Cloud Platform - Developer Experience Engineer Pittsburgh, PA

Lab37; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life & disability insurance

401(k)

HSA

Flexible Spending Accounts

Discretionary vacation days

8 paid holidays

Equity awards

Job summary

Lab37 Robotics in Pittsburgh, PA is seeking a Cloud Platform - Developer Experience Engineer to own the developer platform experience, drive faster CI/CD, and improve reliability across a polyglot stack. You’ll influence caching, PR landing, and pipeline performance while collaborating with platform and release teams.

The role focuses on infrastructure and execution quality in CI/CD under Cloud, with a transition to a cloud-first monorepo.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in Developer Experience, Build/Release Engineering, Platform Engineering, or CI/CD Infrastructure on AWS Cloud.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub (or equivalent CI platform), self-hosted runners, and workflow orchestration patterns.
• Proven track record reducing CI time and improving pipeline reliability at scale.
• Deep understanding of caching across modern build systems (Turborepo/Bazel preferred) and containerized CI.
• Experience optimizing PR workflows: branch protections, required checks, merge strategies, and developer feedback loops.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash) and infrastructure-as-code familiarity (Terraform).
• Comfort working across polyglot stacks (web, backend, C++, embedded).
• Experience with monorepo migrations and CI redesign during repository restructuring.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement caching strategies across build systems and package managers.
• Own Bazel build performance and reliability in CI with remote cache strategies.
• Own the PR landing experience end-to-end: signal quality and merge confidence.
• Own the workplace provisioning workflow and CI runner infrastructure improvements.
• Build CI observability and reporting for pipeline latency and performance trends.
• Partner with teams to identify cost-efficient opportunities to streamline developer experience.
• Improve pre-commit and lint pipelines for speed and reliability.

Skills

CI/CD

GitHub actions

Scripting

Debugging

Collaboration

Polyglot stacks

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

GitHub

Self-hosted runners

Turborepo

Bazel

Terraform

Job description

Cloud Platform - Developer Experience Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA

Who we are

Lab37 Robotics , is a technology company focused on the development and deployment of robots designed specifically for direct-to-customer food production. Our mission is to revolutionize the food industry by creating innovative robotic solutions that enhance efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction. We are passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology to deliver cutting-edge products that meet the evolving needs of our clients.

What you'll do

Take ownership of the developer platform experience that powers how software ships at Lab37. This includes improving CI runner performance and reliability, streamlining the PR landing path, and designing caching strategies that reduce build and test time across a growing monorepo and mixed-language stack.

You’ll work with platform and release engineering teams to make builds faster, CI outcomes more predictable, and developer workflows easier to trust. This role is focused on infrastructure and execution quality around CI/CD under Cloud, especially during the transition as services continue to migrate into the cloud monorepo structure.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement caching strategies across build systems and package managers (for example, Turborepo and Bazel remote/local caching, dependency caching, compiler cache layers)
• Own Bazel build performance and reliability in CI, including remote cache strategy, cache hit-rate tuning, and build graph optimization
• Own the PR landing experience end-to-end: signal quality, required check ergonomics, merge confidence, and time-to-green optimization
• Own the workplace provisioning workflow
• Improve CI runner infrastructure (sizing, placement, AMI/toolchain consistency, utilization) to reduce queue times and job duration variability
• Build CI observability and reporting for pipeline latency, and cost/performance trends
• Partner with teams to identify cost efficient opportunities to streamline the developer experience.
• Improve pre-commit and lint pipelines for speed and reliability without lowering enforcement quality

What we're looking for

• 2+ years in Developer Experience, Build/Release Engineering, Platform Engineering, or CI/CD Infrastructure on AWS Cloud
• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub (or equivalent CI platform), self-hosted runners, and workflow orchestration patterns
• Proven track record reducing CI time and improving pipeline reliability at scale
• Deep understanding of caching across modern build systems (Turborepo/Bazel preferred), package ecosystems, and containerized CI
• Experience optimizing PR workflows: branch protections, required checks, merge strategies, and developer feedback loops
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, or similar) and infrastructure-as-code familiarity (Terraform preferred)
• Comfort working across polyglot stacks (web, backend, C++, embedded) and balancing shared platform needs
• Strong debugging instincts for non-deterministic CI issues (flaky tests, cache misses, environment drift)
• Experience with monorepo migrations and CI redesign during repository restructuring
• Familiarity with workload right-sizing across runner classes and cost/performance tuning
• Experience with Turborepo task graph optimization and remote caching
• Experience with Bazel remote execution/caching architecture in multi-language repos
• Experience building CI health dashboards and SLOs for engineering productivity
• Knowledge of security and compliance checks in CI (for example, secret scanning, policy gates) and performance tuning those checks
• Experience with practical patterns for AI-assisted development in CI/CD and DevEx workflows (for example, agent.md definition and infrastructure, build/debug assistance, and PR summarization)
• Demand for online food delivery is growing really fast! In the last 5 years, just in the US, the overall market has expanded 10X from $10B to $100B, and could expand to $500bn- $1T by 2030.
• Changing the restaurant industry: You’ll be part of a team that helps restaurants succeed in online food delivery.
• Collaborative environment: You will receive support and guidance from experienced colleagues and managers, helping you to learn, grow and achieve your goals, and you’ll work closely with other teams to ensure our customer’s success.

What else you need to know

This role is based in our Pittsburghoffice. As a company driven by invention and continuous change - we are constantly reimagining our industries, building new products, and refining how we operate. We do our best work together. That’s why all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week.

The base salary range for this role is $130,000 - $164,500 per year.

Actual compensation will be determined on an individual basis and may vary depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package. You may also be eligible for equity awards and an annual performance-based bonus.

Benefits Summary (USA Full-Time Exempt Employees):

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (multiple plans, incl. HSA options).
• Company-paid life and disability insurance (short- and long-term).
• Voluntary insurance: accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity.
• Optional supplemental life insurance for self, spouse, and children.
• 401(k).
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Discretionary vacation days
• 8 paid holidays per year

Benefits are subject to change at the company's discretion.

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As set forth in Lab37’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Ready to join us as we serve those who serve others?