7 hours ago
Madrid, SpainSenior
Responsibilities
- Teach engineers how to use agentic coding capabilities effectively through pairing, debugging, office hours, demos, sessions, and written guidance.
- Provide forward-deployed support on real codebases and convert recurring problems into permanent improvements.
- Add agent harnesses, instruction files, MCP configurations, custom commands, subagents, permissions, and defaults to templates and golden paths.
- Define and track developer experience metrics such as adoption, cycle time, delivery throughput, and developer-reported friction.
- Evaluate newly released open-source and commercial models against tasks that reflect the company’s actual engineering work.
- Run structured evaluations of tools, protocols, agent patterns, and workflows and document adoption recommendations.
Requirements
- Production engineering experience and the ability to write production-quality code for real systems.
- Deep knowledge of at least one modern open-source programming language; Python and TypeScript are common, while Go, Rust, Kotlin, or comparable backgrounds are welcome.
- Daily use of Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Codex, with an understanding of their strengths and limitations.
- Familiarity with LLM APIs, tool calling, MCP, context management, agent and prompt design, token economics, and common failure modes.
- Engineering fundamentals including Git, CI/CD, containers, and at least one cloud platform.
- Evidence-based evaluation skills, ownership, speed, continuous improvement, and strong teaching and communication abilities.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
- Preferred: public technical work, experience with Backstage or scaffolding and template systems, knowledge of DevEx metrics such as DORA, SPACE, or DX Core 4, and experience serving engineers as users.
Benefits
- Secure work environment prioritizing health, safety, and wellbeing.
- Flexible work schedule and home-office options.
- Learning and development opportunities.
- 25 holiday days per year plus 5 additional readjustment days.
- Collaborative, trustful, and innovative international work environment with global projects.
- Relocation assistance to Madrid.
About BASF SE
BASF SE is a public chemical manufacturer that produces basic chemicals, advanced materials, surface technologies, and agricultural solutions for customers in industries such as automotive, construction, and consumer goods, as well as farmers. It sells globally through a portfolio of business segments and R&D-driven product lines. Founded in 1865 and headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany, BASF is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.