October closes with fewer theatrics and more shipping. Devtools teams move from agent concepts to usable systems, and enterprise buyers leaned in with real data and real workloads. If you build devtools, this week’s launches are worth a closer look. If you’re exploring new roles, the openings here skew toward ownership, product sense, and reliability at scale. Consider this your end‑of‑month skim before the doorbell rings. Quick reads, concrete takeaways, and a few treats for builders
👻 And from us all Develocity – a Happy Halloween!
⚒️ Jobs in DevTools
Senior Backend Engineer | On‑site, San Francisco | $160k–$220k
Build and own production services, infrastructure, databases, and data pipelines at an early‑stage devtools startup. Work directly with the founder on core systems and SOC2; ship with high ownership and craftsmanship. Ideal for backend engineers with 4+ years who mentor peers and drive reliability at scale. Stack: Python/Go/TypeScript; SQL; AWS/GCP.
Contact: Becca Combe MIRP CertRP | +52 998 939 9191 | becca@develocity.io
AI Product Technical Lead (Frontend‑leaning) | Hybrid, Palo Alto | $300k base
Own the frontend integration of generative AI into developer workflows using React and TypeScript. You’ll steer cross‑functional projects at a hyper‑growth Series B devtools startup building intelligent tooling that accelerates how engineers write and ship code. Ideal for a staff‑level/tech lead who sets direction, ships fast, and partners tightly with AI/Backend.
Contact: Louise Ogilvy | +1 917 924 5437 | louise@develocity.io
Frontend Technical Lead | Hybrid, Palo Alto | Competitive base salary
Lead frontend architecture for IDE integrations and developer tools using TypeScript and React. Partner with Design, AI Research, and Backend to deliver cohesive, high‑performance interfaces; mentor a small team and raise the bar for quality and velocity. Ideal for leads who have shipped IDE plugins or complex devtools and make crisp product‑driven UI/UX calls.
Contact: Louise | +1 917 924 5437 | louise@develocity.io
🏆 Funding Wins
Bronto, a Seattle startup that provides a fully hosted, AI‑powered log platform for low‑latency, long‑retention observability, raised a $14 million seed round led by Cercano. Founded by Noel Ruane and Trevor Parsons, Bronto targets mid‑market and enterprise teams looking to cut log costs without hot/cold data tradeoffs. Read the announcement here.
Serval, a San Francisco startup building AI‑driven IT automations with dual agents (one codes deterministic workflows, one executes with strict, auditable permissions), raised a $47 million Series A led by Redpoint. Founded by Jake Stauch and Alex McLeod, customers include Perplexity, Mercor, and Together AI; early traction centers on secure ITSM replacing brittle scripts. More details here.
fal, a cloud platform hosting 600+ image/video/audio/3D models on H100/H200 GPU clusters, reportedly raised around $250 million at a $4B+ valuation with participation from Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia. Founded in 2021 by Burkay Gur, a former Coinbase machine learning leader and Oracle engineer, and Gorkem Yurtseven, who was previously a developer at Amazon., Fal offers APIs, serverless hosting, and enterprise compute; revenue reportedly surpassed $95M with 2M+ developers. Coverage here.
🚀 DevTools Launches
Fulcrum Research open-sourced Quibbler (a critic agent for coding agents) and Orchestra (a multi‑agent coding system with a designer/executor pattern) to improve trust, oversight, and parallelization in agentic coding. The tools emphasize agentic validation, real‑time orchestration, and parallel execution. Read the launch post here.
Elastic introduced Agent Builder, letting developers rapidly build custom AI agents on enterprise data with built‑in context engineering, governance, and observability—powered by Elasticsearch. Announced by Ken Exner (CPO), the feature is now in Technical Preview on Elastic Cloud.. Read the announcement here.
Metorial (YC F25) launched Starbase, a browser‑based, open‑source Playground for testing MCP servers with integrated AI chat. It lets developers debug tools and chat with Claude or ChatGPT using their own MCP integrations, ranked #4 Product Hunt of the Day (Oct 27, 2025). Start testing here / show your support on Product Hunt.
Clad Labs (YC F25) debuted Chad, the “brainrot” IDE that embeds X, TikTok, Stake, and Tinder directly into your agentic coding workflow to fill inference downtime without losing context. Founded by Richard Wang and Richard Wang, early users report saving ~15 minutes per hour. Try Chad here or watch the demo here.
🔎 Inside Develocity
This week has found the three of us in different parts of the world. Once time differences are worked out and wifi can be relied upon (to some extent), we can get our work done where ever we are – there’s no stopping us! We’d love to know what parts of the world you’re reading this from!
Got launch news or funding to share? Send it to Natalie Harper.
Want more details on the opportunities here or want to register your resume with us, reach out to Becca Combe MIRP CertRP and Louise Ogilvy directly.
Keywords: developer tools, AI agents, AI coding tools, devex, code intelligence, devtools, staff‑plus engineering, product‑led growth.
