Quizlet · 20 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$165K/yr - $225K/yr
5+ years expQuizlet is a leading learning platform that helps millions of students achieve their educational goals. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Developer Experience team, focusing on building tools and systems that enhance engineering productivity through effective release engineering and CI/CD practices.
E-LearningEdTechEducationInternetKnowledge Management
Responsibilities
Develop internal tools and platforms that reduce friction in the development workflow—from local development to production deployment
Design and build CI/CD pipelines and release automation systems that enable safe, fast deployments across our engineering organization
Create and maintain testing infrastructure, including frameworks, tooling, and environments that improve test coverage and developer confidence
Establish metrics and observability for developer experience, measuring build times, deployment frequency, test reliability, and other key indicators
Partner with product engineering teams to understand pain points and design solutions that scale across the organization
Lead technical initiatives to improve code quality, test automation, and release processes
Mentor engineers on testing best practices, CI/CD patterns, and developer productivity techniques
Qualification
Required
5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time spent on developer tooling, CI/CD, testing infrastructure, or release engineering
Previous experience as a product engineer building features and shipping code to production
Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Go, TypeScript, or PHP
Deep experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI) and automated testing frameworks
Hands-on experience with release engineering, deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, feature flags), and rollback procedures
Comfortable with data analysis and metrics—you know how to measure developer productivity and use data to drive improvements
Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and configuration management tools
Strong systems thinking with the ability to identify bottlenecks and design scalable solutions
Excellent communication skills; able to understand developer needs and advocate for productivity improvements
Benefits
20 vacation days that we expect you to take!
Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance (100% employee and 75% dependent PPO, Dental, VSP Choice)
Employer-sponsored 401k plan with company match
Access to LinkedIn Learning and other resources to support professional growth
Paid Family Leave, FSA, HSA, Commuter benefits, and Wellness benefits
40 hours of annual paid time off to participate in volunteer programs of choice
Company
Quizlet
Quizlet is a learning platform that uses activities and games to help students practice and master what they’re learning.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$62MKey Investors
General AtlanticIcon Ventures
2020-05-13Series C· $30M
2018-02-06Series B· $20M
2015-11-23Series A· $12M
Leadership Team
Kurt Beidler
Chief Executive Officer
David Margulius
Board Member and Co-Founder
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