Job Description

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Job Title: Remote Senior Developer Experience (DevEx) Engineer (AI & Platform) (100% Work From Home)

Location: Remote from Latin America

Position Type: Full-time

Salary$5,000 USD/month

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Central Time (CT)

Our Client is a lean, senior-heavy engineering team currently executing a high-stakes architectural migration from a monolith to a microservices ecosystem. To maintain high velocity without sacrificing system integrity, they are aggressively adopting AI-augmented development workflows. Our Client operates with a culture of technical excellence, prioritizing automated guardrails and long-term maintainability over short-term output.

The Role

Our Client is seeking a pragmatic Senior Developer Experience (DevEx) / Platform Engineer to serve as the internal "AI Governance" champion. In this unique role, the primary customers are the internal engineering team rather than end-users. Instead of building product features, the successful candidate will build the automated infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-driven testing frameworks that empower senior engineers to use tools like Cursor safely and effectively. The ultimate goal is to automate boilerplate, eliminate friction, and ensure that AI-generated code meets strict architectural standards before reaching human review.

Key Responsibilities

AI Governance & Tooling

• Collaborates with the Tech Lead to write and enforce strict architectural rules (e.g., .cursorrules) to dictate how AI assistants interact with the codebases.

• Integrates AI review tools into the pull request process to summarize changes, identify syntax errors, and enforce coding standards.

• Continuously evaluates new AI developer tools, APIs, and CLI utilities to remove operational bottlenecks.

Platform & Infrastructure Automation

• Automates microservices scaffolding by building scripts to instantly spin up boilerplate for new services (Dockerfiles, routing, CI/CD configs, DTOs).

• Implements aggressive, automated quality gates in deployment pipelines, including linting, type-checking, and mutation testing.

• Optimizes developer velocity by identifying and eliminating friction points in the day-to-day engineering experience.

Testing & Maintainability

• Serves as a fierce advocate for automated testing, ensuring that AI-generated code is verified by robust safety nets.

• Prioritizes long-term system health and architectural consistency across the transitioning microservices landscape.

• Partners with senior engineers to introduce AI as a technical "power-up" that respects existing architectural patterns.

Qualifications, Skills and Key Competencies

Required Qualifications

• Infrastructure Expertise: Deep experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Backend Architecture with proficiency in Docker, GCP, and GitHub Actions

• Core Stack Knowledge: Strong background in Node.js and microservices architectures.

• AI Automation: A track record of scripting with LLM APIs or CLI tools to automate infrastructure, generate documentation, or analyze codebases.

• Testing Advocacy: Expert understanding of automated testing methodologies and CI/CD security.

• Soft Skills: High emotional intelligence (EQ) and diplomacy; ability to work effectively with protective, highly experienced senior engineers.

• Maintainability Mindset: A strong focus on long-term system health and high-quality, clean code.

Our Client's Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Docker, Microservices

• Databases: PostgreSQL (GCP Cloud SQL), Firebase

• Cloud & CI/CD: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GitHub Actions

• Frontend: Angular, Ionic, Tailwind CSS

• AI Tooling: Cursor (AI IDE), AI Code Review Agents (e.g., CodeRabbit), LLM APIs

Why Join This Team?

• Technical Impact: Shape the way a senior engineering team builds software in the age of AI.

• Modern Workflow: Work in an environment that is at the absolute forefront of AI-augmented development.

• Professional Autonomy: Take full ownership of the DevEx roadmap and platform internal tooling.

• Compensation: Competitive $5,000 USD monthly salary for elite regional talent.

• Stability: Long-term remote contract with a high-caliber, senior US-based team.

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