Developer Experience Engineer (DevEx)

Location : Remote Salary : £80,000 - £90,000 About The Role We are looking for an experienced and forward‑thinking Developer Experience Engineer (DevEx) to join our Engineering team and shape the next generation of Arbor’s developer experience. The role focuses on building tools, templates, and automation that improve how our engineers design, build, and deploy software securely and efficiently. You will help establish our Internal Developer Platform (IDP), standardise engineering workflows, embed AI‑assisted development, and strengthen our secure‑by‑design culture in collaboration with DevSecOps. Core Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain Arbor’s IDP, providing self‑service tooling, consistent build pipelines, and standardised deployment workflows. Develop project scaffolding and templates for rapid service bootstrap with best practices built in. Integrate core engineering systems (CI/CD, observability, service catalogue, documentation) to provide a joined‑up developer experience. Collaborate with Platform Engineering and DevSecOps to embed security scanning, dependency management, and compliance controls by default. Embed AI‑assisted tooling (e.g., Claude Code, Codex) into the developer workflow. Partner with the Head of Developer Productivity to define and measure AI efficiency metrics. Develop plugins, workflows, or integrations that help engineers use AI tools safely and effectively. Contribute to continuous improvement of AI onboarding, training, and developer enablement. Consolidate and rationalise the engineering toolchain, ensuring consistency across teams. Build automations and command‑line utilities to streamline repetitive development tasks. Maintain and improve shared build/test/deploy templates and scripts. Identify pain points in the development lifecycle and propose solutions. Build and maintain reusable secure coding templates, CI/CD guardrails, and compliance checks in partnership with DevSecOps. Collect and report developer productivity data (e.g., build times, PR cycle times, deployment frequency). Support automation and observability for key developer metrics. Participate in post‑implementation reviews to quantify the impact of new tooling or process changes. 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., Atlassian Compass, Backstage). Practical experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI) and cloud‑native deployment (AWS preferred). Understanding of AI‑assisted development tools and enthusiasm for driving adoption in a structured, measurable way. Working knowledge of Snyk or equivalent security scanning tools and how to embed them in developer workflows. Strong automation skills (Python, Bash, or equivalent scripting). Knowledge of software delivery metrics (e.g., DORA, SPACE) and experience using data to drive improvement. Collaborative mindset and ability to partner across multiple engineering teams. Bonus Skills Experience working in SaaS or multi‑product environments. Familiarity with service catalogues, developer portals, or platform observability tooling. Exposure to AI model integration or prompt engineering. Experience contributing to open‑source developer tooling. Previous work in education technology or regulated industries. Benefits A dedicated wellbeing team championing initiatives such as mindfulness, lunch n learns, manager training, mental health first aid training, and more. 32 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), including 25 days annual leave and 7 extra company‑wide days (Easter, Summer, Christmas). Life Assurance paid out at 3× annual salary. Comprehensive wellness benefit (24/7 virtual GP service, mental health support, counselling, personalised health checks). Private Dental Insurance with Bupa. Salary sacrifice Pension with Scottish Widows. Enhanced maternity and adoption leave (20 weeks full pay) and paternity (6 weeks full pay). Five free return‑to‑work maternity coaching sessions. Access to services such as Calm and Bippit (financial wellbeing coaching). Flexible working available. Social committees that plan team, office, and company‑wide events. Dedicated professional development training budget (CPD courses, upskilling resources, professional memberships). Volunteer with a charity of your choice for a day each year. Dog‑friendly offices. Arbor Education is an equal opportunities organisation that aims to represent, celebrate and support people from all backgrounds. We actively encourage applications from diverse candidates and provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process if required. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time. #J-18808-Ljbffr