Developer Tooling & CLI Platform Engineer

• Practice Development & Integration

• Technologies Development Skills

• Location USA, United States

• Type Contract

Next Ventures are partnered with a US based company, looking to add a Tooling Developer/CLI Platform Engineer to their team on a fully-remote contract for 12 months.

Rate : 70 USD Per Hour 
Location: USA/Canada (Fully Remote)
Length: 12 Months
Job Title: CLI Developer/Tooling Engineer 

As a CLI & Developer Tooling Engineer, you'll design AI-powered workflows, distribution pipelines, and telemetry frameworks that empower thousands of engineers to govern, automate, and elevate API quality globally. Working with cutting edge technologies and collaborating across the brand. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in a challenging environment. 

Responsibilities

• Design and develop production-grade CLI tools using Golang and/or TypeScript for API governance and developer workflows.
• Create extensible plugin architectures and SDKs for internal and external developer consumers at scale.
• Design and implement cross-platform software distribution strategies across macOS and Windows.
• Build release pipelines, package managers, installers, auto-update mechanisms, and version management solutions.
• Implement telemetry frameworks measuring adoption, usage patterns, performance, reliability, and feature engagement.
• Build integrations with GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD systems, IDEs, and developer portals to streamline engineering workflows.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Golang and TypeScript/Node.js.
• Proven experience building and maintaining production-grade CLI applications.
• Deep understanding of software packaging and distribution.
• Experience implementing telemetry, analytics, and usage instrumentation within developer tools.
• Experience with release engineering, CI/CD automation, and artifact management.
• Background in AI-assisted tooling, agent-based workflows, or API governance platforms. (Optional)

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