About the Role

We're looking for a Senior AI Developer Experience Engineer to accelerate the AI tooling transformation that enables our teams to build, test, and ship with speed and confidence. You'll treat developer experience as a product - defining the strategy, driving platform adoption, and delivering measurable improvements to productivity, quality, and reliability across the software development lifecycle. This is a high-impact individual contributor role. You'll partner with senior engineering leaders across the organisation, influence standards and tooling decisions, and champion platform-first thinking - turning developer pain points into durable, scalable solutions that benefit hundreds of engineers. Some of the things you'll do: Define and drive DevEx strategy across engineering organizations, partnering with senior leaders to align investments with business priorities Design, implement, and optimise CI/CD pipelines and lifecycle automation platforms Build developer tools and automation to simplify and expedite the software development lifecycle from requirements through release Define and promote golden paths for building, deploying, and operating services Reduce tooling fragmentation through consolidation, strong defaults, and principled standardisation Identify and eliminate friction across build, test, deployment, and operations workflows Improve and maintain core infrastructure across multi-cloud and hybrid environments Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive best practices in reliability, testability, and performance Represent DevEx strategy in senior technical forums and drive engineering culture improvements Iterate on evaluation frameworks that keep automation, AI-assisted tooling, and coding agents reliable and aligned with sound software engineering practices About You 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 years focused on developer productivity, platform engineering, or internal tooling Strong hands-on coding skills in one or more modern languages such as Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, Kotlin, or Swift Deep experience with CI/CD systems, build infrastructure, testing frameworks, and deployment automation Demonstrated ability to influence engineering practices across multiple teams or organisations Exposure to AI-assisted engineering workflows, coding agents, or LLM evaluation pipelines Experience improving developer productivity at a company with hundreds or thousands of engineers Experience identifying, measuring, and systematically eliminating friction in the software development lifecycle Ability to balance standardisation with developer autonomy - knowing when to enforce defaults and when to empower teams Proven track record of translating technical strategy into measurable outcomes Experience operating critical systems with high reliability, observability, and availability requirements Clear and effective communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and leadership audiences Nice to have: Experience building and scaling internal developer platforms as products (e.g., Backstage or similar portals) Experience with application lifecycle management or automation at enterprise scale Passion for engineering excellence and a track record of raising the technical bar across teams

Compensation

The annual base salary range for this position is as follow, plus equity and benefits: SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Boston, New York, and Washington, DC Metro: $187,000 - $220,000 USD All other US Locations: $169,000 - $198,000 USD Canada: $172,000 - $202,000 CAD The ranges displayed reflect the target for new hire salaries, and within each range, individual pay is determined by your skills and experience, as well as relevant education. Your recruiter can share more and answer questions about the specific salary range during the hiring process. Salary is just one component of Quo’s total compensation package. Your total rewards package will include equity, extensive medical coverage, a monthly lifestyle stipend, and a flexible PTO policy.