DeEx Engineer

This is a contract position. It is a hybrid role, with 1-2 days in the Vienna, VA office.

In this role, you will:

• Our client is seeking a visionary yet hands-on Senior Developer Experience (Dev Ex) Engineer.
• You will be a founding individual contributor supporting client's Dev Ex initiative.
• Our client's mission is 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 a must, as you will help embed intelligent automation and developer-assist capabilities throughout our workflows.
• You will also play a key role in renovating and extending our client's core data platforms for high observability, reliability, and actionable insights.

The skills we are looking for in this role include:

• 8+ years’ professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years in platform engineering, developer experience, or Dev Ops roles.
• Deep experience with cloud-native development (Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Enterprise, Kubernetes), and CI/CD.
• Expertise in integrating and using AI-powered development tools (e.g., Git Hub Copilot, OpenAI API, AI-based testing).
• Solid knowledge of software delivery metrics (DORA, SPACE) and improvement methods.
• Advanced proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Go, Python, etc.) and modern IaC tools (Terraform).
• Experience building/operating new platform/DX functions and influencing technical direction.
• Working knowledge of ELK stack (Elastic, Logz.io, Splunk), and cloud-based monitoring/logging.
• Experience configuring cloud monitoring (Azure Application Insights, Log Analytics/KQL).
• AWS experience (EC2, S3, EMR) and cloud data migration.