Picogrid
Developer Experience Engineer
El Segundo, CA
Sponsorship not specified$170k-$195kDetected 16 hours ago
PythonGoGitAWSDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsDevOpsAgentic AI
About the role
- As Picogrid's first Developer Experience Engineer you will empower our engineers to iterate and ship at lightning speed while following best practices for testing, security and compliance.
- You will embed with engineers to deeply understand their workflows and painpoints.
- Key KPIs will include time to first PR for new hires, CI duration, and flaky gate noise.
Responsibilities
- Build and own local development tooling using tools such as k3s, k3d, and docker-compose
- Own templates and best practices for CI/CD workflows, IaC modules, and repository- and service-scaffolding
- Drive CI duration, time to a new hires first PR and automated check flakiness towards zero
- Own automated security and compliance pipelines
- Design and build virtualized test environments and HITL test setups
- A track record of building internal tooling or developer platforms that measurably reduced friction, with the metrics to show it
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in DevOps, platform, or tooling roles with a developer experience focus
- Production Terraform or OpenTofu experience with module design and reuse
- Experience with scanning tooling across many repositories: secret scanning, dependency and container vulnerability scanning, and static analysis
- Experience working with Kubernetes and Docker, especially in local development settings
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Nice to have
- Multi-account AWS experience, including GovCloud or other regulated environments
- Greenfield developer portal experience (Backstage or similar)
- Ephemeral or preview environment systems at scale
Compensation
- Unlimited PTO (two-week minimum) and 11 paid holidays per year
- $170,000- $195,000 per year.
- Base salary is just one part of your total compensation package at Picogrid.
Benefits
- Significant stock options with a high potential upside as an early-stage company
- Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)
- Paid parental leave for both parents
Company info
- Picogrid is a leading venture-backed defense technology company founded to bridge the decades-long gap between modern technology and the critical demands of national security.
- Today, we're building the essential infrastructure to unify sensors, autonomy, and operators with our technology deployed in active operations around the world.
- Our mission is to deliver an operational advantage to secure the United States and its allies.
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and make all employment decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.
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