Staff Software Engineer

• Define and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for our Developer Experience & Engineering Enablement initiatives, aligning them with overall company goals and engineering objectives

• Identify critical pain points and opportunities for improvement across the software development lifecycle, proposing and leading impactful solutions

• Champion a culture of automation, self-service, continuous improvement, and blameless post-mortems

• Architect, design, and implement scalable, reliable, and secure internal developer platforms, tools, and services (e.g. Internal Developer Portals like schema registries)

• Lead the selection, integration, and optimization of third-party and open-source tools for CI/CD, source code management, artifact management, testing, security, and observability.

• Develop and maintain automation scripts, configure, and manage cloud infrastructure and environments.

• Optimize CI/CD pipelines for performance, security, and efficiency (e.g., caching, parallelization, automated security scans).

• Develop and enforce standards and governance for CI/CD practices across the organization.

• Enable inner-sourcing and create reusable pipeline templates and catalogs.

• Focus on reducing cognitive load and friction for developers, enabling them to easily, safely, and confidently build and deploy.

• Standardize and streamline developer environments to ensure reproducibility and scalability.

• Improve developer onboarding and offboarding experiences through automated tooling and clear documentation.

• Implement and enhance monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to provide deep insights into platform and application health.

• Define and track key DORA metrics and other developer experience metrics to measure impact and drive data-driven improvements.

• Participate in on-call rotations and provide expert-level support for critical infrastructure and tooling issues.

• Embed security controls and compliance practices early into the SDLC (DevSecOps).

• Implement automated solutions for vulnerability scanning, policy enforcement, and auditability.

• Collaborate closely with Engineering teams, SRE, Security and Infrastructure teams to understand their needs and provide effective solutions.

• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level engineers, fostering their growth and development.

• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• 8 + years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on DevOps, DevEx, SRE, or Platform Engineering roles.

• Proven track record of designing, building, and operating large-scale, distributed systems and internal platforms.

• Demonstrated experience in a Staff, Lead Engineer capacity, driving technical initiatives and mentoring teams.

• Technical Expertise:

• Deep expertise with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure, AWS) and cloud-native architectures.

• Extensive experience with containerization technologies (i.e. Docker) and orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes, AKS, EKS)

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible).

• Strong programming skills in one or more languages (e.g. C#, Python, Go, Java, TypeScript)

• Extensive experience with .Net or JVM ecosystem

• Expertise with CI/CD systems (e.g. ADO, GitHub Actions, CircleCI)

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Datadog, Honeycomb, Prometheus, Grafana)

• Familiarity with security and compliance tooling (e.g. Snyk, Checkmarx)

• Experience with developer tools (e.g. GitHub, Artifactory, SonarQube)

• Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences

• Strong leadership qualities, including the ability to influence without direct authority, drive consensus, and inspire teams

• Proactive, self-motivated, and adaptable to change in a fast-paced environment

• A strong "customer-centric" mindset, viewing developers as internal customers

• Ability to balance technical excellence with business needs and deliver practical, high-impact solutions

• Familiarity with generative AI for developer assistance (e.g. intelligent documentation, Amazon Q for Dev, Co-pilot, Cursor, Windsurf)

• Experience in a hybrid cloud environment

• Contributions to open-source projects