Ziphire HR

Principal Engineer, Developer Experience

Ziphire HR

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Jose • California • United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Define and drive the DevEx strategy across the client.
  • Own developer experience as a product, with clear roadmaps and success metrics.
  • Identify and eliminate friction across the software development lifecycle.
  • Drive platform-first adoption of CI/CD, testing, and lifecycle automation.
  • Define and promote golden paths for building, deploying, and operating services.
  • Lead the evolution of lifecycle automation platforms.
  • Reduce tooling fragmentation through consolidation and strong defaults.
  • Influence engineering practices to improve delivery speed, quality, and reliability.
  • Partner with senior leaders to align DevEx investments with business priorities.
  • Represent DevEx strategy in senior technical and leadership forums.

Requirements

  • Experience leading large-scale platform, infrastructure, or developer productivity initiatives.
  • Ability to influence engineering practices across multiple teams or organizations.
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD, testing, deployment, and service operations.
  • Experience balancing standardization with developer autonomy.
  • Proven ability to translate technical strategy into measurable outcomes.
  • Clear and effective communication skills.
  • Nice to Have
  • Experience building internal platforms as products.
  • Familiarity with developer portals (e.g., Backstage).
  • Experience with application lifecycle management or automation at scale.
  • Exposure to AI-assisted engineering or automation workflows.
  • Passion for improving developer experience and engineering excellence.
Benefits
  • Shape how engineering is done at our client.
  • Impact thousands of developers and millions of players.
  • Work on long-term, high-impact platform initiatives.
  • Partner with strong technical leaders across the company.
  • Turn developer pain points into durable, scalable solutions.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
CI/CDtestingdeploymentservice operationslifecycle automationapplication lifecycle managementautomation workflowsdeveloper portalsplatform developmentdeveloper productivity
Soft Skills
communicationinfluenceleadershipstrategic thinkingcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilityorganizational skillsmeasurable outcomespassion for improvement