About the role

Senior Developer Experience Engineer improving productivity, reliability, and quality for Nextlane's Platform teams through internal tooling and CI/CD foundations.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Developer Experience (DevEx) Engineer, you play a key role in enabling and accelerating engineering teams working on the Nextlane Platform.
Your mission is to improve developer productivity, reliability, and quality by building and operating the internal tooling, CI/CD foundations, and platform capabilities used by backend and platform teams.
You act as a facilitator and force multiplier for product teams, working closely with backend engineers, platform engineers, and DevOps to reduce friction, standardize practices, and promote engineering excellence across the organization.
This role is hands-on and strategic, with a strong focus on automation, self-service, and scalable developer enablement in a microservices and cloud-native environment.
Design, build, and maintain internal developer tools that improve day-to-day engineering workflows.
Gather feedback from engineering teams and continuously improve the developer experience.
Design, maintain, and evolve CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
Build and operate platform services based on Azure Functions.
Support and evolve Kubernetes-based runtime environments in collaboration with platform and DevOps teams.
Enable consistent testing practices across teams through tooling and documentation.

5+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevEx, or DevOps roles.
Proven track record of improving developer productivity and delivery quality at scale.
Experience supporting multiple teams in a microservices environment.
Experience working in cloud environments (Azure & AWS preferred).
Fluent in English (mandatory); French language proficiency is a plus.
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
Strong experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions.
Proven experience building CI/CD platforms and internal developer tooling.
Hands-on experience with Azure Functions.
Solid knowledge of containers (Docker) and Kubernetes.
Experience with integration testing frameworks and automation.
Strong understanding of package management, versioning, and dependency strategies.
Excellent communication skills and ability to work across multiple teams.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Excellent communication and collaboration in cross-functional teams.
Ability to take ownership and drive initiatives to completion.
Ability to collaborate in a diverse and dynamic environment.

Hybrid Work: Rotational model, 2 days onsite, three days remote.
Annual Payments: 14 payments per year (12 monthly payments + 1 summer bonus + 1 Christmas bonus in November).
Meal Voucher: €10.20 per working day.
Vacation: 23 vacation days, plus 24th or 31st December off.
Language Training: Access to group classes in Spanish, English, or French.
Private Medical Insurance: Multicare coverage.
Teambuilding: Join us for memorable afterworks and team activities!