Developer Experience (DevEx) Engineer

Williams International•Pontiac, MI

About The Position

Williams International is seeking a Developer Experience (DevEx) Engineer to improve the efficiency and maintainability of secure software development. The role researches software technologies, presents potential solutions to stakeholders, and works with IT infrastructure and Cybersecurity teams to implement and maintain them. The engineer gathers feedback from developers and provides guidance to support continuous improvement of software development and maintainability. The position works with developers and Platform Engineering to improve software delivery workflows, shared pipelines, tooling, CI/CD, and automation across build, test, and deployment processes. It also supports operational readiness and the adoption of secure software development lifecycle practices. The role requires collaborative work using shared code, disciplined source control, process documentation, and coding and deployment standards. U.S. citizenship is required. The position may require the ability to obtain a U.S. Government Security Clearance if needed. Candidates selected may be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Williams International is a Drug Free Workplace; new team members and contractors are subject to pre-employment drug testing for specified controlled substances.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science and 6+ years of related experience.
Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
Strong math and statistics skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Extensive knowledge and experience establishing DevOps best practices, including CI/CD, for a team.
Extensive experience selecting, implementing, and using software development tools, methodologies, and best practices, such as Git and Jira, personally and for a group.
Knowledge of issue tracking, source code repositories, security practices and tools (SCA, SAST, DAST, secrets management, authentication/authorization), and observability (logs, metrics, traces, visualization).
Extensive knowledge and experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
Proficiency in multiple programming languages such as C#, C++, Python, SQL, JavaScript, PHP, or Java.
Working knowledge of relational database systems, including MS SQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, with proficiency designing and maintaining tables, views, stored procedures, and related database objects.
Familiarity with microservices or WCF service solutions.
Working knowledge of developing web services with REST APIs.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Security Clearance if needed; candidates selected may be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Nice To Haves

Visual Studio experience with ASP.NET, Razor Pages, MVC, MVC templating, C#, CSS, and UI design and coding is desired.
Working knowledge of popular web-development frameworks such as React or Angular is beneficial.
Advanced analytics development and support experience is desired.

Responsibilities

Coach developers on DevOps best practices.
Improve software delivery workflows.
Assist Platform Engineering with onboarding teams to shared pipelines and tooling.
Help configure and optimize CI/CD pipelines.
Guide automation across build, test, and deployment workflows.
Assist development teams with operational readiness.
Collaborate with Security to ensure secure SDLC practices are adopted.
Work in a team environment using shared code, disciplined source code control, and process documentation.
Adhere to and contribute to improving coding and deployment standards.
Respond to developer feedback and develop solutions to satisfy developers’ needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.