Developer Productivity Engineer

Selby Jennings; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology-driven organization seeks a seasoned software engineer to enhance the internal developer experience in its Chicago office. Responsibilities include architecting build systems and resolving CI/CD infrastructure issues. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in software development, with strong skills in Python, Kubernetes, and monitoring tools. Full-time onsite role with a blend of remote work options.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Deep expertise in Python; experience in C++ and Java.
• Strong background in Kubernetes and container orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale build systems and development tooling.
• Maintain and improve multi-tenant remote development environments.
• Identify and resolve issues in build and CI/CD infrastructure.

Skills

Python

C++

Java

Kubernetes

Monitoring and observability tools

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Bazel

TeamCity

Job description

A leading global technology-driven organization is seeking a seasoned software engineer to join its Developer Productivity team. This team plays a pivotal role in empowering engineering, research, and product teams by building scalable tools and infrastructure that streamline development workflows and accelerate delivery across the company.

You'll focus on enhancing the internal developer experience-owning and evolving the remote development environment used by hundreds of engineers worldwide. You'll tackle performance bottlenecks, optimize build systems, and drive architectural improvements that impact the entire engineering organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and scale build systems and development tooling to support a high-performance engineering environment
• Maintain and improve multi-tenant remote development environments for global teams.
• Identify and resolve issues in build and CI/CD infrastructure, implementing both tactical fixes and strategic enhancements.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure that supports the full software lifecycle: development, build, test, and release.
• Champion best practices in code quality, maintainability, and developer productivity.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience, with deep expertise in Python, and experience in C++ and Java.
• Strong background in Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cluster management.
• Proven track record of improving developer workflows and productivity at scale.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across diverse technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in Bazel and monorepo build systems.
• Familiarity with TeamCity or similar CI/CD platforms.

This role must sit out of the firm's Chicago office working onsite 4 days per week, 1 day remote.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Capital Markets