Software Engineer, Developer Experience

WHAT YOU'LL DO: Software development is changing rapidly as AI becomes a core part of how engineers write, review, and ship code. At Retool, we’re investing heavily in building the internal infrastructure, tooling, and development ecosystem that allows AI to meaningfully accelerate how our engineers build software. As a member of the Developer Experience (DevX) team, you’ll design and build the systems that make AI-assisted development exceptionally effective. This includes everything from AI-powered developer tooling and internal platforms to evolving our codebase and build systems so AI can understand, modify, and improve it safely. You’ll help define what an AI-native development environment looks like and build the infrastructure, processes, training and guardrails that allows engineers to ship faster. We’re looking for engineers who believe the future of software development is AI-native and are excited to build the tooling and infrastructure that makes that future real and sustainable. IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: Build internal developer tooling and infrastructure designed for AI-assisted software development Design workflows where engineers and AI collaborate effectively across the development lifecycle Design secure execution environments and agent primitives that enforce strict boundaries, security, and privacy guarantees Build autonomous agents and evaluation frameworks to power and validate an AI-driven software development lifecycle Build systems that allow AI tools to safely interact with our codebase (generation, refactoring, testing, and debugging) Improve our codebase structure, interfaces, and tooling so it can be more easily understood and modified by AI systems Develop intelligent automation across CI/CD, testing, and release pipelines Create internal platforms and APIs that allow AI tools to integrate deeply into developer workflows Orchestrate large-scale codebase migrations and improvements using automation and AI-assisted tooling Evaluate and integrate emerging AI developer tools where they meaningfully improve productivity Work across teams to remove friction from the developer experience and push the engineering organization toward AI-native development practices THE SKILLSET YOU'LL BRING: 3+ years of experience as an individual contributor on fast-moving engineering teams Ability to identify opportunities where AI can meaningfully improve engineering workflows Strong interest in how AI is transforming software development Experience building developer tooling, internal platforms, or infrastructure that improves engineering productivity Experience working with or integrating AI/LLM-powered development tools Experience with the JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, or Python Experience building or improving CI/CD systems, build tooling, or release infrastructure Experience orchestrating large-scale codebase changes or migrations Ability to identify opportunities where AI can meaningfully improve engineering workflows You are excited by the idea of AI as a core collaborator in the development process You are pragmatic, experimental, and comfortable building in fast-moving environments Experience with Bazel is a plus but not required