Developer Experience Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Developer Experience Engineer (DevOps/AI): Designing and implementing build, CI/CD, and tooling infrastructure for AI researchers and engineers with an accent on Bazel, Python ecosystem, and build optimization. Focus on automating monorepo workflows, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring reproducible builds to accelerate AGI development.

Location: Remote (EMEA). Must be able to travel to Paris monthly (Monday-Wednesday).

Company

Poolside is building frontier AI models and agentic systems to reshape the developer experience and reach Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

What you will do

• Design and manage the build, CI/CD, and tooling infrastructure used by researchers and engineers.
• Optimize monorepo performance, ensure reproducible builds, and maintain a coherent Python ecosystem.
• Set up and manage CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Buildkite, including agent fleet management.
• Develop internal CLI applications and backend services using Go to improve engineering efficiency.
• Manage complex AWS environments using Terraform or OpenTofu and orchestrate containers via Kubernetes.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response protocols within the infrastructure team.

Requirements

• Must be based in the EMEA region.
• Strong hands-on experience with Bazel, including writing rules, macros, and toolchains.
• Proficiency in Python (packaging, dependency management with uv/pip/Poetry) and Go.
• Experience managing CI/CD pipelines and running containers with Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services and Terraform/OpenTofu.
• Expertise in debugging Linux network and process-related problems.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work with flexible hours and frequent team get-togethers.
• Generous time off with 37 days of vacation and holidays per year.
• Health insurance allowance for employees and their dependents.
• 16 weeks of flexible, full-pay parental leave.
• Allowances for well-being, home office, and continuous learning.
• Company-provided equipment and a people-first, low-ego culture.

Hiring process

• Introductory call with the team lead.
• Technical interview(s) with the engineering team.
• Team fit discussion with the People team.
• Final interview with one of the Founding engineers.