Principal Dev Tooling Engineer (Must: CLI & GO)
Santex · Argentina / Perú; México City
Posted 26 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 26 days Santex's roles stay open a median of 25 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Santex's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Santex
- moderate 3 stale, 1 reposted of 12 open
- Hiring momentum
- 27 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Santex's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Santex.
About this role
The Principal Dev Tooling Engineer will focus on building a next-generation API Review Agent platform and developer tooling ecosystem, enhancing developer productivity through CLI tools and SDKs. Responsibilities include designing production-grade CLI applications, implementing telemetry frameworks, and creating software distribution strategies. The role demands proficiency in Golang and TypeScript, along with experience in release engineering and API governance.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- 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 Santex as an employer.
What you need
- Strong proficiency in Golang and TypeScript/Node.js
- Experience building and maintaining production-grade CLI applications
- Deep understanding of software packaging and distribution technologies (Homebrew, npm, standalone binaries, installers, containers, etc.)
- Experience implementing telemetry, analytics, and usage instrumentation within developer tools
- Knowledge of OpenTelemetry, metrics collection, logging, and observability best practices
- Experience with release engineering, CI/CD automation, and artifact management
Nice to have
- Developer platform engineering
- AI-assisted tooling and agent-based workflows
- Software supply chain and artifact distribution
- Cross-platform desktop tooling
- Open-source tooling ecosystems
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Focus on developer tooling may limit exposure to other areas of software development
- Role involves working in ambiguous environments which may require strong self-direction.
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Listed by Santex on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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