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VOLTA

Software Engineer – Developer Experience

VOLTA

. Define and execute Volta’s developer experience roadmap for software engineering, including AI enablement .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timePalo Alto • California • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $200,000 - $290,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and securing developer tooling and infrastructure, with a strong focus on AI-assisted software engineering and continuous improvement based on user feedback. Proven ability to integrate secure practices and enhance developer experience through effective collaboration and innovative solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords
AI-Assisted Software EngineeringSecure Tooling PracticesCluster Management InfrastructureDeveloper Experience RoadmapIntegration of Agentic Workflows

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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringPlatform DevelopmentInfrastructure ManagementDependency ManagementTest Environment BuildingObservabilityCI/CD IntegrationTool API DevelopmentSupply Chain SecuritySecrets Management
Soft Skills
CollaborationJudgmentDisciplineAdaptabilityFeedback Responsiveness
Tools & Technologies
MCP ServersIntegration ToolsAuditability SystemsHuman Approval PathsIncident-Response Systems
Industry Keywords
Developer ToolingEmerging TechnologyGovernanceData HandlingModel Access

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Define and execute Volta’s developer experience roadmap for software engineering, including AI enablement
  • Build the development platform spanning build systems, dependency management, integration and test environments
  • Work with SOTA AI-assisted software engineering across harnesses, evals, verification loops, and observability
  • Integrate agentic workflows into developer environments, source control, CI/CD, observability, and incident-response systems
  • Build agent infrastructure, including MCP servers, tool APIs, context and retrieval systems, permissions, auditability, and human approval paths
  • Collaborate with Security Engineering to establish secure practices across governance, model access, and data handling
  • Continuously improve the system based on engineer feedback
  • Enable engineers to move faster with better quality and security, increasing adoption, shortening feedback loops, reducing toil, and safely moving work from intent to production

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 4+ years in software, platform, infrastructure, AI, or developer tooling
  • Experience making tooling secure by default, e.g. with supply chain security, secrets management, and least-privilege access
  • Experience building test clusters and cluster management infrastructure to support developer environments
  • Expert knowledge of SOTA AI-assisted software engineering across harnesses, evals, verification loops, and observability
  • An ear to the ground on emerging industry learnings and a track record of responding quickly to promising innovations
  • The judgment and discipline to achieve a balance between exploration of emerging technology and exploitation of proven ones
  • Experience turning prototypes into reliable tools used by other engineers
  • Right to work in the country where the role is based

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity in Volta, giving you the opportunity to share in the company's long-term success
  • Retirement/pension contributions
  • Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
  • Generous number of vacation days each year
  • Discretionary bonus
  • Equity awards