Staff Software Engineer – Developer Experience

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 120.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor is seeking a senior leader to drive the developer infrastructure, CI/CD, and pre-production environments at scale. You will shape the architecture of remote and local development platforms, improve Git reliability, and lead AI-powered tooling initiatives while mentoring engineers across teams.

The role emphasizes cross-team collaboration, platform health, and measurable improvements in developer velocity and reliability within a high-growth environment.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years of software development experience.
• Hands-on experience operating CI/CD systems at scale.
• Experience building/operating local or remote development environments.

Aufgaben

• Lead technical direction for CI/CD and development environments.
• Own architecture of pre-production and staging environments.
• Drive reliability of Git infrastructure and disaster recovery plans.
• Advance AI-powered developer tooling and workflows.
• Mentor engineers and represent the team in cross-organization discussions.

Kenntnisse

CI/CD Systems Operation

Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)

Containerization (Docker)

Technical Leadership

Developer Productivity Metrics

Local Development Environments

Orchestration (ECS/Kubernetes)

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Jobbeschreibung

• Lead technical direction for local and remote development environments, including ephemer environments, image-based provisioning, health checks, and inner development loop ergonomics
• Lead technical direction for CI pipeline infrastructure, commit-to-feedback loops, CI reliability, failure diagnostics, flaky-test reduction, and shift-left validation
• Own architecture and evolution of pre-production environments, staging stability, service-owner accountability, and parallel end-to-end validation environments
• Drive reliability and resilience of git infrastructure at monorepo scale and implement disaster recovery plans
• Advance AI-powered developer tooling, AI-assisted code review, agentic development workflows, and parallel AI session platforms
• Design and drive multi-quarter initiatives improving developer velocity, CI reliability, pre-production health, and local development
• Own and instrument developer experience metrics to prioritize investment
• Partner with infrastructure, platform, and product engineering teams to roll out platform changes with minimal disruption
• Set technical standards for reliability, performance, upgrade cadence, and developer ergonomics
• Mentor engineers and grow the developer infrastructure community
• Represent the team in cross-organization technical discussions

Requirements

• 10+ years of software development experience
• Deep, hands-on experience operating CI/CD systems at scale, including pipeline design, reliability, and performance tuning
• Experience building or operating local/remote development environments or developer platforms
• Track record of leading cross-team technical initiatives with measurable impact
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS
• Experience with containerization using Docker
• Experience with orchestration such as ECS/Kubernetes or equivalent
• Experience with large monorepos and related git infrastructure challenges
• Strong technical leadership, mentoring, and influence without direct authority
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience preferred
• Experience owning or evolving a developer environment platform used by a large engineering organization preferred
• Experience stabilizing pre-production/staging environments at scale preferred
• Experience with AI-powered developer tooling preferred
• Experience defining and instrumenting developer productivity metrics preferred
• Experience at high-growth companies operating developer infrastructure preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading technical direction for CI/CD systems, local and remote development environments, and AI-powered developer tooling. Proven ability to mentor engineers, drive reliability, and improve developer velocity through strategic initiatives and metrics.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• CI/CD Systems Operation
• Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)
• Containerization (Docker)
• Technical Leadership
• Developer Productivity Metrics

Hard Skills

• Software Development
• Pipeline Design
• Performance Tuning
• Local Development Environments
• Remote Development Environments
• Git Infrastructure
• AI-Powered Developer Tooling
• Pre-Production Environment Stabilization
• Orchestration (ECS/Kubernetes)
• Cross-Team Technical Initiatives

Soft Skills

• Mentoring
• Influence Without Authority

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
• Master's Degree in Computer Engineering

Industry Keywords

• Developer Infrastructure
• Monorepo
• Disaster Recovery
• Developer Experience
• High-Growth Companies