Developer Experience Engineer
US$150,000 – US$300,000 / yr base salary
Posted 19 Feb 2026
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- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- On-Site
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$150,000 – US$300,000 / yr |
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About Etched
Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.
Job Summary
We are looking for a Developer Experience Engineer to enhance developer productivity, automation, and infrastructure across our hardware and software teams. You will work at the intersection of DevOps, software engineering, and high-performance computing (HPC), building systems that accelerate chip design, simulation, and AI model deployment in a cloud and on-prem hybrid environment.
Key responsibilities
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Develop and maintain automation tools to streamline development, testing, and deployment workflows.
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Optimize and manage Slurm-based job scheduling for AI workloads, simulation, and chip design workflows.
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Build observability solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry for monitoring pipelines, infrastructure, and compute clusters.
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Manage and optimize containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes to enhance scalability and reproducibility.
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Enhance build, test, and deployment pipelines with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Buildkite, or Bazel.
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Develop caching and artifact management systems to reduce build times and improve dependency resolution.
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Integrate and manage cloud resources (AWS, GCP) for scaling compute, storage, and hybrid workloads.
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Support security and compliance efforts including secrets management and access control.
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Document and share best practices for efficient developer tooling and workflows.
You may be a good fit if you have
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Strong Python skills for automation, scripting, and infrastructure development.
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Experience with Slurm job scheduling in an HPC or hybrid environment.
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Hands-on experience with observability and monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
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Expertise with Docker and Kubernetes, including Helm charts and cluster management.