Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Fern is seeking a Developer Experience Software Engineer to join their Brooklyn-based team. This role is perfect for ambitious engineers with entrepreneurial aspirations, offering a unique opportunity to scale a company from $1M to $10M ARR while collaborating with fast-growing tech companies. The position focuses on enhancing developer productivity through improving build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of software development experience and strong TypeScript skills. They'll work with a modern tech stack including GitHub Actions, Next.js, AWS, and various microservices in Node.js and Python. The role involves significant responsibility in building and maintaining developer tooling, testing frameworks, and observability systems.

The company offers competitive compensation ($170K-$210K plus equity) and comprehensive benefits including health insurance, unlimited vacation, and daily meals. They also provide an $18,000 annual bonus for living near their Williamsburg office, emphasizing their commitment to in-person collaboration.

The interview process is thorough but straightforward, consisting of initial founder screening, technical interviews focusing on coding and system design, and culminating in an in-office work trial. This is an excellent opportunity for engineers who want to gain firsthand experience building an early-stage startup while developing a network within the tech ecosystem.