Associate Software Engineer - Developer Productivity Platform

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The Developer Productivity team at Tableau Einstein & Analytics is at the heart of accelerating engineering excellence. Our mission is to empower product teams to move faster and deliver high-quality, innovative solutions by providing them with the essential tools, frameworks, and infrastructure they need to succeed. By handling the foundational layers of development, we free up product teams to focus on what they do best-creating exceptional user experiences and shipping with confidence.

• Build Developer Tools: We design and develop cutting-edge tools, libraries, and services that streamline the software development process. From seamless CI/CD pipelines to intuitive code review automation and developer-centric dashboards, we enhance productivity at every step.

• Optimize Infrastructure: We ensure that the development infrastructure is always reliable, scalable, and highly available, providing a seamless environment for engineers to thrive.

• Collaborate Across Teams: By partnering with software engineers, QA teams, and DevOps specialists, we deeply understand their needs and pain points, delivering tailored solutions that improve workflows and remove roadblocks.

• Automate for Efficiency: We champion automation, creating scripts and workflows that eliminate repetitive manual tasks and significantly boost development speed.

• Monitor and Troubleshoot: With a proactive approach, we monitor the performance of developer tools and swiftly address any issues, ensuring smooth operations. On-call support ensures uninterrupted developer productivity.

• Document and Educate: Comprehensive documentation is a cornerstone of our work, enabling team members and engineers to use and maintain tools effectively.

• Stay Ahead of the Curve with AI: By staying informed about the latest industry trends and practices including leveraging AI to bring efficiency and enhance developer experience, we continuously evolve and implement innovations that keep Analytics at the forefront of developer productivity.

Role Description

As a Software Engineer on the Developer Productivity Platform Team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining tools and infrastructure that streamline the software development process within our organization. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams of engineers, QA professionals, and DevOps experts to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of our development pipeline.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who can act independently and represent operations core values across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Design and Develop Developer Tools: Create innovative tools, libraries, and services that enhance the productivity of our software development teams. This includes but is not limited to CI/CD pipelines, code review automation, and developer-centric dashboards.

• Maintain and Optimize Infrastructure: Continuously improve and maintain the infrastructure supporting the development environment, ensuring high availability, scalability, and reliability.

• Collaborate with Teams: Work closely with software engineers, quality assurance teams, and DevOps specialists to understand their needs and pain points, and provide solutions that make their work more efficient.

• Automation: Implement automation scripts and workflows to reduce manual, repetitive tasks, and increase the efficiency of development processes.

• Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Monitor the effectiveness and performance of the developer productivity tools and proactively identify and resolve issues. Participate in on-call rotations as needed.

• Documentation: Create clear and comprehensive documentation for tools and processes to assist other team members in using and maintaining them.

• Stay Current: Keep up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in software development, DevOps, and developer productivity to propose and implement relevant improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.

• 2-8 years of experience as a Software Engineer with a focus on software infrastructure, developer productivity, automation, or tooling.

• Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Java, Go, or Ruby.

• Proficiency in version control systems (e.g., Git).

• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile development environment.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in building developer tools that improve developer velocity, code quality, and code health (e.g., compilers, automated releases, code design and testing, test automation frameworks)

• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Travis CI, or CircleCI.

• Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform) is a plus.

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