Developer Experience Engineer

WorkOS•San Francisco, CA

18d•Remote

About The Position

As a developer-first company, WorkOS is committed to creating exceptional experiences for engineers. We're seeking a Developer Experience Engineer to elevate our DX and help make it the best in the industry. We build and maintain SDKs in seven different languages, plus framework specific libraries. Regardless of which language or framework customers use, though, we want to make developing with WorkOS a joy. This role includes building and maintaining SDKs, open-source libraries, tooling, guides, and documentation. Successful candidates will love programming languages and stay up-to-date on their developments and best practices. They’ll also enjoy working on OSS projects and bringing joy to developers through their work.

Requirements

5+ years of industry software development experience
Has built, shipped and maintained SDKs and/or OSS projects
Experience in community management and issue triage
Experience owning projects and driving work based on customer impact
Expert-level skill in three or more of our seven supported languages (Node/TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, PHP, .NET)
Experience in popular JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Next.js, Remix, Vue, Svelte, Angular)
Experience working on small teams in fast-paced environments
Experience building and shipping web applications end-to-end
Excellent prioritization and organization skills
Intellectually curious, independently driven, and passionate about great products
A growth mindset, high emotional intelligence, and strong communication skills

Nice To Haves

Experience in B2B SaaS, developer tools, or a related industry

Responsibilities

Own and expand our SDKs and other OSS projects like AuthKit and our Next.js library
Create and maintain example apps for our users in a variety of language and framework combinations like Next.js and PHP
Build best-in-class developer tools to delight our users, like the WorkOS CLI
Speak with customers regularly to get feedback on the developer experience
Provide expert insight on developer experience decision making across the company
Structure work around customer impact first and help move the company forward
Help shape the DX roadmap to continue improve the experience and bring developer joy
Help recruit and assess future engineering team members
Help represent the team publicly through blog posts, public docs and developer tooling