Senior DevEx Engineer & Platform Leader

Motion Recruitment; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Flexible PTO

Parental Leave

401(k)

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking an Engineering Manager (Developer Experience) to build and lead a DevEx team that enables engineering to build, test, deploy, and operate software across a cloud-native environment. This hands-on leader remains deeply involved in architecture, platform strategy, and best practices while driving automation and AI-enabled development lifecycle improvements.

The role requires 10+ years in software engineering, 2+ years in leadership, and strong backend, DevOps,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years leading engineers in Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, or similar roles.
• Strong backend software engineering background.
• Experience in Backend Engineering, Platform Engineering, Developer Experience, DevOps, or related disciplines.
• Led technical projects from design through implementation and production.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience with Maven, Gradle, or Nx.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and software quality practices.
• Understanding of observability for applications and infrastructure.
• Experience operating in cloud-based, fast-moving engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a new Developer Experience team spanning Backend and DevOps engineers.
• Drive technical strategy to improve developer productivity and lifecycle.
• Identify bottlenecks and build tools and automation to boost efficiency.
• Lead platform initiatives from design to production rollout.
• Set standards for CI/CD, Kubernetes, IaC, build systems, testing, and observability.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Platform, Infra, and DevOps teams to solve developer challenges.
• Help define and implement an AI-driven software development lifecycle.
• Evaluate emerging technologies that improve engineering effectiveness.
• Mentor engineers while staying involved in architecture reviews and decisions.
• Create a scalable, self-service platform that speeds delivery.

Skills

Backend Engineering

DevOps

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Infrastructure-as-Code

Observability

Tools

Maven

Gradle

Nx

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking an Engineering Manager (Developer Experience) to build and lead a DevEx team that enables engineering to build, test, deploy, and operate software across a cloud-native environment. This hands-on leader remains deeply involved in architecture, platform strategy, and best practices while driving automation and AI-enabled development lifecycle improvements.

The role requires 10+ years in software engineering, 2+ years in leadership, and strong backend, DevOps,