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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 20 days Develocity's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 33% of Develocity's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Develocity
- high 4 stale, 0 reposted of 6 open
- Hiring momentum
- 8 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
As a Staff Backend Engineer at Develocity, you will design, implement, test, and maintain features for a toolchain observability platform. You will lead complex initiatives from discovery to production, ensuring alignment across teams and engaging directly with customers. Your role will involve setting standards for code quality and leveraging AI to enhance software delivery.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Develocity as an employer.
What you need
- Effective use of AI to ship quality software at high velocity
- In-depth experience with Java or another JVM language
- Experience leading complex features end-to-end and cross-team
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
- Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organizational skills
Nice to have
- Building systems where AI agents are a primary consumer
- Working on developer tools
- Automating the software build and delivery process
- Working with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Designing and scaling fault-tolerant, highly-available distributed systems
What you get
- Opportunity to work on a widely-used product with a clear vision for the future
- Work on the problem AI created: verifying and governing change at machine scale
- Close customer interaction with engineers from leading tech organizations
- An automation-focused, test-driven engineering culture where working with frontier AI is the default
- Close collaboration with experienced and dedicated peer engineers
- Opportunities for growth in technical and leadership responsibilities
Worth weighing
- Remote work may require strong self-management skills due to distributed team dynamics
- No specific salary information provided
- The role involves significant customer interaction, which may not suit everyone
- The focus on AI may require continuous learning and adaptation to new technologies
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Listed by Develocity on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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