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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