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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer, AI Developer - **Company:** DECAGON, LLC - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $200,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Application Release Automation, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Python (Programming Language), Role-Based Access Control, Release Management, Reliability Engineering, Short Message Service, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Scripting, Delivery Pipeline, Caching, Kubernetes, Build Tools, Terraform, Docker - **Published:** July 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-software-engineer-ai-developer-experience-san-francisco-ca--18c95997-e778-451c-ab95-c7a88d5358ca ## About the Role * 4+ years building production software, with meaningful experience in platform / devtools / infrastructure (or adjacent SRE/release engineering). * Strong coding ability in at least one systems/productivity language (e.g., Python, TypeScript/JS), and comfort building developer-facing tooling (CLIs, libraries, automation). * Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems and designing pipelines that are scalable and reusable across many repos/services. * Practical experience with observability in production systems (instrumentation, alerting, dashboards, incident response). * Comfort with containers and modern cloud infrastructure (e.g., Docker/Kubernetes and related tooling). * A track record of improving developer experience through measurable outcomes (faster builds, fewer flakes, safer deploys, fewer incidents). * Strong cross-team collaboration and communication-especially writing clear docs and driving adoption. Even better if you have * Experience with monorepos and build systems and/or large-scale CI performance work. * Experience building internal platforms: service templates, paved-road deployment, self-serve environments, developer portals. * Infrastructure-as-code experience (e.g., Terraform) and a security-minded approach to supply chain (provenance, secrets, least privilege). * Experience applying AI-assisted tooling to make engineers dramatically more effective., Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Automation, Budgeting, Caching, Cloud Computing, Compensation and Benefits, Computer Programming, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Customer Experience, Docker, Ergonomics, Incident Response, Instrumentation, JavaScript, Large-Scale Systems, Machine Tool, Metrics, Music, Product Engineering, Production Systems, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Release Management/Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Reporting Dashboards, Short Messaging Service (SMS), Software Engineering, Team Player, Test Plan/Schedule, Testing, Voice Chat, Workflow Analysis ## Description We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build and evolve our internal developer platform-everything from CI/CD and release automation to observability standards, platform tooling, and developer workflows that remove friction. This role is for someone who loves making other engineers faster: reducing build times, eliminating flaky tests, creating paved roads for service creation/deployment, and raising the bar on operability by default. Roles like this often combine "builder" energy with strong empathy for how engineers actually work. What you'll do * Developer productivity & platform tooling + Identify workflow bottlenecks (build/test/release/local dev) and build tools that measurably reduce toil. + Create and maintain "golden paths" like service templates, CLIs, libraries, and automation that teams rely on. * CI/CD & release engineering + Design reusable CI pipelines and deployment workflows that are fast, safe, and easy to adopt across teams. + Improve reliability of builds and tests (flake reduction, hermeticity, caching) and drive down cycle time. + Support progressive delivery patterns (canary / blue-green) and safe rollback mechanisms. * Observability & operational excellence + Establish shared observability primitives (metrics/logs/traces), standards, and libraries so services are production-ready by default. + Partner with product engineers to improve operability: SLOs, alerting hygiene, dashboards, incident learnings. * Infrastructure foundations + Build and improve core platform capabilities that make it easy to run and scale services. * Ownership & reliability + Own the systems you build end-to-end and help keep them healthy in production, improving reliability over time. ## Related Videos - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [HTTP headers that make your website go faster](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1676-http-headers-that-make-your-website-go-faster) - [Infrastructure as Code: The Developer's Secret Weapon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1221-infrastructure-as-code-the-developer-s-secret-weapon) - [Developer Experience in the Age of AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1118-developer-experience-in-the-age-of-ai) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Dev Digest 132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/473-dev-digest-132-binging-wadflix) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Dev Digest 137 - AI'm not sure about this](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/485-dev-digest-137-ai-m-not-sure-about-this) - [What is Software Engineering in the Age of AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/640-what-is-software-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai)