Software Engineer, Developer Productivity
Forus · New York, NY
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Jul 13, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on owning and improving the engineering team's ability to ship software quickly — covering CI/CD pipelines, build systems, deployment automation, and development environments. A significant focus is building infrastructure that allows AI coding agents to operate safely within the codebase, including sandboxed execution, validation systems, and guardrails. It suits engineers with a background in developer tooling or internal platforms who want broad, cross-team impact.
Senior level · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 8,400 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4,400–10,900
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role is titled 'Software Engineer, Developer Productivity' with no seniority level in the title; advertised seniority is therefore Unspecified. However, the scope — owning CI/CD and build systems org-wide, driving company-wide adoption of agentic development, and operating with high autonomy — supports a Senior classification.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role primarily BUILDS production tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code (pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers), but has a meaningful platform/operations dimension that could also fit 15-1244. The weight of 'write production code' and 'ship production tooling' tips it to 15-1252.
No explicit total years of experience requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
Compensation is described as 'competitive' with equity but no specific figures are given.
The posting is fully in-person in New York (SoHo office); remote is not offered.
Experience with agentic development tools (Claude Code, Codex, or similar) is framed as an ideal qualification under 'We'll be most excited if you have' — a preferred/aspirational section — so it is marked preferred. The posting explicitly notes 'you do not need prior experience building AI systems.'
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