Senior Staff Developer

Benevity is the way the world does good, providing companies (and their employees) with technology to take social action on the issues they care about. Through giving, volunteering, grantmaking, employee resource groups and micro-actions, we help most of the Fortune 100 brands build better cultures and use their power for good. We’re also one of the first B Corporations in Canada, meaning we’re as committed to purpose as we are to profits. We have people working all over the world, including Canada, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and more!

High Level Role Overview

As a DevEX Senior Staff Developer at Benevity, you will lead Developer Experience and SDLC modernization across our technology organization. Sitting at the intersection of hands-on platform engineering, process evolution, and technical leadership, you will design the tooling and infrastructure that transforms AI-assisted development into a seamless, company-wide operating model. Reporting to the Director of Engineering, you will collaborate closely with Principal Architects, Staff Developers, Security, and product teams to remove friction, implement agentic automation, and build inclusive foundations that empower all of our teams to deliver high-quality software safely and sustainably.

What you’ll do:

Lead DevX and SDLC technical direction across domains, enabling AI-DLC and agentic automation

Design and scale agentic systems that accelerate the full software development lifecycle

Make AI a natural extension of engineering practice while keeping human judgment and security in the loop

Drive reusable and extendable architecture for developer platforms using public cloud infrastructure

Work collaboratively with Principal Architects to guide our organizational DevX and AI-DLC strategy

Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into highly adoptable platform solutions

Solve cross-cutting challenges like dev environments, CI/CD supply chains, authentication, and quality gates

Treat adoption as a primary outcome by diagnosing friction and influencing without authority

Turn promising tools and shared components into widely used organizational standards

Ensure DevSecOps practices and cloud-native security are built securely into the delivery stack

Create and maintain clear technical documentation, enablement guides, and implementation processes

Promote the adoption of industry-standard tools and shared platform capabilities across the organization

Ideate and implement thoughtful proof of concepts for platform, agentic, and product advancement

Provide supportive mentorship to senior developers through practical examples and constructive feedback

Actively participate in architectural reviews to ensure inclusive design, quality, and consistency

What you’ll bring:

Proven hands-on experience in Developer Experience (DevX), including building internal developer platforms (IDPs), golden-path templates, automated quality gates, and shared engineering component libraries

8+ years of scalable software development experience with software design accountability

2+ years in a technical leadership role driving org-wide platform capabilities or engineering productivity

Expertise in scaling Developer Experience, SDLC tooling, or modern engineering productivity systems

Hands-on background with AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, and LLM tooling

Deep commitment to secure, ethical delivery practices and fostering an inclusive engineering culture

Strong grasp of core cloud infrastructure and how to scale technical solutions across multiple teams

Demonstrated ability to diagnose team friction, influence workflows, and thoughtfully drive tool adoption

Solid understanding of API-first design, loosely coupled systems, and modern software architecture

Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code, DevSecOps practices, and modern CI/CD pipelines

Experience coding in Python and/or Java along with familiar frameworks like FastAPI or Spring Boot

Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure on AWS or GCP, with Azure experience as a great bonus

Excellent communication skills to align product, architecture, security, and engineering teams

Comfort navigating ambiguous problems with a strong bias toward shipping measurable, user-friendly improvements

Background integrating engineering systems like Jira, CI, and observability into cohesive workflows

We’re not employees, we’re Benevity-ites. From all locations, backgrounds and walks of life, who deserve more ...

Innovative work. Growth opportunities. Caring co-workers. And a chance to do work that fills us with a sense of purpose.

If the idea of working on tech that helps people do good in the world lights you up... If you want a career where you’re valued for who you are and challenged to see who you can become ...

It’s time to join Benevity. We’re so excited to meet you.

At Benevity, we embrace a flexible hybrid approach to where we work that empowers our people in a way that supports great work, strong relationships, and personal well-being. For those located near one of our offices, while there’s no set requirement for in-office time, we do value the moments when coming together in person helps us build connection and collaboration. Whether it’s for onboarding, project work, or a chance to align and bond as a team, we trust our people to make thoughtful decisions about when showing up in person matters most.

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are part of Benevity’s DNA. You’ll see the impact of our massive investment in DEIB daily — from our well-supported employee resources groups to the exceptional diversity on our leadership and tech teams.

We know that diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and passions are what move our business and our people forward, so we're committed to creating a culture of belonging with equal opportunities for everyone to shine.

That starts with a fair and accessible hiring process. If you want to feel seen, heard and celebrated, you belong at Benevity.

Candidates with disabilities who may require accommodations throughout the hiring or assessment process are encouraged to reach out to [email protected].