Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience & AI Platform team

Remote. Posted 3 months ago

The role

You will build internal platforms, tooling, and AI-powered workflows to improve the developer experience. You will work on a newly formed team to reduce developer friction and increase engineering velocity.

What you will do

Design and build internal platforms, tooling, and developer workflows
Identify opportunities to improve engineering velocity, quality, and reliability
Build practical AI-powered workflows for software development
Partner with product engineering, infrastructure, security, and technical leaders
Create reusable tools, automation, documentation, and self-service capabilities
Use engineering metrics and developer feedback to improve developer experience
Contribute to technical direction and engineering standards for the new team

Required qualifications

7-10+ years experience building production software in modern engineering organizations
Enjoy solving organization-wide engineering problems
Think like a product engineer
Demonstrate strong technical judgment
Thrive in ambiguity
Build trust through partnership and influence
Care about engineering craftsmanship, maintainability, and long-term platform health
Approach AI as a practical tool for improving engineering effectiveness
Measure success through the impact work has on other engineers

Nice to have

Developer Experience or Platform Engineering teams
Internal developer platforms or engineering productivity initiatives
CI/CD, release engineering, developer environments, or software delivery systems
AI-assisted software development or developer tooling
Engineering productivity measurement frameworks such as DORA or SPACE
High-growth engineering organizations where platform investments had organization-wide impact

About the company

ClassDojo is a distributed company building a communication app for K-12 teachers, children, and families. The team consists of around 200 people aiming to give every child an education they love.