Principal Engineer, Developer Experience

The Role

Our client is looking for a Principal Engineer to lead Developer Experience (DevEx) at scale.

In this role, you will treat developer experience as a product—driving platform adoption, reducing friction across the software development lifecycle, and delivering measurable improvements in productivity, quality, and reliability.

You will work across organizations, partnering with senior engineering leaders to influence standards, platforms, and long-term technical direction.

What You’ll Do

• Define and drive the DevEx strategy across the client.
• Own developer experience as a product, with clear roadmaps and success metrics.
• Identify and eliminate friction across the software development lifecycle.
• Drive platform-first adoption of CI/CD, testing, and lifecycle automation.
• Define and promote golden paths for building, dep...