Developer Experience Lead
Location: Remote (occasional travel to Washington, DC)
Duration: 6-Month Contract with Extension / FTE Opportunity
Clearance: Ability to Obtain High-Risk Public Trust
Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required
Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Developer Experience Lead to support an enterprise DevSecOps platform for a federal agency. This role will focus on improving developer productivity, streamlining CI/CD processes, promoting secure development practices, and driving adoption of enterprise tools across multiple development teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead adoption of enterprise DevOps, source control, CI/CD, testing, and security tools.
Develop reusable templates, automated workflows, and developer self-service solutions.
Improve developer onboarding, documentation, and training.
Partner with engineering, security, and platform teams to streamline development processes.
Promote secure AI-assisted development practices.
Track developer productivity and delivery metrics.
Provide technical guidance, troubleshooting, and Tier 2/3 support.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree with 12+ years or Master's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience.5+ years of software engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering experience.
Hands-on experience with GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tools.3+ years of UX engineering, UX design, or interaction design experience.
Experience developing reusable templates, developer tools, and technical documentation.
Strong leadership, communication, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills.
U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a High-Risk Public