Smarter Technologies - Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience
Requirements
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building production systems. • Passion for developer experience and internal tooling. • Experience building or improving developer platforms, build systems, or internal tools. • Familiarity with CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar. • CI/CD systems • Experience with cloud infrastructure and platform tooling (e.g., Kubernetes, Terraform, containerized environments). • cloud infrastructure and platform tooling • Experience working in or contributing to large codebases or monorepos (tools like Bazel, Buck, Pants, etc. are a plus). • large codebases or monorepos • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • What Sets You Apart • You think of engineers as your customers. • engineers as your customers. • You enjoy teaching, mentoring, and enabling other engineers. • You actively incorporate AI-assisted development into your workflow. • AI-assisted development • You have experience improving developer workflows, build systems, or CI/CD pipelines. • You’re comfortable working across the stack—from infrastructure and tooling to application code when needed. • You thrive in fast-moving environments with high ownership and autonomy. • Our Engineering Environment • Python-first backend ecosystem • Some TypeScript services and frontends • Monorepo-based development workflow • CI/CD pipelines built around modern automation • Infrastructure managed with Kubernetes and Terraform • Increasing adoption of AI-assisted and agentic development workflows • Required Technical Exercise - submissions without this component will not be considered: • Please spend no more than 20 minutes completing a quick coding exercise by following the instructions here.
Responsibilities
• Build the Developer Platform • Design and implement internal tools, workflows, and infrastructure that improve the developer experience across the company. Your work will shape how engineers build, test, deploy, and operate software. • Own the DevEx Ecosystem • Improve our monorepo tooling, CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and documentation. Help engineers navigate and extend the codebase effectively. • Design for Humans and AI • Help evolve our development environment for AI-assisted coding and agentic workflows. This includes structuring documentation and code patterns so both humans and LLMs can work effectively within the repository. • AI-assisted coding and agentic workflows • Enable and Educate Engineers • Act as a developer advocate within the engineering organization. Run internal training, write documentation, and help teams adopt new tools and workflows. • Drive Platform Improvements • Work across infrastructure and platform layers, including CI/CD pipelines, build tooling, Kubernetes environments, and infrastructure automation. • Lead with Ownership • Define and extend your own scope. We move quickly and value engineers who proactively identify problems and build solutions that raise the engineering bar.
Benefits
• $230,000—$280,000 USD
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