Developer Experience Engineer

<p>We're looking for a Developer Experience Engineer to embed directly in the San Francisco developer ecosystem and help shape the future of Git workflows.</p><br /><p>This is a hybrid role across engineering, product, and community - part builder, part listener, part connector.</p><br /><h3>About the Job</h3><br /><p>Join us to help build the next generation of version control tools alongside a GitHub co-founder.</p><br /><p>You'll spend time with developers, teams, and partners - understanding how they actually work, where current tools break down, and where GitButler can win. You'll translate those insights into product direction, surface opportunities, and help coordinate high-leverage conversations between external partners and our team.</p><br /><p>You'll also get your hands dirty: prototyping workflows, testing ideas, contributing code when useful, and helping validate new concepts in the wild.</p><br /><h3>What You'll Do</h3><br /><ul><br /><li>Engage deeply with developers, teams, and partners in SF</li><br /><li>Identify pain points, workflows, and emerging patterns in modern development</li><br /><li>Turn real-world insights into clear product direction and priorities</li><br /><li>Build relationships and trust across the developer ecosystem</li><br /><li>Help coordinate key conversations, partnerships, and introductions</li><br /><li>Pull in the CEO or team at the right moments for maximum impact</li><br /><li>Prototype, experiment, and validate ideas quickly (code when helpful)</li><br /></ul><br /><h3>About You</h3><br /><ul><br /><li>Strong technical background (you can build, debug, and reason about real systems)</li><br /><li>Deep familiarity with Git and modern developer workflows</li><br /><li>Comfortable talking to developers and presenting in front of crowds. You love to do a demo.</li><br /><li>Curious, observant, and opinionated about how software should be built</li><br /><li>Able to translate messy qualitative input into clear insights</li><br /><li>Excited by ambiguity, autonomy, and early-stage product shaping</li><br /><li>Based in SF</li><br /></ul><br /><h3>Bonus Points</h3><br /><ul><br /><li>Experience in forward deployed engineering or early-stage product roles</li><br /><li>Strong network in the SF developer or startup ecosystem</li><br /><li>Experience with developer tools, version control, or collaboration systems</li><br /><li>History of building side projects, tools, or open source</li><br /></ul><br /><h3>Why GitButler?</h3><br /><p>We're building a fundamentally new way to work with Git - designed for modern, AI-assisted development workflows.</p><br /><p>Small team, fast pace, minimal meetings, and a real chance to shape how millions of developers write code.</p><br />#J-18808-Ljbffr