Staff Software Engineer & Lead

Arm Limited; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Cambridge is seeking a dedicated Staff Software Engineer to enhance the engineering experience by leading platform initiatives and improving developer tools. In this role, you'll collaborate with teams to roadmap and deliver impactful engineering platforms, centered on user experience and productivity. This position provides the opportunity to work with various technologies and make a substantial difference in how engineers at Arm work daily, promoting a collaborative hybrid working environment.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Hybrid working environment

Collaborative work culture

Qualifications

• Experience leading product/service ownership and delivery.
• Worked in Platform Engineering and focused on developer experience.
• Background in software engineering and DevOps with varied tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead the developer portal platform team to improve engineering experience.
• Define roadmap, manage customer feedback, and present updates.
• Collaborate across teams to integrate services into a user-centric portal.

Skills

Product/Service ownership

Developer experience improvements

Collaboration

Automation

Software engineering

DevOps

Tools

React

TypeScript

Node

Bash

Python

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Helm

ArgoCD

Jenkins

Artifactory

Gitlab

Job description

Job Overview:

We are looking for a dedicated Staff Software Engineer to join our team in Cambridge. This role has significant impact in improving the engineering experience at Arm!

Engineering IT supplies the tools and systems needed for creation of software and hardware IP. Within this the Engineering Platform Services function provides tooling used across the company’s engineering population, as well as focusing on the tooling needs of software engineers.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will own one or more engineering platforms and their delivery. You will work with engineers, project management and stakeholders to define the platform roadmap and improve the impact of services for our engineering community.

At the heart of our approach is a genuine passion for improving the lives of Engineers at Arm, and a complete focus on delivering solutions aligned to business outcomes.

Responsibilities:

Lead the developer portal platform team, providing an outstanding engineering experience for Arm's hardware and software engineers. The domains and areas include:

• Define a roadmap of future work, carry out customer management and regularly present a view of customer interest and asks.
• Drive Developer Experience Improvements-Collect feedback from internal teams to continuously improve portal UX, performance, and capabilities that reduce cognitive load and improve onboarding, discoverability, and self-service.
• Collaborate Across Engineering & IT - Partner closely with platform, software and hardware teams to integrate services, tooling, and policies into the portal in a user-centric and automated manner.
• Work hands-on with a variety of technologies, to provide a first-class engineering experience for Arm's hardware and software engineers
• Line management and professional development of the platform team members.

We invest significant time collaborating with engineering teams across Arm with a focus on improving the daily life and productivity of our engineers.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Experience of Product/Service ownership, setting the roadmap direction, leading the delivery backlog and representing customers needs to the engineering team.
• Worked in a Platform Engineering environment, with the associated focus on developer experience and productivity, and the ethos of enabling self-service access to infrastructure and systems through automation.
• Background in software engineering and DevOps having worked with varied languages, toolchains and environments.

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience:

• Experience in building or integrating developer tools, platforms, or portals, such as Backstage.
• Proficiency in web development with React, TypeScript and Node and experience with Bash and Python.
• Solid understanding of Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) with knowledge of Kubernetes, and other DevOps tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD) and CI/CD (Jenkins, Artifactory, Gitlab).

In Return:

We will provide the training and environment to excel in this role. We offer a hybrid approach to remote, and office working and strive to provide an adaptable experience for all employees and to promote a strong collaborative environment.

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Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email [e-mail]. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.

Hybrid Working at Arm

Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

Equal Opportunities at Arm

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.