USD per year
Who We Are
AI is changing how software gets built. Code production is becoming a commodity. The focus is shifting from writing code to orchestrating, verifying, and governing change – and the toolchain is the new constraint. Gradle builds Develocity, a first-of-its-kind toolchain observability and intelligence platform used by leading software organizations like Netflix, Airbnb, Spotify, SAP, major global banks, and hundreds more. Develocity helps software teams achieve delivery excellence through deep observability, build and test acceleration, and AI-powered intelligence across the entire toolchain for Gradle Build Tool, Apache Maven™, sbt, npm, and Python. Gradle is an AI-native company with AI central to product development and strategy. Partnerships with Apache Software Foundation, Commonhaus Foundation, Scala Center, Micronaut Foundation, and OSS projects like Spring, Quarkus, Kotlin, JUnit, AndroidX. Reference to DPE University for more technical information on Develocity.
Our Values
Seek to Understand: Emphasize listening and understanding different viewpoints before action. Know the Why: Work with clear purpose; take meaningful action with urgency but thoughtful consideration. Innovate & Iterate: Embrace challenges; try new things; develop creative solutions. Own the Outcome: Take initiative; maintain transparency; take responsibility for decisions; learn from results.
Who You Are
Hands-on technical expert connecting product to customers. Advocate new approaches; drive adoption of new products/features with prospects/customers. Build compelling demos that bring Develocity to life for customer use cases. Collaborate with Sales, Sales Engineering, Product Management, and Engineering to uncover opportunities and shape product evolution.
Responsibilities
AI & product exploration
- Partner with AI strategy team to leverage Develocity's data for AI-driven toolchain observability.
- Stay current with AI tooling landscape (LLMs, coding agents,...
- Work with Product Management on new product areas and customer insights.
Customer engagement
- Serve as technical expert in key customer engagements: demonstrate capabilities...
- Build rapid prototypes to validate use cases/product hypotheses...
- Create tailored demos for customer's environment...
- Help Sales show how Develocity fits their stack/solves problems...
Enablement & feedback
- Develop go-to-market content: product positioning...
- Channel customer feedback back to Product Management/Marketing/Engineering...
- Travel to customer sites/events (~20%).
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years experience in Field Engineering...
- Hands-on experience as a software engineer.
- Hands-on experience with AI-powered products or LLM-based tooling...
- Product Journey and Customer Journey mindset...
- Excellent at prioritizing complex activities autonomously...
- Strong work ethic and can-do attitude.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity/technical understanding of some DevOps SDLC tools including build tools (Maven,...
What We Offer
- Work at intersection of AI and developer tooling during major industry shift.
- Company actively building with AI for the future.
- Remote-first environment with flexible hours.
- Fast-growing product with clear vision.
- Collaboration with ambitious experienced team; learning opportunities regardless of experience level.
- Career growth opportunities including leadership responsibilities.
- In-person meetings including annual company offsite at global destinations (France,...
- Contribute to leading Developer Productivity Engineering solutions using cutting-edge tools/practices.
- Competitive salaries and equity grants.
Compensation
Estimated base salary range: $160000 - $210000 (varies by location/role scope/candidate experience).
Perks & Benefits
- Competitive salary based on geographical location
- Company stock option plans
- Benefits tailored to country of work
- Annual global company meeting ("Gradle World Meeting")
- Annual in-person team meetings
- Annual learning & development stipend plus monthly meeting-free day dedicated to learning
- Home office stipend for remote work setup
- Paid volunteer day up to 8 hours per year
Gradle provides Develocity®, a platform offering observability and acceleration across the software lifecycle to boost build performance and developer productivity. They focus on Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE) with tools to enhance developer happiness. Gradle is deeply involved in open source, supporting over 50 projects including Apache Commons, Chromium, Jenkins, Kotlin, Maven, Spring. Their Gradle Build Tool is widely used globally and is the primary build tool for Android developers. They are a platinum sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation and a member of the Kotlin Foundation.
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