Developer Experience (DevEx) Engineer
22 hours ago
New York
Company Description: Veracross provides SaaS-based School Information Systems (SIS) designed to meet the specific needs of independent K-12 schools worldwide. Our one-record solution combines the power of a fully integrated single-record database, personalized communication tools, and an elegant architecture that is unique in our industry. We are a growing, values-led community of employees in the US, UK and Australia who share a vision to unify school communities, improve the quality of education, and enhance learning. Veracross is five product brands in one global tech company • Veracross SIS is a one-person, one-record school management platform, • Magnus Health provides cloud-based Student Health Record (SHR) solutions, • Digistorm connects with their communities through Digistorm Websites, Digistorm Funnel, and Digistorm Apps., • Epraise incentivizes student well-being and connects teachers, students, and families. We're hiring our first Developer Experience (DevEx) Engineer — a role at the intersection of platform engineering, tooling, automation, and AI-first development practices. You’ll own the systems, standards, and integrations that make our engineering teams faster, more consistent, and better equipped to leverage agentic workflows across a multi-language, multi-product codebase spanning Ruby on Rails, PHP/Laravel, C#, and Java. This is a high-autonomy, high-impact role. You’ll partner closely with engineering leadership to define and execute our 2026 AI-first engineering roadmap, serving as the connective tissue between our tools, teams, and processes. What to Expect: • Contribute meaningfully to the engineering organization at both the individual and team level., • Serve as an internal advocate and educator for developer tooling — run training sessions, labs, and internal demos., • Build and evolve the tooling, workflows, and platform capabilities that enable engineers to deliver high-quality software efficiently., • You will own the GitHub platform, pipeline and repository standards at Veracross., • Modernize and standardize our development ecosystem — from repository structure to CI/CD pipelines to AI-assisted workflows., • Use AI agents and copilots to generate code, debug issues, write tests, and optimize performance across multiple stacks., • Create best practices for AI instructional files accross repositories and push those standards and best practices forward., • Provide technical mentorship and guidance on best practices, tooling, and AI-first development patterns., • Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to translate specifications into efficient, repeatable workflows., • Integrate with other product areas, ensuring DevEx tooling supports systems like our SIS, Admissions, and Fundraising platforms., • Enhance internal tools and developer workflows through automation, intelligent integrations, and lifecycle-spanning pipelines., • Assist in documenting systems, architecture, and engineering processes, ensuring clarity for both humans and AI agents., • Work to drive meaningful context into the AI development ecosystem at Veracross to enable the AI tooling to probvde better and more robust options for engineers., • Build and maintain integrations with third-party systems commonly used in our domain., • Strong proficiency with GitHub administration: Actions, Advanced Security, Dependabot, branch protection rules, and org-level configuration., • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in complex, multi-repo environments., • Experience with GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD tooling at scale., • Ability to troubleshoot data flow, performance, and integration issues across diverse stacks., • Fluency in at least one scripting or backend language (Ruby, Python, PHP, TypeScript, etc.) for building tooling and integrations., • Experience using AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codeium, or custom agents)., • Comfort with prompt engineering and guiding AI toward high-quality code generation., • Passion for developer productivity, clean code, and intelligent automation., • Familiarity with AI-assisted test generation, coverage analysis, and automated documentation workflows., • Experience using AI agents for code reviews, refactoring, and repository-level improvements., • Excellent written and verbal communication skills — especially for documentation consumed by both humans and agents., • Strong technical organization and planning abilities., • Ability to work effectively in a remote, mostly asynchronous environment., • Flexibility, adaptability, and a collaborative mindset., • 4+ years of professional programming or platform engineering experience., • Experience with relational databases and SQL query optimization., • Experience with Git/GitHub and modern source-control workflows., • A service-oriented, team-first approach to engineering., • Authorized to work in the United States Nice to Haves • Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and building or integrating MCP servers., • Experience building or consuming RESTful APIs and partner integrations., • Advanced SQL and relational database optimization techniques., • Experience modernizing legacy stacks and incrementally migrating to new tooling and technologies., • Understanding of backend architecture and how it influences developer workflows and tooling., • Familiarity with AWS services, especially ECS for containerized deployments., • Experience with Datadog, Sentry, Jira, or Confluence administration., • Contributions to open-source developer tooling projects. How We Think About This Role Developer experience is a force multiplier. The right person in this role doesn’t just maintain tools — they raise the ceiling of what every engineer can accomplish. We’re looking for someone who is energized by the moment we’re in with AI-assisted development, has strong engineering fundamentals, and has the communication and organizational skills to drive adoption and change across a team. This is what it means to be a developer in 2026, and you’ll help define what that means for our organization. • 3 weeks of vacation per year, • 14 paid holidays per year (including the week off between Christmas and New Year's Eve), • 56 Hours of paid sick leave annually, • Top tier benefits -, • Medical, Dental & Vision (Blue Cross Blue Shield & EyeMed), • Veracross LLC Fidelity 401(k) Plan - Managed by Sentinel Benefits Salary at Veracross is determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. The compensation range for this position is $120k to $150k (annualized USD) in addition to potential bonus. We value the power of an inclusive culture and a strong sense of belonging. We seek to infuse diversity and inclusion in everything we do while promoting a culture where differences are embraced as strengths; opportunities are equal and accessible; consideration and respect are the norm; and all team members are supported in reaching their full potential.