[Hiring] Developer Experience Engineer @Chess.com

Chess.com; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 68.000 - 103.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading online chess platform is seeking a remote Developer Experience Engineer to enhance workflows for developers. This full-time role involves improving internal tooling, CI/CD processes, and ensuring excellent user experience. Proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js is required, along with passion for chess. Join a fully remote team and contribute to innovative solutions in the gaming industry.

Qualifikationen

• Proficiency in using TypeScript with ES6+ features.
• Excellent knowledge of Node.js and its native modules.
• Understanding of great UX design.

Aufgaben

• Work on internal tooling for developers.
• Build automations to improve Developer Experience.
• Aim to improve CI/CD workflows.

Kenntnisse

Proficiency in TypeScript

Knowledge of Node.js

Experience with CI/CD pipelines

Familiarity with Docker

Understanding of UX design

Experience with Infrastructure as Code

Chess knowledge

Tools

Terraform

Webpack

Jenkins

Jobbeschreibung

Sep 04, 2025 - Chess.com is hiring a remote Developer Experience Engineer. Location: USA.

About You

You care about Developer Experience, aiming to always improve the workflows of other developers by making things simpler and quicker. You care about documentation, ensuring that the tools you create enable the next developer to easily build on top of what you’ve started. You are humble with a sense of humor and don’t take yourself too seriously.You have been working in or dreamed of working in the gaming industry and are ready to turn your talents towards chess!

What you\'ll do

• Work on internal tooling that is used by our developers every day
• Build custom systems, workflows, and automations to help improve the Developer Experience of several teams, deployment processes, etc.
• Aim to improve CI/CD workflows by making them faster and maintaining their tooling as the scale of the project grows
• Maintain front-end dependencies by keeping tools up-to-date and routinely resolve security vulnerabilities

Preferred Skills

• Proficiency in using TypeScript with ES6+ features (async/await, Promises, etc.)
• Excellent knowledge of Node.js and its native modules, knowing that you don\'t need an npm package for every single operation
• Proficiency in front-end module bundlers, including webpack + rollup, being able to create custom plugins/loaders when necessary
• Basic knowledge of AST manipulation, being able to write custom Babel transformations or custom ESLint rules
• Excellent understanding of CI/CD pipelines using CircleCI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
• Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or Pulumi, with a strong focus on maintaining clean, scalable, and well-structured repositories
• Understanding of great UX design, ensuring the user can intuitively comprehend what\u2019s happening under the hood
• Familiarity in working with containers and cloud technology such as Docker, K8S, and GCP
• Sense of ownership and responsibility
• Chess player
• Lifelong learner

About the Opportunity

• This is a full-time opportunity
• We are 100% remote (work from anywhere!)

Learn more about us: https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-chess-com-virtual-team-works-together; https://www.chess.com/about