Principal Developer Relations

Ripple•New York City, NY

17h

About The Position

As Principal Developer Relations in the RippleX Ecosystem Growth team, you will play a key role in helping developers discover, onboard, build, and scale financial applications on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). Directly support businesses, institutions, and governments in using XRPL's capabilities for financial innovation, contributing to adoption for institutional-grade use cases, including asset tokenization, Institutional DeFi, and next-generation payment infrastructure. This role is critical to growing our developer ecosystem, gathering valuable feedback to inform XRPL product development, and ensuring blockchain technologies are implemented responsibly across diverse financial implementations. You'll deliver on developer experience initiatives for individual developers, startups, and institutions. Your success in this role will directly contribute to XRPL's growth trajectory and market position while ensuring blockchain technologies are implemented responsibly across financial use cases. Building strong relationships between the developer community and internal teams will be critical as we advance our mission of crafting reliable, scalable financial infrastructure that serves real-world institutional needs.

Requirements

5+ years of proven track record in developer relations, developer experience, or technical product roles, with demonstrated success in growing developer ecosystems
Institutional Finance Understanding: Strong understanding of financial instruments and market structure (equities, bonds, repos, collateralized lending, etc.). Good grasp of collateral management, capital efficiency, and how DeFi can impact these processes. Awareness of regulatory frameworks and their relation to tokenization and digital asset adoption
Technical competency with the ability to understand complex technical concepts and communicate them effectively to various audiences from individual developers to enterprise partners
Strong understanding of developer psychology and behavior—knowing how to reach developers through appropriate channels, build authentic product affinity, and design education programs that drive adoption
Hands-on technical skills—able to create code demos, review developer samples for quality and best practices, and provide specific technical feedback
Strong collaborative skills with the ability to work effectively across teams and collaborate at various levels
Experience working in high-growth environments with the ability to adapt as priorities evolve
Comfortable working independently in fast-paced environments with clear accountability
Ability and willingness to travel worldwide for meetings and events around the globe as needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience with blockchain technologies, APIs, developer platforms, or emerging financial technologies
Background in developer community building around new technology categories, particularly in fintech or blockchain
Experience with open-source ecosystems, community management, and collaborative development practices
Public speaking experience at industry conferences and events, particularly fintech or blockchain conferences
Content creation experience including technical writing, video tutorials, or documentation for financial applications
Experience with developer analytics and community measurement tools
Knowledge of tokenization standards, institutional DeFi protocols, and digital asset infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Lead developer engagement strategies for financial solutions, tokenization platforms, and payment applications on XRPL
Implement and measure metrics for measuring developer success that align with business objectives, including analytics for fintech developers and financial institutions
Contribute to scalable frameworks that accelerate developer adoption through both one-to-many and one-to-one strategies
Organize and lead developer events, workshops, and hackathons that showcase XRPL's capabilities for tokenization and financial innovation
Create technical content including tokenization guides, payment integration tutorials, institutional DeFi best practices, and code demos
Speak at conferences, meetups, and events about XRPL use cases, projects, and upcoming products and features
Provide hands-on technical support to accelerate integration for financial companies and startups
Support technical evaluation and due diligence for projects through various Ecosystem Growth Programs such as Grants and Accelerator initiatives
Implement and monitor adoption mechanisms and reporting structures to demonstrate success and traction
Support recruitment and development of global developer relations team members
Collaborate effectively with GTM, Product, Engineering, Communications, and Marketing teams as well as external partners and the broader XRPL community
Advocate for financial developer needs and translate feedback into actionable insights for leadership
Promote best practices for regulatory compliance and institutional-grade security adoption by developers building financial applications
Collect and synthesize feedback to inform product roadmaps while serving as a technical liaison between developers, funded financial projects, and Ripple's product and engineering teams!