Senior Software Engineer, DevEx - Build & Deploy Faster

The Voleon Group; Berkeley, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) plan with company match

20 days PTO and 9 sick days

Job summary

The Voleon Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Developer Experience team in a hybrid environment. You will design and evolve the core development platform that enables engineers to build, test, deploy, and maintain software quickly and reliably across the company.

You will partner with multiple teams to reduce friction and modernize tooling. This role emphasizes automation, strong abstractions, and developer productivity at scale, with a focus on centralizing build systems, CI/CD

Qualifications

• CS/Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proven track record of software design and implementation with focus on correctness, robustness, efficiency, and scale.
• Expertise in Python, Go, Java or C++.
• Design and implementation of scalable services, tooling, and APIs used by other engineers.
• Experience with build systems and/or monorepos (e.g., Bazel, Buck, or similar).
• Experience with CI/CD systems, test infrastructure, and deployment automation.
• Familiarity with containerization and deployment technologies (e.g., Docker).
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex ideas clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the build/test/deploy pipeline to be fast, reliable, and automated by default.
• Evolve build-system tooling to meet growing engineering needs.
• Reduce build/test/deployment latency and drive down flaky tests.
• Build and standardize automated deployment pipelines across environments.
• Lead modernization efforts including language/framework upgrades and retirement of end-of-life systems.
• Provide visibility into dependency age and technical risk across the codebase.
• Expand support for AI-assisted development workflows and integrate them into standard tooling.
• Lead complex projects from requirements to design and communication with collaborators.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering and research staff.
• Mentor and grow individual contributors to up-level the team.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

C++

5+ years experience

Strong communication

Education

CS/Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Bazel

Buck

CI/CD tooling

Docker

Job description

The Voleon Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Developer Experience team in a hybrid environment. You will design and evolve the core development platform that enables engineers to build, test, deploy, and maintain software quickly and reliably across the company.

You will partner with multiple teams to reduce friction and modernize tooling. This role emphasizes automation, strong abstractions, and developer productivity at scale, with a focus on centralizing build systems, CI/CD