Developer Productivity Engineer

Job Summary

Vertiv is seeking a technically skilled and self-directed Developer Productivity Engineer to serve as the enterprise owner of developer tooling strategy AI-powered IDE rollout and engineering productivity within Vertivs Digital organization. This individual contributor role is responsible for supporting the enterprise-wide rollout of Cursor including licensing onboarding training and change management while also owning the broader developer tooling ecosystem across the full software delivery lifecycle. The Developer Productivity Engineer will operate within the Digital organization and play a central role in advancing Vertivs Operational Excellence and High-Performance Culturestrategic priorities by accelerating engineering velocity reducing workflow friction and increasing the measurable impact of developer tooling investments across engineering teams.

As an individual contributor in a lead capacity this role includes defining instrumenting and reporting on engineering productivity metrics which can include DORA metrics deployment frequency AI tool utilization and developer satisfaction in order to inform leadership decisions and demonstrate the ROI of developer experience (DX) investments. The Developer Productivity Engineer will champion the adoption of AI-augmented development practices evaluate and govern developer tooling from IDEs and CI/CD platforms to observability and code quality tooling and serve as Vertivs subject matter expert on developer experience.

This position partners closely with technology and business teams across the organization and is based on site at Vertivs Westerville OH headquarters.

Responsibilities:

• Cursor Rollout & Adoption:Lead the enterprise rollout and adoption of Cursor as Vertivs AI-powered IDE including training and change management for engineering teams across the organization.
• Developer Tooling Strategy:Own and evolve Vertivs developer tooling ecosystem evaluating onboarding and governing tools across the full SDLC (IDEs code review CI/CD testing observability etc) to ensure the toolchain is current and aligned to enterprise architecture standards.
• Engineering Metrics & Reporting:Define instrument and report on engineering productivity metrics providing leadership with data-driven insights to guide investment and improvement decisions.
• Developer Experience (DX) Optimization:Identify and eliminate friction points in the developer workflow whether it be from local development environments o CI/CD pipelines to measurably improve engineering speed delivery quality and developer satisfaction across development teams.
• CI/CD & Platform Support:Collaborate with engineering and platform teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines and developer environments for reliability and performance ensuring engineering teams can deliver software with speed and confidence.
• AI-Augmented Development Enablement:Champion the adoption of AI coding tools and good development practices across engineering teams staying current on advancements in tools like Cursor GitHub Copilot Claude and similar platforms.
• Governance & Standards:Establish and maintain standards documentation and governance practices for approved developer tools ensuring security and compliance requirements are met across all tools.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:Partner with multiple diverse groups to align tooling decisions with enterprise architecture security requirements and business priorities serving as a trusted subject matter expert on developer tooling and productivity.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or related field; equivalent practical experience considered.
• 5 years of software engineering or platform/tooling engineering experience; demonstrated experience owning developer tooling or SDLC initiatives; experience with enterprise software rollouts and change management preferred.
• Proficiency with AI-powered development tools (Cursor Claude GitHub Copilot or equivalent); hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms (Gitlab Jenkins GitHub Actions Azure DevOps or equivalent); familiarity with DORA metrics and developer productivity measurement frameworks; scripting proficiency; experience with cloud environments (AWS preferred); familiarity with code quality and observability tooling.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience leading enterprise rollout of AI coding tools or developer productivity platforms; familiarity with Internal Developer Platform (IDP) concepts; Agile/DevOps certifications or experience; background in developer advocacy or engineering enablement; experience with Snowflake or enterprise data platforms for metrics reporting.

The successful candidate will embrace Vertivs Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

Customer Focus

Operational Excellence

High-Performance Culture

Innovation

Financial Strength

OUR BEHAVIORS

Own It

Act With Urgency

Foster a Customer-First Mindset

Think Big and Execute

Lead by Example

Drive Continuous Improvement

Learn and Seek Out Development

About Vertiv

Vertiv is a $10.2billion global critical infrastructure and data center technology company. We ensure customers vital applications run continuously by bringing together hardware software analytics and ongoing services. Our portfolio includes power cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus Ohio USA Vertiv employs around 20000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit to learn more.

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