Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience

Kunai is a fast-growing digital consultancy focused on banking, payments, and fintech powered by a global network that attracts the best and brightest people from all backgrounds and cultures, driven by innovation and experimentation, spread across almost every single continent. Over the past decade, we've shipped over 150 products for clients that include Visa, American Express, Capital One, WEX, Wells Fargo, Ernst & Young, and TOMS Shoes. Our founders built a previous agency (Monsoon) that was acquired by Capital One in 2015.

We are currently hiring for a Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience:   Responsibilities:

• Bridge the divide between developers' needs and infrastructure solutions, all with the goal of refining the developer experience
• Evaluate the current suite of development tools and, when necessary, design and implement proprietary tools & systems to enhance the developer experience and address unique challenges faced by teams
• Work closely with both software development teams and infrastructure teams to understand the specific needs and constraints of the system, ensuring the best solutions
• Be a hands-on technical leader and participate in designing and implementing new systems and tools
• Responsible for facilitating and directing the design, development and maintenance of the IDE solutions
• Lead the development and execution of technical product strategies for the client’s initiatives.
• Communicate project progress and updates effectively to stakeholders through well-crafted presentations and reports.
• Ensure alignment of product development with business objectives and client needs.
• Influences decision making in Technology and Product through active partnership with Product and stakeholders
• Utilize agile methodologies to drive product development and ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions.

 

Qualifications::

• 8+ years experience as a software developer, platform, or cloud infrastructure engineer or similar
• Solid experience as a full-stack developer, showcasing a deep understanding of system design
• Experience in building software abstractions and tooling to enable developer velocity
• Experience in CI/CD governance, monitoring and metrics driven architecture
• Experience developing and/or integrating debuggers with build systems
• Experience working with IDEs and LSPs
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and container orchestration
• Ability to lead the communication of key platform solutions in order to drive adoption across teams
• Experience interacting with vendors and third parties to define and deliver solutions (VSCode, IntelliJ, Eclipse)
• Strong understanding of agile engineering practices
• Own end-to-end availability and performance of critical services to reduce operational overhead

At Kunai, we have built deep relationships with our clients. Our bar is high, and our mission is to always exceed our client’s expectations. If you are fanatical about customer success and driven to work on and solve tough technical challenges, we would love to chat with you!