Software Developer: Developer Experience

The D. E. Shaw Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and prescription drug coverage

401(k) contribution matching

Wellness reimbursement

Family building benefits

Charitable gift match program

Job summary

The D. E. Shaw Group in New York seeks talented software developers for its Developer Experience team. The role involves engaging with users to enhance development tools, evaluating AI integrations, and contributing to CI/CD process improvements. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree and at least three years of relevant experience, along with solid coding and collaboration skills. The expected salary for this position ranges from $200,000 to $275,000, complemented by a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software development or related roles.
• Familiarity with AI tooling in developer workflows.
• Experience working directly with users or stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Engage with users to understand needs and promote tool adoption.
• Evaluate and champion AI-powered developer tools.
• Enhance build tooling infrastructure for improved speed and reliability.
• Streamline CI/CD pipelines and testing processes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify solutions.

Skills

Coding proficiency

Problem-solving skills

Experience in Linux environments

Collaboration skills

Communication skills

Understanding of AI technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

IDE integrations

CI/CD systems

Version control platforms

Job description

OVERVIEW:

The D. E. Shaw group seeks talented software developers to join our Developer Experience team. This team is responsible for empowering software developers across the firm by building and maintaining the tools, platforms, and infrastructure that define how software gets written, reviewed, and shipped. The position offers a chance to work at the intersection of productivity engineering and platform development—directly shaping the day-to-day development experience across the firm.

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

• Engage directly with users to understand needs, address issues, and promote adoption of new tools and processes.
• Evaluate, integrate, and champion AI-powered developer tools, helping teams adopt these capabilities effectively and responsibly.
• Build and maintain integrations and enhancements across IDEs to improve developer productivity, code navigation, and in-editor tooling.
• Own and evolve our build tooling infrastructure, improving build speed, reliability, and reproducibility at scale across diverse codebases.
• Contribute to Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) improvements by streamlining CI/CD pipelines, testing processes, and deployment workflows across teams.
• Collaborate closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the firm to identify friction points, gather requirements, and deliver impactful solutions.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher and at least three years of professional experience in software development, infrastructure, or developer tooling roles.
• Demonstrated coding proficiency and problem-solving skills, with experience in Linux environments.
• Experience working with or building integrations for IDEs, CI/CD systems, version control platforms, or developer productivity tools.
• Understanding of AI technologies and an interest in incorporating AI tooling in developer workflows.
• Solid collaboration and communication skills, with experience working directly with users or stakeholders to deliver solutions.
• A genuine interest in improving the developer experience, with a track record of thinking carefully about what makes engineers productive.
• The expected annual base salary for this position is $200,000 to $275,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401(k) contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.