What are the responsibilities and job description for the Developer Experience Engineer position at Netlify?
About the Team:
We are seeking a dynamic and passionate Developer Experience Engineer to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to engage, develop, and enable a global community of web developers on Netlify’s platform and help drive the conversation around what it means to build next-gen web experiences for the open web. You will work closely with key members of the Netlify founding team, technical and marketing teams, to help design and execute programs focused on enhancing our global community experience. If you are keen on helping enable and empower fellow developers to build next-gen digital experiences, we want you on our team.
What You’ll Do:
- Actively engage with the developer community across social platforms to build and foster connections, provide a consistent and supportive voice.
- Develop and produce high-quality, developer-focused content, including blog posts, tutorials, videos, sample projects, and webinars.
- Advocate for and promote Netlify’s platform and tools, supporting product and feature launches.
- Plan, organize, and run meetups in our San Francisco office to enhance community engagement.
- Represent Netlify at local and national developer and community events, conferences, and hackathons, building awareness and engagement.
- Forge strong relationships with key influencers and leaders within the developer community to build impactful partnerships.
- Collaborate with internal teams to align messaging and support overall marketing and product strategies, ensuring a cohesive and consistent voice into the community.
What You’ll Bring:
- Previous experience in Developer Relations, Community Management, or a related role is a plus, but not required.
- Technically adept and well-versed in the developer ecosystem and modern web technologies, frameworks, and development methodologies.
- Demonstrated ability to create and execute talks, posts, open source work, and other materials for developer enablement and advocacy.
- You’re comfortable deep-diving into web technology and can use what you learn to explain developer workflows to a variety of audiences (you can build it, speak to it, and guide others to understand it).
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage and inspire fellow developers.
- Proven ability to produce high-quality content, including video, and manage multiple social media channels effectively.
- Strong organizational skills to plan and execute events and meetups successfully.
- A self-starter with a passion for engaging technical communities.
- To support event facilitation from our San Francisco office, we are seeking candidates based in the Bay Area.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- A collaborative team player with a positive attitude and a creative mindset.
Applying
Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? Please apply anyway!
When applying please include:
A resume or short listing of your job history & skills (link to a LinkedIn profile would be fine). We appreciate a cover letter explaining why you would enjoy working in this role at Netlify to get to know you a bit better, though this is not required and will not impact your application. Our mission is to “build a better web” and that cannot be done without a diversity of skill sets, backgrounds and thoughts.
Of everything we've ever built at Netlify, we are most proud of our team. Netlify is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are devoted to building a team of people with diverse backgrounds and lifestyles. Driving equality empowers our team, enables us to innovate, and helps us maintain a more inclusive environment. We don’t discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, race, military/veteran status, citizenship, pregnancy status, or any other differences. If we can do anything to provide a better interview, i.e. accommodate a disability, then please let us know by emailing accommodations@netlify.com.
About Netlify
At Netlify, we’re on a mission to build a better web by making it easier than ever to build, deploy, and scale web applications. We are a Series D company with a $2B valuation and have raised over $200M from investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, EQT, Bessemer, BOND and Menlo Ventures. As a globally distributed organization, we aim to create a company culture where the best idea can come from anywhere and strive to be thoughtful, caring, and collaborative in our work within and across teams. To learn a bit more about our team and who we are, make sure to visit our About page.
At Netlify, we are committed to a compensation philosophy that prioritizes fairness and equity, positions our employee compensation competitively in the market, recognizes and rewards performance, and takes a comprehensive approach to our rewards package. We anchor our compensation philosophy on a market-based approach, therefore salary ranges may differ depending on the labor cost in a particular location. The salary provided is in addition to robust benefits and participation in Netlify’s equity plan. Our base compensation for this role is targeted at $98,000 - $133,000. The starting pay will be determined based on multiple factors, including expertise and skills, market demands, experience, internal equity, and applicable geographic location. These compensation packages and ranges are subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Salary : $98,000 - $133,000