Principal Developer Experience Engineer
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $200,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
GoPythonRuby
About the role
- Champion the effective use of AI in the software development lifecycle.
- Define, document, and evangelize best practices for the use of AI-powered tools, and continuously evaluate and identify new opportunities as the AI landscape evolves
- Work closely with security, legal, and compliance stakeholders to ensure that all tools are safe, appropriate, and deployed responsibly
- Provide hands-on training and workshops, develop content for our on-demand learning management system, curate or recommend external training programs, and pair directly with developers to teach AI development skills
- Implement and manage a strong technical onboarding program for developers, ensuring new hires ramp up quickly and effectively
- Partner closely with leaders in technical program management and product operations to refine and improve the software development lifecycle for effective delivery
- Ensure developer toolchains (such as IDEs, review, and testing tools) are reliable, efficient, and well-supported
- Collaborate with engineering leadership to define and measure productivity and satisfaction metrics, continuously identifying bottlenecks and opportunities
- Own or administer quality management tools such as linters, static analysis tools, and test coverage measurement and reporting
- Document code standards and integrate them into tools as applicable (for example, as context for AI agents and review bots)
- Partner with engineering teams to strengthen code review practices, testing strategies, and continuous integration
- Balance developer autonomy with quality management tooling, ensuring that processes enable, rather than hinder, the delivery of value
- Serve as an advocate for developer needs across the organization
- Foster a culture of experimentation, learning, and collaboration
- Share knowledge widely: create documentation, run workshops, and mentor teams in best practices
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on software development experience, ideally spanning multiple languages and environments.
- Our current stack includes Ruby and Go codebases, and direct experience with at least one of these (preferably both) is required.
- Experience with Python for AI integrations is a significant plus
- Experience with Cursor is required; it is our primary IDE today
- Demonstrated track record of success implementing AI-driven engineering practices showing measurable benefits
- Excellent communication skills; ability to build consensus and influence across teams, considering multiple perspectives and developing solutions that balance them effectively
- Commitment to data-driven decision making — able to develop and test hypotheses effectively, continually adjusting strategy as a result of new information
- Strong product mindset — able to balance immediate developer pain points with long-term strategic improvements
- Experience leading transformational projects and managing change well, ideally in sensitive, high-complexity environments with significant compliance or regulatory obligations
- CS background preferred; experience in teaching/training is a significant plus
Benefits
- 100% Remote (must be in US)
- Base salary per year (paid semi-monthly)
- Fast- paced and professional work culture
- Stock options with standard startup vesting - 1 year cliff; 4 years total
- $50 monthly communication expense stipend to go towards your phone/internet bill
- $250 stipend to enhance your WFH setup
- Reimbursement for peripheral equipment: monitor (up to $400), keyboard and mouse (up to $200)
- Premium medical benefits including vision and dental (100% coverage for employees)
- Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
- Paid parental bonding leave
- Paid sick leave, jury duty, bereavement
- 401k plan
- Flexible Time Off (our team members typically take off ~3-4 weeks per year)
- Volunteer Time Off
- 13 scheduled holidays
- 2x / year in-person team meet-ups (2-3 days, company paid)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
software developmentRubyGoPythonAI integrationsAI-driven engineering practicescode reviewtesting strategiescontinuous integrationquality management
Soft skills
communicationconsensus buildinginfluencedata-driven decision makingproduct mindsetleading transformational projectsmanaging changementoringcollaborationexperimentation