Fox Robotics is at the bleeding edge of warehouse automation, with a focus on autonomous forklifts. As the leader in this space, Fox has clear product market fit and is scaling fast, with plans to rapidly grow from 100 employees to nearly ~160+ this year alone. With this growth, employees have a once-in-a-career opportunity to learn, all while working as part of a mission-driven team focused on making robots that work.

We are seeking a Senior Developer Experience (DevExperience) Engineer that will collaborate cross-functionally with software engineering teams to develop efficient and effective workflows and tooling across the Fox Robotics software stack to enable the delivery of robust and leading-edge software for autonomous forklifts.

What you’ll do:

• Develop, maintain, and optimize build systems across various software applications.
• Identify inefficiencies and technical debt areas within the software stack and implement solutions to address them.
• Lead the transition from outdated tools and platforms towards contemporary, state-of-the-art solutions.
• Scale the CI/CD pipelines used throughout various projects to take advantage of modern DevOps best practices.
• Refactor CI and application-based Docker images for modularity, efficiency and reusability.
• Build internal Fox developer tooling to enhance developer experience, reduce overhead for new hires, and improve daily efficiency.
• Help foster a culture of software engineering excellence through best practices.

What you’ll need:

• 5+ years of experience in a DevExperience related role (software development, DevOps, etc.).
• Experience with Bazel in a large codebase.
• Fluent in programming Python and Bash languages.
• Containerization of developer tools and applications using Docker or similar.
• Experience defining, developing and integrating software pipelines in professional CI/CD environments in tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Bitbucket Pipelines.
• Strong Git experience including workflow, branching strategies and best practices.
• Modern workflows for releasing semantically versioned libraries, applications, and tooling.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot problems across multiple application environments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively and efficiently with software developers and other stakeholders.

Nice to have:

• Professional C++ experience.
• Experience configuring and upgrading custom toolchains.
• Experience with advanced Bazel concepts such as remote cache, remote code execution, profiling, etc.
• GitLab CI/CD templates and/or components.

Benefits and perks:

• A once in a career opportunity to build, alongside colleagues who deeply care (plus robots that aren’t bad, either!)
• Competitive salary and stock options
• Generous healthcare options
• 401k match
• Unlimited PTO
• Other perks that connect us, including lunch on Fridays, team building activities, and more!