Principal DevEx Engineer: AI-Powered DX & Platform Visionary

Remote; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaSense is seeking a Principal Engineer in Developer Experience to shape a holistic DevEx strategy across the organization. You’ll operate across Core Developer Experience and Cloud/Platform DX, aligning teams to optimize local and global productivity.

You will drive AI-enabled SDLC adoption, define productivity metrics, and lead cross-functional collaboration with engineering, SRE, and platform teams to improve reliability and delivery speed.

Qualifications

• Extensive DevEx, Platform Engineering, and large-scale systems experience.
• Strong ability to define and drive cross-organizational technical strategy.
• Experience with multiple domains (platform, cloud, CI/CD, developer tooling).
• Deep understanding of developer productivity metrics and engineering insights (DORA, DX).
• Experience improving CI/CD systems for reliability and speed.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the DevEx strategy across the org with engineering leadership.
• Align Core DX and Cloud/Platform DX efforts for cohesion.
• Standardize developer productivity metrics and engineering insights.
• Drive AI-enabled SDLC adoption across teams.
• Mentor and lead across engineering and leadership levels.

Skills

DevEx

Platform Engineering

Large-scale systems

Cross-org strategy

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

AI-enabled DX

Kubernetes

DX metrics

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

AI tooling

Job description

AlphaSense is seeking a Principal Engineer in Developer Experience to shape a holistic DevEx strategy across the organization. You’ll operate across Core Developer Experience and Cloud/Platform DX, aligning teams to optimize local and global productivity.

You will drive AI-enabled SDLC adoption, define productivity metrics, and lead cross-functional collaboration with engineering, SRE, and platform teams to improve reliability and delivery speed.