Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience

Role Purpose

What you will be doing

Developer Experience

• Build and maintain internal developer tools, CLIs, and productivity-enhancing infrastructure
• Design and implement improvements to local development environments and testing frameworks
• Create self-service platforms and automation that reduce manual work and accelerate development cycles
• Develop documentation, guides, and resources that help engineers work effectively
• Instrument and analyze developer workflows to identify pain points and opportunities for improvement
• Collaborate with engineers across teams to understand their needs and gather feedback
• Build integrations with IDEs, version control systems, and other developer tools
• Improve onboarding experiences for new engineers
• Contribute to internal libraries and shared components used across the organization
• Monitor and optimize metrics like build times, test reliability, and development environment setup time
• Participate in design reviews and provide technical guidance on DevX initiatives

Technical Mentorship

• Develop new skills within the team through coaching and delegation 
• Identify and feed back areas of improvement and strengths and being knowledgeable about the team 
• Encourage others to partake in technical discussions and increasing team inquisitiveness 
• Advise and encourage both on the job development and external development opportunities 
• Explain, demonstrate and engage fellow team members in ‘doing the right thing’ guided by the values of Matillion

What we are looking for

Essential Skills

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, TypeScript, Go, or similar
• Experience building developer tools, internal platforms, or CLI applications
• Understanding of modern development workflows and pain points
• Ability to design intuitive APIs and interfaces for technical users
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, etc.)
• Strong communication skills and ability to gather requirements from technical stakeholders
• Empathy for developers and passion for improving their experience
• Self-directed with ability to identify and prioritize high-impact work

Preferred Skills

• Experience with CI/CD systems and build tools
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code and configuration management
• Background in frontend development for building internal dashboards and UIs
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools
• Experience with monorepo tooling and build optimization
• Previous work on open-source developer tools
• Understanding of developer productivity metrics and measurement
• Experience conducting user research or usability testing with engineers

Personal Capabilities Required

• Inquisitiveness - digging into problems and solutions to understand the underlying technology


• Autonomy - ability to work on a task and solve problems independently 


• Motivation - sets personal challenges and constantly looking to stretch themselves


• Problem solving - recognition of problems and recasting difficult-to-solve problems in order to find unique and innovative solutions


• Integrity - honest and transparent in dealing, open to voice and accept criticism, is trustworthy and builds credibility through actions


• Detail focussed - pays attention to the details and can make a conscious effort to understand causes instead of just the effects


• Big picture aware - understands the scope and impact of a problem or solution