Senior Developer Experience (DevEx) Engineer

CC Pace Systems•Vienna, VA

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Our client is seeking a visionary yet hands-on Senior Developer Experience (DevEx) Engineer to serve as a founding individual contributor supporting their DevEx initiative. Your mission will be to reduce developer cognitive load, accelerate engineering velocity, and deliver an outstanding developer experience. You'll partner closely with engineering leadership, product teams, and fellow platform engineers to modernize and optimize every aspect of the software development lifecycle from onboarding to deployment. AI tooling expertise is essential, as you will help embed intelligent automation and developer-assist capabilities throughout workflows. You will also play a key role in renovating and extending core data platforms for high observability, reliability, and actionable insights.

Requirements

8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years in platform engineering, developer experience, or DevOps roles
Track record of delivering developer productivity and platform initiatives at scale
Deep experience with cloud-native development including Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, Kubernetes, and CI/CD
Expertise in integrating and using AI-powered development tools such as GitHub Copilot, OpenAI API, and AI-based testing
Solid knowledge of software delivery metrics (DORA, SPACE) and improvement methodologies
Advanced proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Go, Python, etc.) and modern Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform)
Experience building and operating new platform and developer experience functions while influencing technical direction
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills; able to bridge infrastructure, product, and engineering concerns
Extensive Azure expertise including Azure DevOps, Azure SQL, Azure NoSQL, Azure APIs, Event Hub, Stream Analytics, Storage, and Log Analytics
Working knowledge of ELK stack (Elastic, Logz.io, Splunk) and cloud-based monitoring and logging solutions
Strong scripting and automation skills in PowerShell, Python, and YAML
Experience configuring cloud monitoring solutions such as Azure Application Insights and Log Analytics with KQL

Nice To Haves

Experience in multi-team engineering environments with a core focus on developer enablement
Familiarity with Team Topologies and cognitive load reduction strategies
Previous work integrating observability, monitoring, and logging in developer-facing systems
Event-driven architecture and microservices experience
Hands-on secure software supply chain practices including SBOMs and artifact signing
Experience with business intelligence tools and dashboards such as Tableau or Business Objects
Experience with DevOps and CI/CD tooling including Maven, Jenkins, Stash, Ansible, and Docker
Proficiency with Agile methodologies including Kanban and SCRUM
AWS experience including EC2, S3, and EMR, plus cloud data migration expertise

Responsibilities

Define and own the Developer Experience roadmap for the Platform Team, aligned with organizational goals
Design, build, and maintain internal developer platforms that simplify and standardize development workflows
Leverage IDP tools such as Backstage and Cortex to enhance platform capabilities
Integrate and champion AI-powered developer tools including AI-assisted code generation, intelligent code review, and automated documentation
Continuously evaluate emerging AI development tools and APIs for workflow integration
Establish and promote best practices for Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, local development environments, and cloud-native deployments
Reduce developer cognitive load by abstracting infrastructure complexity, improving release management, and championing self-service capabilities
Drive self-service solutions for engineers to provision, test, and deploy safely and autonomously
Optimize feedback loops in partnership with product teams to enable rapid iteration and higher-quality releases
Measure and improve DORA/SPACE and developer productivity metrics, using data for continuous improvements
Lead developer education and enablement initiatives; produce demos, presentations, and certify new DevEx features
Evaluate and implement security, compliance, and observability best practices into developer toolchains
Ensure secure and responsible AI tooling usage in line with organizational AI governance
Advocate for an engineering culture of continuous improvement
Drive digital innovation by leveraging new technologies and methodologies to transform core data assets including SQL, NoSQL, and cloud-based data platforms
Implement efficient data flows through code data pulls, transformations, and exchanges across internal and external sources
Work with complex, possibly "noisy" data ensuring data consistency and collaborating with upstream teams
Define cost-efficient data storage strategies for CI/CD data repositories
Architect and promote reusable data assets, managing reference data catalogs and surfacing data for end-user consumption via Azure API Apps or modern visualization tools
Aggregate and analyze internal and external structured and unstructured data to deliver actionable insights to decision-makers
Implement advanced monitoring, logging, and observability practices for developer workflows and data pipelines