Open Lending · 1 month ago
Developer Experience Engineer III
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expOpen Lending is forming a new Platform Team to enhance the developer experience for its software engineers. The Developer Experience Engineer III will be responsible for creating the roadmap and implementing initiatives that improve productivity and streamline the development lifecycle, particularly through AI tooling.
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Hiring Manager
Bethany Bonny, MSHRD
Responsibilities
Define and own the Developer Experience Roadmap for the Platform Team, aligned with organizational goals
Design, build, and maintain internal developer platforms that simplify and standardize development workflows
Integrate and champion AI-powered developer tools (e.g., AI-assisted code generation, intelligent code review, automated documentation)
Continuously evaluate emerging AI development tools and APIs for integration into developer workflows
Establish best practices, patterns, and reusable tooling for CI/CD pipelines, local development environments, and cloud-native deployments
Reduce cognitive load by abstracting complexity in infrastructure, testing, and release management
Drive self-service capabilities for engineers to provision environments, run tests, and deploy without heavy manual intervention
Partner with product teams to optimize feedback loops, ensuring faster iteration cycles and higher-quality releases
Measure and improve DORA and developer productivity metrics, using data to inform improvements
Lead internal developer education and enablement initiatives, ensuring all engineers can leverage new tools and processes effectively
Evaluate and implement security, compliance, and observability best practices into the developer workflow
Ensure responsible and secure use of AI-powered tools in accordance with organizational AI governance policies
Advocate for and contribute to an engineering culture of continuous improvement
Qualification
Required
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in platform, developer experience, or DevOps-related roles
Proven track record of delivering developer productivity and platform engineering initiatives at scale
Strong background in CI/CD, cloud-native development (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
Expertise in AI-powered development tooling (e.g., GitHub Copilot, OpenAI API integrations, AI-assisted testing frameworks)
Solid understanding of software delivery metrics (DORA, SPACE framework) and how to improve them
Proficiency in at least one major programming language (Java, Go, Python, or similar) and modern infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.)
Experience setting up new platform or DX functions from scratch and influencing technical direction
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to bridge gaps between infrastructure teams and product engineers
Preferred
Experience in multi-team engineering organizations where developer enablement was a core focus
Familiarity with Team Topologies and developer cognitive load reduction strategies
Prior work integrating observability, monitoring, and logging into developer-facing systems
Experience with event-driven architectures and microservices
Hands-on experience with secure software supply chain practices (SBOMs, artifact signing, etc.)
Benefits
Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits
Strong commitment to work-life balance
Company
Open Lending
Open Lending is a provider of lending enablement and risk analytics solutions to financial institutions. It is a sub-organization of True Wind Capital Management.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$250MKey Investors
Bregal Sagemount
2020-06-11Post Ipo Equity· $200M
2020-06-11IPO
2016-03-22Series Unknown· $40M
Leadership Team
Jessica Buss
Chief Executive Officer
John Flynn
Co-Founder, Board Member
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