Staff Engineer - Developer Productivity

Recruiting From Scratch • San Francisco, CA

1d • $180,000 - $320,000 • Remote

About The Position

Our client is a fast-growing, venture-backed data and AI infrastructure company building tools that help organizations activate and operationalize their data at scale. Their platform enables companies to leverage the data already stored in their warehouses to power marketing personalization, operational workflows, and AI-driven decisioning across the organization. Backed by leading investors and valued at over $1B, the company has grown rapidly and is trusted by hundreds of global organizations to power critical data workflows. With a distributed team of highly experienced engineers and operators, the company is focused on building a best-in-class platform that empowers both technical and business teams to move faster with data.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-impact engineering team tackling complex distributed systems challenges while enabling engineers across the company to build, test, and deploy software more efficiently.

As a Staff Engineer focused on Developer Productivity , you will play a critical role in shaping the engineering experience for a fast-growing team of 50+ engineers operating in a large monorepo with continuous deployment to production. You will focus on improving the entire path-to-production —from local development environments and build systems to testing frameworks and deployment workflows—ensuring engineers can ship high-quality software quickly and reliably.

Requirements

• 8–15 years of software engineering experience , primarily in backend or platform engineering roles
• Experience improving build systems, testing frameworks, and deployment workflows for large engineering teams
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript , with solid computer science fundamentals
• Experience working in large monorepos and improving developer productivity within complex codebases
• A track record of owning cross-team infrastructure projects that impact many engineers
• Experience supporting high-growth engineering organizations (40+ engineers) where dependency management and coordination become complex
• Strong systems design and distributed systems knowledge
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical decisions across teams

Nice To Haves

• Experience implementing build orchestration tools such as TurboRepo, Bazel, Nx, or similar
• Background working on developer tooling, build systems, CI/CD platforms, or internal engineering infrastructure
• Experience working within high-growth startups or scaling engineering organizations
• Familiarity with Go or backend services alongside TypeScript systems
• Experience operating distributed systems across multi-cloud or multi-region environments
• Previous experience leading developer productivity or platform initiatives

Responsibilities

• Own the developer experience: Take end-to-end ownership of the build, test, and deployment workflows used across the engineering organization.
• Improve monorepo productivity: Optimize build pipelines and developer workflows within a large JavaScript/TypeScript monorepo to reduce friction and increase iteration speed.
• Implement modern build tooling: Evaluate and implement tools such as TurboRepo, Bazel, Nx, or similar technologies to improve build times and modularize dependencies.
• Drive engineering productivity initiatives: Identify bottlenecks across teams and implement solutions that improve development velocity and reliability.
• Enhance testing visibility: Improve test coverage insights and build frameworks that allow teams to confidently ship changes at high velocity.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Work closely with multiple product and platform teams to understand development pain points and implement scalable solutions.
• Support a global platform: Contribute to systems that operate across multi-cloud and multi-region infrastructure supporting customers worldwide.
• Lead technical initiatives: Drive projects from concept through implementation while influencing engineering best practices across the organization.

Benefits

• Base Salary: $180,000 – $320,000
• Equity: Competitive equity package
• Remote Work: Fully remote within the United States or Canada
• Visa Sponsorship: Available for most transfers (subject to eligibility)
• Ownership & Impact: Opportunity to lead critical engineering initiatives in a high-growth company
• Career Growth: Work alongside experienced engineering leadership and help shape the future of the platform
• Collaborative Culture: A high-trust environment that values ownership, curiosity, and strong communication

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed