Senior Developer Experience Engineer

About the role

About Fabric and OneLink

• Fabric is Forterras distributed systems platform for registering discovering and replicating mission-critical data across dynamic mesh networks.

• OneLink is Forterras web-based command-and-control platform. Its extension architecture enables internal teams and external vendors to build custom views workflows and controls for their platforms and payloads.

• Together Fabric and OneLink enable autonomous systems operators services payloads and external platforms to work together across unreliable and bandwidth-constrained environments.

• Both are high-visibility platforms supported by small highly technical teams responsible for their core capabilities and developer ecosystems.

About This Job

• We are seeking a Senior Developer Experience Engineer to improve the developer experience across both Fabric and OneLink.

• The role combines software engineering developer tooling CI SDK and extension development documentation testing and direct collaboration with internal teams and external vendors.
• You will identify recurring onboarding and integration friction across both platforms and solve it through automation libraries templates examples documentation test infrastructure and developer-facing tools.

What youll do

• Build and maintain Fabric SDKs client libraries command-line tools and reference integrations.
• Build and maintain OneLink extension SDKs APIs templates component libraries and reference extensions.
• Create reusable patterns for integrating platforms and payloads with Fabric and representing them within OneLink.
• Develop automation for configuration deployment testing debugging validation packaging and release workflows.
• Improve CI pipelines for Fabric OneLink extensions SDKs documentation examples and release artifacts.
• Build integration compatibility regression and end-to-end test environments across both platforms.
• Create tools for inspecting simulating and troubleshooting Fabric systems and OneLink extensions.
• Develop local development and test environments that allow extension developers to build and validate their work independently.
• Write and maintain API documentation extension guides tutorials onboarding material and troubleshooting content.
• Define and document extension interfaces compatibility requirements lifecycle expectations and recommended development patterns.
• Support internal teams and external vendors through onboarding architecture reviews integration support debugging and release preparation.
• Create and deliver technical demonstrations workshops and reference implementations for Fabric and OneLink.
• Turn developer feedback and support issues into improvements to tooling APIs platform interfaces and documentation.
• Communicate releases migrations compatibility changes and known issues clearly across both platforms.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of professional software engineering developer tooling platform engineering or test engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in one or more of Rust C Python TypeScript or Go.
• Experience building developer-facing SDKs APIs libraries command-line tools extensions or automation.
• Experience developing frontend applications using TypeScript and a modern component-based framework.
• Experience with CI software testing build systems release automation and artifact management.
• Experience designing and maintaining unit integration regression and end-to-end tests.
• Experience building or consuming web APIs and structured interfaces such as Protobuf or OpenAPI.
• Strong Linux development and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to debug issues across frontend backend networking build deployment and distributed system boundaries.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills.
• Experience working directly with developers technical customers or external integration partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with edge computing robotics embedded systems networking or real-time systems.
• Experience designing or working with plugin extension or micro-frontend architectures.
• Experience building developer tooling templates component libraries or test harnesses for third-party developers.
• Experience building SDKs or developer tooling across multiple languages.
• Experience with React TypeScript frontend build systems and package management.
• Experience with distributed systems publish/subscribe middleware or message-oriented architectures.
• Experience with Docker CMake Bazel GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins or similar tooling.
• Experience with documentation platforms such as Docusaurus MkDocs or Sphinx.
• Experience onboarding external vendors or partners onto a developer platform.
• Experience creating operational dashboards debugging tools or system visualizations.
• Experience with simulation hardware-in-the-loop or distributed integration testing.
• Experience delivering technical demonstrations or workshops.
• Experience using AI-assisted workflows to improve developer tooling testing documentation or support.

US Salary Range
$XXXXXX$XXXXXX

The salary range for this role is an estimate and is based on a wide variety of compensation factors. The salary offered to candidates will vary based on a variety of factors including (but not limited to) relevant work experience education specialized training critical expertise training and more. Equity in Forterra is included in most of our full-time high-demand roles and is therefore considered part of Forterras overall compensation addition to base salary and equity Forterra offers competitive benefits for full-time employees including:

• Premium Healthcare Benefits: Three plan options including an HSA-eligible plan with Forterra covering 80% of the plan premium for you and your dependents.
• Basic Life/AD&D short and long-term disability insurance plans 100% covered by Forterra plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a winter break in December.
• Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year.
• A minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption.
• A $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.
• Fully stocked beverage refrigerators with all the Celsius your little heart desires.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan including traditional Roth 401(k) and after-tax deferral with company match up to 4%.

Your recruiter will be able to share more information about our salary and benefits offering during the hiring process.

CLEARANCE ELIGIBILITY - This position may require eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance. For more information about U.S. Security Clearances:click here.

Forterra is an equal-opportunity employer providing and promoting equal employment opportunity in all personnel are unique talented individuals who are united through a shared passion to deliver autonomous systems that enable national resilience and a robust supply chain.

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