Zip
Senior Software Engineer, Developer Platform
$185K–$260K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 1, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of software engineering experience.
- Education
- BS or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field (e.g. physics or math).
About the job
Designs and builds developer-platform architecture, tools, and processes that help Zip engineers ship reliable enterprise software faster.
What you'll do
- Lead performance and reliability initiatives, including testing frameworks and improvements to codebase quality.
- Drive adoption of AI-powered development tools and remove friction across development, testing, CI, and deployment.
- Develop a deploy and release process supporting daily deployments while protecting customers through canaries, traffic replay, and enterprise release bundling.
What they ask for
- Experience with modern CI tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Buildkite, Jenkins, and Docker.
- Strong attention to detail and ownership mindset.
- Ability to diagnose obstacles, debug friction, and drive velocity.
Pay
$185,000 - $260,000 USD base salary
Tools
GitHub, GitLab, Buildkite, Jenkins, Docker
AI focus
Drive adoption of AI-driven tools, including IDEs, code reviews, and test generators; perform AI-assisted codemods.
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