery, and adoption
  • Experience designing developer-facing products such as CLIs, SDKs, shared libraries, testing frameworks, or portals
  • Focus on usability and adoption
  • Hands-on experience with and strong opinions about AI-assisted development tools and agentic development practices
  • Strong communication skills, including clear technical strategy and design documentation and influencing without authority
  • Deep empathy for engineers as customers and a habit of measuring outcomes rather than shipping features
  • Experience with internal developer portals or service catalogs, such as Backstage, preferred
  • Experience building or integrating LLM-powered developer tools, coding agents, or MCP servers, preferred
  • Experience with containerized or cloud-based development environments, such as Dev Containers, Docker, Kubernetes, or AWS ECS, preferred
  • Experience defining and instrumenting developer productivity metrics, such as DORA, SPACE, or build and test analytics, preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive compensation and benefits programs
  • Cash compensation, including overtime and bonus/commissions if eligible
  • Equity
  • Benefits supporting a healthy lifestyle
  • Flexible benefits to meet changing needs
  • Hybrid work model valuing individual needs
  • Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities