About the job
Peregrine Technologies, headquartered in San Francisco, develops an AI platform that transforms fragmented data into actionable intelligence for public safety, government, and enterprise clients. With support from top Silicon Valley investors, Peregrine serves hundreds of organizations across more than 30 states and two countries, impacting over 125 million people. The company is now expanding further into enterprise and international markets.
The Developer Experience (DevEx) team plays a central role as Peregrine’s engineering organization rapidly grows from 50 to over 120 members in a year. As the team expands, challenges like slower development cycles, onboarding complexity, and deployment reliability have become more pressing. The DevEx group, a small and influential team of 2 to 3 engineers, focuses on making daily work smoother for internal developers by identifying pain points and delivering tools and processes that improve efficiency across engineering.
Role overview
The Tech Lead Manager, Developer Experience, leads the team responsible for engineering tooling, developer velocity, observability, and monitoring. This role is hands-on: setting technical direction, mentoring a small group of senior engineers, and collaborating with other teams to address developer productivity challenges. Defining and tracking metrics for engineering effectiveness is a central part of the job, helping guide where to invest resources for the greatest impact. The work of this team directly influences the productivity of an engineering group of more than 100 people.
Key responsibilities
- Own the DevEx roadmap: Define strategy for CI/CD, observability, and developer productivity. Prioritize work based on data and developer feedback.
- Lead and develop the team: Manage and mentor 2-3 engineers, support their career growth, provide direction, recruit new talent, and raise engineering standards.
- Establish effectiveness metrics: Instrument workflows and develop metrics such as build times, deployment frequency, developer satisfaction, and onboarding speed.
- Improve CI/CD and deployment reliability: Maintain efficient, dependable build, test, and deployment pipelines as the company scales.
- Develop observability and monitoring frameworks: Build systems for real-time insights and operational monitoring.
