Developer Experience Engineer

Role Overview

• Lead the evaluation and integration of developer tools, especially AI-assisted development tooling.
• Support team adoption by sharing knowledge, running demos, tracking utilisation and demonstrating value.
• Experiment with emerging developer tooling and evaluate their real-world impact on engineering productivity.
• Develop and maintain "golden path" templates and scaffolding to accelerate project bootstrapping and promote consistent engineering practices.
• Improve and standardise the local development experience across all engineering teams (environment setup, local services, test data, etc.) to reduce onboarding and iteration time.
• Work with the rest of the Platform Engineering department to securely abstract Infrastructure and Cloud tasks away from software engineers.
• Support teams by assessing and recommending improvements to CI/CD pipelines and SDLC processes.
• Reduce build and test feedback loops by improving CI pipeline performance and reliability.
• Define and track developer productivity metrics (e.g. build times, CI performance, deployment frequency) to identify systemic friction and measure improvement.
• Help software teams to curate high-quality pipelines and tests, ensuring high release confidence.
• Build and maintain internal developer tools (CLIs, automations, shared libraries, etc.) that simplify common engineering workflows.
• Conduct regular user research and feedback sessions with engineering teams to identify friction points and propose improvements.
• Improve the structure and discoverability of engineering documentation, reducing time-to-first-MR and improving engineering onboarding.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in Software Engineering, DevEx, and/or Platform Engineering roles.
• Strong proficiency in at least one modern systems or scripting language (Ideally Go).
• Demonstrated experience integrating generative AI-powered tooling into software workflows.
• Understanding of the limitations, failure modes, and security risks associated with LLMs (hallucinations, prompt injection, context window limits, etc).
• Deep understanding of the modern SDLC, including Git flow, CI/CD (especially GitLab CI), and containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Exceptional empathy for the developer experience; a product mindset where the "customer" is the internal software engineer.
• An understanding of the developer mindset, to ensure keen adoption of new tools and practices.
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to write documentation that is easily parsable by both humans and LLMs.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and define standards in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
• An awareness of cost implications in a cloud environment, and methods of optimising services for maximum ROI.
• Bonus points if you have:
• Agentic workflows: Experience building or coordinating autonomous agents that can perform multi-step engineering tasks.
• Dev portal expertise: Experience with Backstage.io or other developer portals.

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• SDLC
• Go

Benefits

• Hybrid and flexible working options
• 33 days holiday per annum (incl. public holidays)
• Salary sacrifice pension with matched employer contributions up to 5% + NI savings
• Private health cover, including access to a private GP service
• Spot reward bonus scheme to reward truly outstanding contributions
• Comprehensive wellness and support provisions
• Enhanced family leave provisions
• Two days paid Volunteering Leave per year
• Free meals, drinks and snacks provided daily in the offices
• Regular social events such as board game nights, big summer party and annual kick-off
• Inclusive culture and environment, where you’ll feel genuinely valued and respected;
• A tax-efficient cycle to work scheme.