Developer Experience Engineer (DevEx)

3 hours, 59 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Arbor

Arbor

Arbor is the leading cloud MIS provider in the UK, empowering schools and MATs to collaborate effectively, save time, and enhance pupil achievement through centralized data management and insightful analytics.

IT Services
51-250

Description

  • Design, build, and maintain Arbor’s Internal Developer Platform with self-service tooling, standardised build pipelines, and deployment workflows.
  • Develop project scaffolding and templates that help engineers quickly bootstrap new services with best practices built in.
  • Integrate core engineering systems such as CI/CD, observability, service catalogues, and documentation into a connected developer experience.
  • Work with Platform Engineering and DevSecOps to embed security scanning, dependency management, and compliance controls into the IDP by default.
  • Embed AI-assisted development tools into the engineering workflow and help define and measure AI productivity metrics.
  • Build plugins, workflows, or integrations that enable safe and effective use of AI tools by engineers.
  • Create automations, command-line utilities, shared build/test/deploy templates, and scripts to reduce repetitive development work.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to identify pain points in the development lifecycle and propose improvements.
  • Support the collection, reporting, and analysis of developer productivity metrics such as build times, PR cycle times, and deployment frequency.
  • Participate in post-implementation reviews to measure the impact of tooling and 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 such as Atlassian Compass, Backstage, or similar.
  • Practical experience with CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or CircleCI.
  • Experience with cloud-native deployment, with AWS preferred.
  • Working knowledge of AI-assisted development tools and enthusiasm for structured, measurable adoption.
  • Working knowledge of security scanning tools such as Snyk or equivalent, and how to embed them into developer workflows.
  • Strong automation skills using Python, Bash, or equivalent scripting.
  • Working knowledge of software delivery metrics such as DORA or SPACE, and experience using data to drive improvement.
  • Collaborative mindset and ability to partner across multiple engineering teams.
  • Experience working in SaaS or multi-product environments, preferred.
  • Familiarity with service catalogues, developer portals, or platform observability tooling, preferred.
  • Exposure to AI model integration or prompt engineering, preferred.
  • Experience contributing to open-source developer tooling, preferred.
  • Previous work in education technology or regulated industries, preferred.

Benefits

  • Remote working arrangement.
  • Salary of £80,000 to £90,000.
  • 32 days holiday including Bank Holidays.
  • Life assurance at 3x annual salary.
  • Private dental insurance with Bupa.
  • Salary sacrifice pension via Scottish Widows.
  • Enhanced maternity and adoption leave: 20 weeks full pay.
  • Enhanced paternity leave: 6 weeks full pay.
  • Access to wellbeing support including mindfulness, mental health first aid training, Calm, and Bippit financial wellbeing coaching.
  • Comprehensive wellness benefit with AIG Smart Health, including 24/7 virtual GP access, mental health support, counselling, and health checks.
  • Dedicated professional development budget for CPD courses, upskilling resources, and memberships.
  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • Volunteer day each year for a charity of your choice.
  • Dog-friendly offices.
  • Refer-a-friend voucher worth up to £200.

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