Developer Experience Engineer

AssetMark Global Wealth; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

AssetMark Global Wealth is seeking an experienced Engineer to join our Developer Experience Engineering team. You will design, build, and evolve the systems, platforms, and workflows that enable our engineering teams to deliver software quickly, safely, and reliably.

This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, platform engineering, and developer productivity. You will focus on reducing friction in the software development lifecycle, improving deployment automation, and enabling

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS or related field.
• 5-8 years in Developer Experience, Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Software Engineering.
• Passion for improving developer productivity and software delivery workflows.
• Strong experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines using modern tools.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and Terraform or similar IaC.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python/Go/Bash/PowerShell).

Responsibilities

• Design and build self-service developer platforms and tooling to boost productivity.
• Partner with engineering teams to identify pain points in the software lifecycle.
• Create frameworks for consistent build, test, deployment, and operation.
• Measure developer experience with productivity metrics and adoption data.
• Drive standardization across environments and deployment workflows.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD platforms on Azure and Kubernetes; IaC patterns.

Skills

CI/CD design

DevOps mindset

Cloud-native architectures

SRE practices

Observability & metrics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Terraform

ArgoCD

Job description

AssetMark is a leading wealth management platform dedicated to empowering independent financial advisors. AssetMark's mission is to enable financial advisors to make a profound difference in the lives of their clients. Over 10,000 advisors partner with AssetMark for our investment offerings, innovative technology, advanced services, and expertise, which they use to delight their clients and grow their businesses.

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Engineer to join our Developer Experience Engineering team. In this role, you will design, build, and evolve the systems, platforms, and workflows that enable our engineering teams to deliver software quickly, safely, and reliably.

This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, platform engineering, and developer productivity. You will focus on creating a world-class developer experience by reducing friction in the software development lifecycle, improving deployment automation, and enabling true Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices across the organization.

The ideal candidate believes that developer productivity is a product, understands that every minute of engineering friction matters, and is passionate about building platforms and tooling that engineers love to use.

Key Responsibilities

Developer Experience & Engineering Productivity

• Design and build self-service developer platforms, tooling, and workflows that improve engineering productivity and reduce cognitive load.
• Partner with engineering teams to identify pain points in the software development lifecycle and implement scalable solutions.
• Create frameworks that enable teams to build, test, deploy, and operate applications consistently and efficiently.
• Measure and improve developer experience using engineering productivity metrics, feedback loops, and adoption data.
• Drive standardization and best practices across development environments, deployment workflows, and engineering tooling.

CI/CD & Deployment Automation

• Design, build, and maintain modern CI/CD platforms using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and related tooling.
• Implement and champion true Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment practices, including automated testing, quality gates, deployment validation, and rollback mechanisms.
• Optimize build, test, and deployment pipelines to reduce lead time and improve developer feedback cycles.
• Build deployment automation that enables safe, frequent, and reliable releases across multiple environments.
• Partner with application teams to improve release processes and eliminate manual deployment activities.
• Develop and maintain cloud-native developer platforms running on Azure and Kubernetes.
• Build reusable infrastructure and deployment patterns using Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform.
• Improve application onboarding, service provisioning, secrets management, and environment management through automation and self-service capabilities.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering and SRE teams to ensure reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5-8 years of experience in Developer Experience, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Software Engineering roles.
• Demonstrated passion for improving developer productivity and software delivery workflows.
• Strong experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Experience implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment practices in production environments.
• Experience building deployment automation and supporting frequent, low-risk software releases.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and Kubernetes-based application delivery.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar technologies.
• Proficiency in scripting or software development using Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Experience with observability platforms, monitoring, and software delivery metrics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and self-service engineering capabilities.
• Experience with Backstage or other developer portal technologies.
• Experience with GitOps workflows and tools such as ArgoCD.
• Familiarity with DORA metrics, SPACE framework, or other engineering effectiveness models.
• Experience supporting Kubernetes-based development platforms.
• Experience implementing progressive delivery strategies, feature flags, canary deployments, or blue/green deployments.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments such as financial services, healthcare, or fintech.
• Azure, Kubernetes, or cloud platform certifications.