Software Engineer, Developer Tools

Jobgether SRL; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote position (US)

Job summary

Jobgether SRL in the United States is seeking a Software Engineer, Developer Tools focused on building tools that simplify integrations for developers. This fully remote role spans SDKs, CLI tools, MCP, integrations, and backend services to support developers across platforms.

You will own projects from discovery to production, collaborate with product and engineering teams, and emphasize reliability, interfaces, and developer experience.

Qualifications

• Strong backend experience building and maintaining production APIs.
• Professional experience with TypeScript and Node.js.
• Knowledge of authentication, authorization, retries, idempotency, and rate limiting.
• Experience building libraries, APIs, or tools used by developers in production.
• Focus on developer experience, clear errors and useful docs.
• Ability to consider AI agents as product users for discovery, usability, and security.
• Strong problem-solving and turning ambiguous problems into practical solutions.
• Clear communication, openness to feedback, and ownership.
• Open-source experience is a plus.
• Experience with SDKs, CLI tools, MCP servers, or integrations is highly valued.
• Familiarity with React or frontend tooling is advantageous.
• Experience with queues, monitoring, and error recovery is a plus.
• Exposure to multiple languages and library design is beneficial.
• Experience with email development or interest in email ecosystem is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and operate developer tools that simplify integrations across languages and environments.
• Develop backend services supporting developer tools, integrations, and workflows.
• Collaborate to establish clear API contracts and consistent behavior across SDKs, CLI tools, MCP, and docs.
• Create interfaces for developers and AI agents to interact with the platform (MCP, skills, CLI tooling).
• Manage compatibility, testing, releases, upgrades, and backward compatibility for reliability.
• Create shared tooling enabling other teams to deliver changes confidently.
• Work directly with developers via support interactions, GitHub issues, and PRs.
• Own projects from discovery through implementation, release, and post-launch improvements.
• Contribute to reliability through authentication, retries, idempotency, rate limits, monitoring, and partial failures.

Skills

Backend software engineering

TypeScript

Node.js

Developer experience

APIs & services

Authentication & security

Problem solving

Communication & ownership

Open-source experience

AI agent usability

Tools

SDKs

CLI tools

MCP servers

Integrations

React

Job description

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Software Engineer, Developer Tools based in United States.

This is a fully remote engineering role focused on building tools that make software integration simple, reliable, and intuitive for developers.
You will work across SDKs, command-line tools, React Email, MCP, integrations, and the backend services that support them.
The role combines strong backend engineering with a deep focus on developer experience, APIs, reliability, and interface design.
You will help developers understand failures, integrate products into existing workflows, and confidently scale their applications.
You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams while also interacting directly with developers through support channels, GitHub issues, and pull requests.
The environment values technical ownership, thoughtful feedback, high-quality execution, and continuous learning.
You will have meaningful opportunities to influence technical decisions and take projects from discovery through production.

• Build, maintain, and operate developer tools that simplify integrations across programming languages, frameworks, and development environments.

• Develop backend services supporting developer tools, integrations, and related workflows.

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to establish clear API contracts and consistent behavior across SDKs, CLI tools, MCP, and documentation.

• Build interfaces that developers and AI agents use to interact with the platform, including MCP, skills, and command-line tooling.

• Manage compatibility, testing, releases, upgrades, and backward compatibility to ensure reliable developer experiences.

• Create shared tooling that enables other engineering teams to confidently deliver changes across the developer tools ecosystem.

• Work directly with developers through support interactions, GitHub issues, pull requests, and other feedback channels.

• Take ownership of projects from discovery and solution design through implementation, release, and post-launch improvements.

• Contribute to reliability through appropriate handling of authentication, authorization, retries, idempotency, rate limits, monitoring, and partial failures.

Requirements

• Strong backend software engineering experience, including building and maintaining production APIs or services.

• Professional experience with TypeScript and Node.js.

• Solid understanding of authentication, authorization, retries, idempotency, rate limiting, and failure recovery.

• Experience building software, libraries, APIs, or tools that other developers rely on in production.

• Strong appreciation for developer experience, including intuitive interfaces, clear error messages, useful documentation, and backward compatibility.

• Ability to approach AI agents as product users and consider their requirements around discovery, usability, and security.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to turn ambiguous problems into focused, practical solutions.

• Clear communication skills, openness to feedback, and a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

• Experience with open-source projects or external developer communities is a plus.

• Experience building SDKs, CLI tools, MCP servers, or integrations between platforms is highly valued.

• Familiarity with React or frontend build tooling is advantageous.

• Experience operating systems involving queues, monitoring, and error recovery is a plus.

• Exposure to multiple programming languages and an understanding of language-specific library design is beneficial.

• Experience with email development or a strong interest in learning the email technology ecosystem is a plus.

Benefits

• Fully remote position, with eligibility for candidates based in US.

• Compensation of $130,000–$160,000 USD, depending on location and experience.

• Opportunity to work with an international, distributed engineering team.

• Meaningful autonomy to influence technical decisions and own projects from discovery through production.

• Close collaboration with developers who actively use the tools and products you build.

• A culture centered on thoughtful feedback, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.

• High standards for product quality, reliability, usability, and engineering craft.

• Opportunities to work across SDKs, APIs, CLI tooling, MCP, integrations, and developer experience.

• Some travel may be expected for team offsites, conferences, meetups, and related events.

• Exposure to a modern developer-focused technology environment and opportunities to expand your technical scope.