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Senior Engineer / Technical Lead

San Jose, CA, US • Posted 16 hours ago • Updated 16 hours ago

Contract W2

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Measure
analyze
and improve developer productivity using AI coding tools

Summary

Job title: Senior Engineer / Technical Lead

Location: San Jose, CA (5 Days On-site)

Duration: 6+ Months, W2 contract

Responsibilities and duties:

Build Our AI Productivity Measurement System
Instrument and track AI tool adoption (Cursor, Claude Code)
Measure suggestion acceptance and AI-assisted PR trends
Connect AI usage to real delivery outcomes
Improve Engineering Flow & Predictability
Implement DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, recovery time)
Build GitHub-based insights:
PR cycle time (p50/p75)
Review SLAs
Throughput & WIP aging
Merge deploy timing
Publish weekly scorecards and identify bottlenecks
Protect Quality While Increasing Speed
Enforce coverage standards (target: 80%)
Monitor E2E health (Playwright pass rate, flakiness, time-to-fix)
Track rework signals (churn, reverts, hotfixes)
Ensure velocity gains don t hide reliability regressions
Build the Data & Automation Layer
Standardize PR templates and labels (risk, AI usage, rollout plans)
Automate ingestion from GitHub, CI/CD, and AI tools
Deliver a unified dashboard (team-level metrics only no individual ranking)
Establish privacy-conscious governance standards

Requirements:

6+ years of software engineering experience (platform or backend preferred)
Experience with GitHub APIs, CI/CD systems, and engineering analytics
Familiarity with DORA/Four Keys metrics
Experience with automated testing frameworks (Playwright preferred)
Strong systems thinking able to balance speed, reliability, and sustainability
Comfortable working across engineering, platform, and leadership stakeholders
Experience with AI developer tools
Experience building internal analytics or developer platforms
Background in developer experience (DevEx) or engineering enablement

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Position Id: 8954546
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