About Quizlet:
At Quizlet, our mission is to help every learner achieve their outcomes in the most effective and delightful way. Our $1B+ learning platform serves tens of millions of students every month, including two-thirds of U.S. high schoolers and half of U.S. college students, powering over 2 billion learning interactions monthly.
We blend cognitive science with machine learning to personalize and enhance the learning experience for students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike. We’re energized by the potential to power more learners through multiple approaches and various tools.
Let’s Build the Future of Learning
Join us to design and deliver AI-powered learning tools that scale across the world and unlock human potential.
About the Role:
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Developer Experience team and build the tools, systems, and workflows that make our engineering organization more productive. You'll focus on release engineering, CI/CD pipelines, testing infrastructure, AI tooling, and metrics-driven improvements that help developers ship faster and more reliably.
We’re happy to share that this is an onsite position in our San Francisco office. To help foster team collaboration, we require that employees be in the office a minimum of three days per week: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and as needed by your manager or the company. We believe that this working environment facilitates increased work efficiency, team partnership, and supports growth as an employee and organization.
In this role, you will:
Develop internal tools and platforms that reduce friction in the development workflow—from local development to production deploymentDesign and build CI/CD pipelines and release automation systems that enable safe, fast deployments across our engineering organizationCreate and maintain testing infrastructure, including frameworks, tooling, and environments that improve test coverage and developer confidenceEstablish metrics and observability for developer experience, measuring build times, deployment frequency, test reliability, and other key indicatorsPartner with product engineering teams to understand pain points and design solutions that scale across the organizationLead technical initiatives to improve code quality, test automation, and release processesMentor engineers on testing best practices, CI/CD patterns, and developer productivity techniques
What you bring to the table:
5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time spent on developer tooling, CI/CD, testing infrastructure, or release engineeringPrevious experience as a product engineer building features and shipping code to productionStrong programming skills in languages such as Python, Go, TypeScript, or PHPDeep experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI) and automated testing frameworksHands-on experience with release engineering, deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, feature flags), and rollback proceduresComfortable with data analysis and metrics—you know how to measure developer productivity and use data to drive improvementsFamiliarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and configuration management toolsStrong systems thinking with the ability to identify bottlenecks and design scalable solutionsExcellent communication skills; able to understand developer needs and advocate for productivity improvements
Compensation, Benefits & Perks:
Quizlet is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Salary transparency helps to mitigate unfair hiring practices when it comes to discrimination and pay gaps. Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a starting base salary of $165,000 - $225,000, depending on location and experience, as well as company stock optionsCollaborate with your manager and team to create a healthy work-life balance20 vacation days that we expect you to take!Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance (100% employee and 75% dependent PPO, Dental, VSP Choice)Employer-sponsored 401k plan with company matchAccess to LinkedIn Learning and other resources to support professional growthPaid Family Leave, FSA, HSA, Commuter benefits, and Wellness benefits40 hours of annual paid time off to participate in volunteer programs of choice
