Principal Engineer leading Developer Experience initiatives to improve developer productivity and influence technical direction. Collaborating across organizations to drive platform adoption and reduce friction in development processes.
Responsibilities
Define and drive the DevEx strategy across the client.
Own developer experience as a product, with clear roadmaps and success metrics.
Identify and eliminate friction across the software development lifecycle.
Drive platform-first adoption of CI/CD, testing, and lifecycle automation.
Define and promote golden paths for building, deploying, and operating services.
Lead the evolution of lifecycle automation platforms.
Reduce tooling fragmentation through consolidation and strong defaults.
Influence engineering practices to improve delivery speed, quality, and reliability.
Partner with senior leaders to align DevEx investments with business priorities.
Represent DevEx strategy in senior technical and leadership forums.
Requirements
Experience leading large-scale platform, infrastructure, or developer productivity initiatives.
Ability to influence engineering practices across multiple teams or organizations.
Strong understanding of CI/CD, testing, deployment, and service operations.
Experience balancing standardization with developer autonomy.
Proven ability to translate technical strategy into measurable outcomes.
Clear and effective communication skills.
Nice to Have
Experience building internal platforms as products.
Familiarity with developer portals (e.g., Backstage).
Experience with application lifecycle management or automation at scale.
Exposure to AI-assisted engineering or automation workflows.
Passion for improving developer experience and engineering excellence.
Benefits
Shape how engineering is done at our client.
Impact thousands of developers and millions of players.
Work on long-term, high-impact platform initiatives.
Partner with strong technical leaders across the company.
Turn developer pain points into durable, scalable solutions.
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