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Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

San Francisco, CA. Posted 3 days ago

The role

You will be a core contributor on the Developer Productivity team. You will design and build systems, tools, and workflows to create a world-class developer experience.

What you will do

  • Build a multi-platform development environment for macOS, Windows, and Linux
  • Design and maintain CI/CD systems, merge queues, build caching, flaky test quarantine, observability, and safe rollout pipelines
  • Automate developer machine provisioning, from laptop setup and reset automation to interview and onboarding workflows
  • Partner with backend and infrastructure teams to ensure local testing and debugging work with near-perfect parity between development and CI environments
  • Architect, implement, and operate foundations from local development to global deployments
  • Set technical direction within the team
  • Write and review code
  • Collaborate across engineering

Required qualifications

  • Experience working on developer productivity, internal platform, infrastructure, or build/test systems

Nice to have

  • Experience building or maintaining tooling or infrastructure for large-scale or multi-language codebases
  • Regularly write and review code, and enjoy improving build systems, scripting CI pipelines, and refining developer tooling
  • Care deeply about developer velocity, reliability, and maintainability, and apply sound technical judgment to improve them
  • Are energized by tightening feedback loops and making development feel effortless, fast, and enjoyable

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short & long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Various other discounts and perks

Before you apply

  • If there appears to be a fit, we'll reach out to schedule 2-3 short technicals
  • After, we'll schedule an onsite in our office, where you'll work on a small project, discuss ideas, and meet the team

About the company

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. They are building the full Super Intelligence stack, from Colossus supercomputers to Grok models and applications.

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