Software Engineer III – Developer Services

Athene • West Des Moines, IA

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About The Position

Athene is hiring a Software Engineer for its Developer Services team to shape how software is built across the enterprise. The role develops platforms, reusable tools, automation, and engineering practices that help teams deliver high-quality software faster, more securely, and consistently.

The position contributes to evolving Athene’s software development lifecycle toward an AI-enabled, agentic model. This includes building reusable AI skills and agents, supporting the Coder developer platform, and helping engineers adopt modern cloud-native and AI-assisted development practices. The role also partners with engineering teams to address technical challenges and promote shared tools and practices.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of relevant experience in software engineering, application development, developer tooling, platform engineering, or a related area.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong critical-thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills, with adaptability and a bias for action.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on web development experience using Python, TypeScript, React, or a comparable modern technology stack.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle practices.
• Experience developing solutions on AWS or another public cloud platform.
• Exposure to CI/CD, infrastructure automation, DevOps, or cloud-native engineering practices.
• Experience with or demonstrated interest in AI-assisted software development and agentic technologies; experience with Amazon Bedrock, Claude Code, AI agents, or similar technologies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain application reference architectures, reusable templates, engineering patterns, and implementation guidance to accelerate software delivery.
• Develop AI-enabled engineering capabilities, including reusable skills, agents, and tooling, and enable teams building agentic workloads with technologies such as Amazon Bedrock and Claude Code.
• Build and enhance internal developer platforms, tooling, automation, and web applications, including the Coder developer platform.
• Establish and promote modern software engineering practices across AI-assisted development, cloud-native engineering, DevOps, testing, and the software development lifecycle.
• Partner with engineering teams through hands-on consulting, code reviews, workshops, and training to solve technical challenges and encourage adoption of shared tools and practices.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and apply them to improve developer experience, software quality, engineering efficiency, and delivery throughput.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level