Developer Experience (DevEx) Manager

Lead and scale efforts to improve developer workflows, tooling, and documentation for the Polkadot and Substrate ecosystem. This role balances hands-on contributions with strategic direction and developer advocacy.

Overview

Department

Engineering

Job type

Full time

Compensation

Salary not specified

Location

Global

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Requirements

8+ years of experience in software engineering, including 2+ years in developer tooling or DevEx roles.

Proficient in Rust and TypeScript, with a strong understanding of the smart contract landscape (e.g., Solidity + Foundry/Hardhat).

Strong communicator and collaborator; experienced in working across product, engineering, and leadership teams.

Comfortable running internal discovery efforts and aligning technical direction with business goals.

Deep understanding of developer workflows from onboarding to CI/CD to debugging.

Experienced in writing and reviewing documentation, tutorials, or onboarding flows.

Passion for supporting developers, both internally and externally.

Responsibilities

Own and evolve our DevEx strategy across SDKs, CLIs, onboarding, and developer tooling.

Prioritize and drive improvements to documentation, developer portals, and support flows.

Collaborate with internal teams to identify pain points and streamline dev workflows.

Represent developer needs in roadmap discussions and influence cross-functional planning.

Guide technical writers, engineers, and advocates to produce high-quality samples, demos, and content.

Lead feedback loops with internal and external developers to continuously improve the experience.

Participate in community events and champion best practices for developer success.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration packages based on iterative market research, including tokens (where legally possible)

“Future of work” environment that’s remote-first and self-initiating with flexible hours

Teammates that are genuinely excited about their impact and projects

Access to the brightest minds in this space to learn about Web3 and develop your skills and knowledge while on the job

Becoming part of the wider ecosystem (career and networking opportunities)

Team and company-wide retreats

Work laptop

Opportunity to relocate to Germany or Portugal (with visa sponsorship)