Raydar
Senior Developer Experience Engineer
$225K–$275K
New York, New York · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- Multi-year experience at a high-growth startup during periods of rapid scaling; no specific number of years stated.
About the job
Improve shared engineering systems, workflows, and internal utilities, while leading developer experience standards and evaluating AI-assisted coding tools.
What you'll do
- Streamline developer setup and the path from local code to production; identify and fix engineering bottlenecks across teams.
- Assess AI-assisted coding tools, select tools to adopt, add safeguards, and measure productivity effects.
- Set developer experience standards, documentation, and runbooks; mentor colleagues and provide technical leadership.
What they ask for
- Senior-level engineering experience, including tech leadership and mentoring.
- Multi-year experience at a high-growth startup during rapid scaling.
- Track record building shared systems and utilities for internal engineers.
- Strong security awareness and hands-on experience with scalable server-side foundations; fluency in a modern backend programming language.
Nice to have
- Experience using Protocol Buffers.
Pay
USD 225,000 to 275,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Protocol Buffers
AI focus
Evaluate AI-assisted coding tools, choose which to adopt, add safeguards, and measure their effect on productivity.
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