Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience
Thumbtack · Remote · Remote, United States ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Senior level role
- Fully remote (US)
- Go + Python + TypeScript
- AI-native dev tools
- Cloud dev environments
Join the small, senior Developer Experience team at Thumbtack to enhance productivity for the engineering organization. You will build infrastructure for an AI-native workflow, including agentic tools like Claude Code and Cursor, Model Context Protocol servers, and cloud development environments.
The team partners with engineers across the company to identify pain points and ship solutions that move dozens of teams forward. You will modernize web and CLI tooling layers while designing self-service workflows in the Backstage developer portal.
What you'll do
- Build platforms for agentic developer workflows using tools like Claude Code and Cursor
- Ship skills, plugins, and MCP servers that run across developer tools
- Design self-service workflows in Backstage portal, CLI, and IDE integrations
- Own and evolve Cloud Development Environment platform for humans and agents
- Improve build systems, CI/CD pipelines, test infrastructure, and observability
- Prototype and evaluate new AI developer tools for adoption and scaling
What you'll need
- Experience building developer infrastructure or platform tools at 100+ engineer scale
- Strong systems thinking regarding build pipelines, CI/CD, and dev environments
- UX mindset applied to engineering systems, focusing on personas and journeys
- Hands-on experience with agentic tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex
- Fluency in Go and Python for CLIs, services, and MCP servers
- Proficiency in TypeScript and React for web UIs
- 6+ years of industry experience in software engineering
Stack
- Go
- Python
- TypeScript
- React
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- Codex
- Backstage
- MCP
How you'll work
- Fully remote within the United States
- Part of Productivity Engineering team