Developer Experience Engineer

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, platform, or tooling roles with a developer experience focus
• A track record of building internal tooling or developer platforms that measurably reduced friction, with the metrics to show it
• Strong with Github Actions or similar CI platforms: reusable workflows, composite actions, caching strategies, OIDC authentication, and action version hygiene
• Competent using Golang or Python to produce maintainable tooling
• Production Terraform or OpenTofu experience with module design and reuse
• Experience with scanning tooling across many repositories: secret scanning, dependency and container vulnerability scanning, and static analysis
• Application and container image hardening experience
• Experience building or integrating AI agents and agent tooling, including the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• Experience working with Kubernetes and Docker, especially in local development settings
• Cost management experience across CI, tooling, and cloud spend
• Comfortable operating in scrappy, fast-paced environments, and turning ambiguous requirements into concrete solutions
• You optimize for providing value early in projects and short iteration cycles

Preferred Qualifications

• Multi-account AWS experience, including GovCloud or other regulated environments
• Greenfield developer portal experience (Backstage or similar)
• Ephemeral or preview environment systems at scale
• Container build pipelines for tooling images

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $170,000- $195,000 per year. Base salary is just one part of your total compensation package at Picogrid.
• Significant stock options with a high potential upside as an early-stage company
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)
• Relocation assistance provided (if applicable)
• Unlimited PTO (two-week minimum) and 11 paid holidays per year
• Paid parental leave for both parents
• Lunch provided when working in-office and a fully stocked kitchenette
• Free EV charging at the HQ
• Unique office in El Segundo, CA stocked with quality coffee, snacks, and craft beer

Export Control Requirements

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy