Developer Relations Engineer

Chainlink Labs; Vancouver; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company at the forefront of blockchain technology as a Developer Relations Engineer. In this dynamic role, you'll create and maintain developer tools, craft compelling demos, and engage with the developer community through workshops and events. Your contributions will not only enhance the developer experience but also shape the future of blockchain applications. This innovative firm values collaboration and creativity, offering you the chance to grow your skills while making a meaningful impact in the rapidly evolving world of decentralized technology. If you're passionate about empowering developers and eager to work in a vibrant startup environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering or DevRel.
• Production coding experience, ideally full stack with TypeScript.
• Strong technical writing skills and ability to educate developers.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain software tools that enhance developer experience.
• Publish technical content that excites developers about Chainlink.
• Represent Chainlink at global developer events and conferences.

Skills

Software Engineering

TypeScript

Solidity

Developer Relations

Technical Writing

Problem Solving

Public Speaking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Software Engineering

Tools

SDKs

Developer Tools

Job description

About Us

Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry-standard platform for providing access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs helps power verifiable applications for banking, DeFi, global trade, and gaming by collaborating with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, notably Swift, DTCC, and ANZ. Chainlink Labs also works with top Web3 teams, including Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. Chainlink Labs was ranked in Newsweek’s 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023 in both the United States and United Kingdom.

About The Role

In this role, you will have an opportunity to join the Chainlink Developer Relations Engineering team. You'll be creating and maintaining a suite of developer tools, code artifacts, sample and demo applications, and guides crafted for enhancing the developer experience of a dynamic and growing community of developers. Through engineering craftmanship and highly technical written and spoken content, you will drive and deliver successful engineering outcomes for thousands of developers who build on Chainlink. You will also drive growth of not just your personal brand, but also the Chainlink brand as an unrivaled developer platform for blockchain engineering. In addition to building developer tools and software, your role will include elements of developer education, and evangelism. This role is best suited to you if you want to retain growth as an engineer while building your communication, cross-functional collaboration, and product development skills.

Your Impact

• Build and maintain software tools that wows other engineers and significantly enhances their developer experience

• Build compelling demos and use cases for product launches, product upgrades and partnerships that showcase the power of Chainlink

• Represent Chainlink at global developer conferences, events, hackathons, etc and design and build technical workshops to support BUILD or SCALE partners, fostering community growth and awareness

• Continuously provide input and developer feedback to Chainlink's Product Management and Engineering teams, helping shape product development based on community needs, market-leading developer experience, usability and adoption trends

• publish technical content (blog posts, videos, technical deep-dives, case studies, etc) that will get developers excited about the potential of Chainlink as a developer tool

• Take the lead in Chainlink's developer events, making them best-in-class and tailored to developers' interests

Requirements

• Strong engineering skills, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in the software industry, working as a software engineer, DevRel engineer,, , or technical solution architect. Bonus points if you have built dev tools, SDKs etc

• Production coding experience, ideally full stack with TypeScript (TS). Experience with Solidity is highly regarded, and bonus points if you have built programs on Solana.

• Passionate about better developer experience and loves building in public, engineering, problem solving and product development

• Exceptional team and cross-functional collaboration skills, social and networking skills; and the confidence to work autonomously but collaboratively

• A genuine passion for the blockchain space and a belief in its potential to change the world for the better

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in or passion for Product Design, User Experience (UX), and Developer Experience (DX)

• Experienced or comfortable with public speaking, with a high comfort level around coding in front of a live audience

• Strong technical writing skills; ability to clearly communicate complex ideas and concepts. Strong drive to educate, explain, teach and help other developers improve.

• An active social media presence, especially on Twitter, demonstrating your engagement with the developer community. A desire to engage with and meet people in various developer communities

• A deep passion for inspiring and educating fellow developers about the possibilities of blockchain technology

• Flexibility and willingness to work in a dynamic startup environment

• Ability and willingness to travel occasionally and work irregular hours if required

All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).

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