Drimva

Cape

Software Engineer, Developer Experience

$225K–$275K

Hybrid: New York, NY · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Jun 18, 2026

Experience
4+ years of software engineering experience; meaningful time spent on internal platforms, developer tooling, or infrastructure.

About the job

Own internal platforms, developer tooling, and AI-assisted workflows to help Cape’s engineers build, test, and release software faster and more reliably.

What you'll do

  • Build and maintain developer tools, SDKs, local development environments, documentation, and infrastructure for reliable builds and deployments.
  • Evaluate, integrate, and measure AI coding tools; build safeguards and repository context systems that meet security and compliance needs.
  • Identify engineering friction and improve testing, code review, deployment standards, and development workflows.

What they ask for

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful time on internal platforms, developer tooling, or infrastructure.
  • Track record of identifying developer friction, building solutions, and measuring improvements.
  • Fluency in at least one modern backend language.
  • Hands-on experience optimizing CI/CD systems and strong understanding of containerization and orchestration.

Nice to have

  • Experience with security-constrained developer platforms, software supply chain security, or observability tooling.
  • Experience integrating AI coding assistants into engineering workflows; active U.S. security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one.

Pay

$225,000-$275,000 USD base salary (New York, New York)

Tools

Go, Python, TypeScript, Rust, GitHub Actions, Buildkite, Bazel, Docker

AI focus

Own AI-assisted development strategy, including selecting and configuring coding tools, building prompt and retrieval-augmented context systems and security guardrails, and measuring productivity and quality impact.

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