Developer Experience Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Developer Experience Engineer (AI): Building and maintaining an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and automation tools to improve software design, build, and deployment workflows with an accent on AI-assisted productivity and secure-by-design culture. Focus on establishing self-service tooling, standardizing engineering workflows, and integrating AI-enabled developer tools to measure and increase efficiency.

Location: Remote (United Kingdom). Unable to provide visa sponsorship

Salary: £80,000 - £90,000

Company

hirify.global transforms school management through MIS tools to reduce burnout and improve data-driven progress for school staff.

What you will do

• Design and maintain an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) providing self-service tooling and standardized deployment workflows.
• Develop project scaffolding and templates to enable rapid bootstrapping of new services with best practices.
• Integrate core engineering systems including CI/CD, observability, and service catalogues into a unified developer experience.
• Embed AI-assisted tooling (e.g., Claude Code, Codex) and partner with leadership to define AI efficiency metrics.
• Consolidate the engineering toolchain and build automation utilities to streamline repetitive development tasks.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps to implement security scanning (Snyk), CI/CD guardrails, and compliance checks.

Requirements

• Strong background in software engineering with hands-on experience in modern backend or full-stack development.
• Experience designing and building developer-facing tooling, pipelines, or platform components.
• Familiarity with Internal Developer Platforms (e.g., Backstage, Atlassian Compass) and CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI).
• Practical experience with cloud-native deployment on AWS and automation scripting using Python or Bash.
• Working knowledge of software delivery metrics (DORA, SPACE) and security scanning tools like Snyk.
• Must have the right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice to have

• Experience working in SaaS or multi-product environments.
• Exposure to prompt engineering or AI model integration.
• Contributions to open-source developer tooling.
• Previous experience in EdTech or regulated industries.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous leave policy with 32 days holiday plus Bank Holidays.
• Comprehensive wellness benefits including AIG Smart Health (24/7 virtual GP) and Bupa Private Dental Insurance.
• Financial security through Life Assurance (3x annual salary) and Scottish Widows pension.
• Enhanced family leave: 20 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption and 6 weeks for paternity.
• Dedicated professional development training budget for upskilling and certifications.
• Holistic wellbeing support with access to Calm, Bippit, and a dedicated wellbeing team.

Hiring process

• Phone screen.
• First stage interview.
• Second stage interview.