Developer Experience Engineer

About YouYou care about Developer Experience, aiming to always improve the workflows of other developers by making things simpler and quicker. You care about documentation, ensuring that the tools you create enable the next developer to easily build on top of what you’ve started. You are humble with a sense of humor and don’t take yourself too seriously. You have been working in or dreamed of working in the gaming industry and are ready to turn your talents towards chess! What you'll doWork on internal tooling that is used by our developers every dayBuild custom systems, workflows, and automations to help improve the Developer Experience of several teams, deployment processes, etc. Aim to improve CI/CD workflows by making them faster and maintaining their tooling as the scale of the project growsMaintain front-end dependencies by keeping tools up-to-date and routinely resolve security vulnerabilitiesPreferred SkillsProficiency in using TypeScript with ES6+ features (async/await, Promises, etc.)Excellent knowledge of Node.js and its native modules, knowing that you don’t need an npm package for every single operationProficiency in front-end module bundlers, including webpack + rollup, being able to create custom plugins/loaders when necessaryBasic knowledge of AST manipulation, being able to write custom Babel transformations or custom ESLint rulesExcellent understanding of CI/CD pipelines using CircleCI, Jenkins, GitHub ActionsPractical experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or Pulumi, with a strong focus on maintaining clean, scalable, and well-structured repositoriesUnderstanding of great UX design, ensuring the user can intuitively comprehend what’s happening under the hoodFamiliarity in working with containers and cloud technology such as Docker, K8S, and GCPSense of ownership and responsibilityChess playerLifelong learnerAbout the OpportunityThis is a full-time opportunityWe are 100% remote (work from anywhere!)--You can learn more about us here:https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-chess-com-virtual-team-works-togetherhttps://www.chess.com/about Apply To This Job