Magic · 1 hour ago
Developer Experience & Data Tooling Lead
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$240K/yr - $370K/yrMagic is focused on building safe AGI to tackle humanity's most pressing problems. They are seeking a Developer Experience & Data Tooling Lead to enhance productivity through the development of internal tools and infrastructure for their pre-training data team.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Lead tooling efforts across the stack: build systems, continuous integration, CLI tools, and internal web UIs
Build internal tools for exploring datasets, labeling data, reviewing data quality, and tracking data inventory
Improve ergonomics of data infrastructure—IO patterns in Ray/dataflow jobs, dataset tracking, pipeline observability
Identify opportunities by engaging with the team, listening to pain points, and proactively improving workflows
Raise the bar on code organization, packaging, and engineering best practices
Qualification
Required
Lead tooling efforts across the stack: build systems, continuous integration, CLI tools, and internal web UIs
Build internal tools for exploring datasets, labeling data, reviewing data quality, and tracking data inventory
Improve ergonomics of data infrastructure—IO patterns in Ray/dataflow jobs, dataset tracking, pipeline observability
Identify opportunities by engaging with the team, listening to pain points, and proactively improving workflows
Raise the bar on code organization, packaging, and engineering best practices
Preferred
Strong software engineering fundamentals
Genuine care for developer experience and best practices in code organization
Good communicator who engages with teammates to understand their needs
Bias toward action—sees something broken and fixes it
Based in San Francisco (this role is in-office)
Open source contributor — someone in the mold of tools like Ruff, uv, or similar developer-facing projects
Build systems / CI experience — has written or maintained build systems, CI pipelines, or developer tooling at scale
Startup product dev — comfortable moving fast, shipping throwaway prototypes, iterating quickly
Deep ML/AI expertise (this is a tooling role, not a modeling role)
Prior experience specifically in 'data engineering' pipelines—we care more about tooling instincts than domain experience
Benefits
Equity is a significant part of total compensation, in addition to salary
401(k) plan with 6% salary matching
Generous health, dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents
Unlimited paid time off
Visa sponsorship and relocation stipend to bring you to SF, if possible
Company
Magic
Magic is an AI coding startup that enables developers to work with AI to find code for building apps.
Founded in 2022
2-10 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$465.93MKey Investors
Flat CapitalNFDG VenturesCapitalG
2025-01-14Series Unknown· $0.81M
2024-08-29Series Unknown· $320M
2024-02-16Series B· $117M
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