Canary Technologies

Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience

Canary Technologies • GB
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About Us
Canary Technologies is changing the game for hotels with modern software powered by Canary's hospitality-specific AI platform.

Canary is utilized by 20,000+ hoteliers in 100+ countries to equip hoteliers with the technology they need to work smarter and wow their guests. Major hotel brands such as Wyndham, Marriott, IHG, Four Seasons, Rosewood, and Best Western trust Canary to deliver results.

Canary was named a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ company, a Most Innovative Company by Fast Company and a HotelTechReport Best Place to Work — and is backed by top Silicon Valley investors like Y Combinator, F-Prime, Brighton Park Capital and Insight Partners.

Join us in shaping the future of hospitality!


About the Role
Help build the next generation of developer tooling to enable our fast-growing engineering team! We’re looking for individuals with a passion for great developer tooling and developer experience to build and maintain our next generation of the tools and infrastructure necessary to scale our team into the hundreds of engineers over the next few years. You’ll work on a team of other like-minded engineers, optimizing workflows, streamlining CI and deploy pipelines, developing CLI tools, and adding enhancements to improve platform stability and observability while at the same time removing friction and reducing developer cycle times.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain internal developer tools, CLI applications, and automation frameworks that improve engineering productivity
  • Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and deployment automation
  • Create and maintain development environment setup tools, including containerization and local development configurations
  • Build observability and debugging tools to help engineers diagnose issues faster
  • Optimize build times, test execution, and deployment processes
  • Implement and maintain code quality tools (linters, formatters, static analysis)
  • Partner with engineering teams to understand pain points and identify tooling opportunities
  • Conduct training sessions and create documentation for internal tools
  • Participate in architecture reviews and provide input on tooling implications
  • Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years focused on developer tooling or platform engineering
  • Strong programming skills in languages commonly used for tooling (Python, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, Bash)
  • Deep understanding of CI/CD concepts and experience with platforms like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or CircleCI
  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Proficiency with build tools and package managers across multiple ecosystems
  • Experience with monitoring and observability platforms (Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus)
  • Strong communication skills with ability to understand and translate developer needs into technical solutions
  • Problem-solving orientation with focus on pragmatic solutions
  • Passion for developer experience and engineering productivity