Developer Productivity Engineer
Scale is looking for an experienced Developer Productivity Engineer to help shape the developer experience. The ideal candidate is someone who can design and develop automation frameworks and efficient workflows for the developer population at Scale. You will be responsible for building and maintaining automated frameworks, feature testing, code promotion, code review, and documentation, among other expectations
What we are looking for
- Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Understanding of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible
- Knowledge of build systems such as Bazel, Gradle, Maven or Make
- Experience with version control systems such as Git
- Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI or Github Actions
Proficiency in database technologies such as MySQL, Postgres, or MongoDB - Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack
- Experience with Agile methodologies and project management tools such as JIRA or Asana
What you’ll do
- Work with a team of technically sophisticated engineers who make developer experience their first priority.
- Solve problems for fellow Scale engineers by understanding their needs and coming up with both tactical and strategic solutions.
- Utilize qualitative and quantitative metrics to prioritize tasks and evaluate outcomes
- Provide practical, dependable self-service tools and procedures to Scale's engineering team.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure for artifact publishing, codegen, and import of schemas across all Scale repositories.
- Balance and prioritize conflicting objectives while working with stakeholders throughout Scale.
Responsibilities
- Improve how Scale engineers develop, share, review, and merge code through best practices, automated testing, infrastructure, and processes.
- Developing tooling to make it easier and safer for Scale developers to build and evolve schemas, regardless of the use case, language, or repository they work in.
- Develop better tooling and metrics so that we, and our users, understand the health of our systems.
- Work with developers to resolve their day-to-day issues doing development and build scalable solutions to fix or mitigate them.
The base salary range for this full-time position in our hub locations of San Francisco, New York, or Seattle, is $179,200-$215,040. Compensation packages at Scale include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Scale employees are also granted Stock Options that are awarded upon board of director approval. You’ll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.
About Us:
At Scale, we believe that the transition from traditional software to AI is one of the most important shifts of our time. Our mission is to make that happen faster across every industry, and our team is transforming how machine learning can build innovative products. Our products provide access to human-powered data for hundreds of use cases and are used by industry leaders such as Open AI, Lyft, Meta, GM, Samsung, Airbnb, NVIDIA, and many more. We’ve recently raised $325 million in Series E funding at a valuation of $7B+ and are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.
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