Salary: £54,000 - 66,000 per year Requirements: Background in software engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, Go, JavaScript, etc.) Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.) Familiarity with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) Excellent communication and collaboration skills - able to work across multiple engineering teams Strong experience designing or improving developer tooling and workflows Hands-on experience with CI/CD automation and build pipelines Good understanding of container technologies and cloud-native development Experience maintaining internal developer platforms or shared engineering environments Ability to identify process bottlenecks and drive improvements in developer productivity Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence engineering standards Experience building or maintaining developer portals or internal platforms (nice to have) Familiarity with observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Datadog, etc.) (nice to have) Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.) (nice to have) Experience improving developer experience in monorepos or microservices architectures (nice to have) Responsibilities: Design and build internal tools, libraries and services that improve developer workflows Optimise CI/CD pipelines for speed, reliability and developer efficiency Collaborate with engineering teams to identify pain points and automate repetitive tasks Maintain and improve developer documentation, onboarding guides and internal wikis Promote best practices in coding standards, testing, automation and deployment Monitor and enhance developer feedback loops (build times, test performance, tooling reliability) Support internal development platforms, testing environments and shared services Champion a developer-first culture and influence engineering process improvements Technologies: Azure CI/CD Cloud Datadog DevOps Docker ELK GitHub GitLab Grafana Support JavaScript Jenkins Kubernetes Prometheus Python Terraform microservices More: We are Guidant Global, dedicated to enhancing the productivity, satisfaction, and efficiency of engineering teams. Our focus is on improving tooling, workflows, documentation, and internal platforms, ensuring developers can build, test, and deliver software quickly and reliably. We are looking for a Developer Experience (DevEx) Engineer for a 12-month contract located in London. In this role, you will be at the heart of engineering excellence, advocating for best practices and a developer-first mindset. We offer a collaborative and innovative environment where you can drive meaningful improvements. last updated 13 week of 2026