Developer Experience Engineer (San Francisco)

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About WorkOS

WorkOS builds tools and services for developers to help them implement authentication, identity, authorization, and overall enterprise readiness. Were a fully distributed team with employees across North American time zones. Were well-funded, having raised $100m in funding from top investors including Greenoaks Capital, Lachy Groom, and Lightspeed Ventures. Our fast-growing customer base includes rapidly growing SaaS companies like OpenAI, Cursor, Perplexity, Vercel, Plaid, and hundreds of others

About The Role

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. Theyll also enjoy working on OSS projects and bringing joy to developers through their work.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

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

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

The annual US base salary falls within the range of $175,000 to $250,000. This range does not encompass the full spectrum of benefits such as equity, health insurance, vacation time, and paid parental leave. This salary range covers multiple levels of engineering roles and final compensation will be determined considering various factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications.

For candidates outside the US, including Canada, compensation is adjusted based on local market benchmarks.

Benefits (US Only)

At WorkOS, we offer resources that emphasize personal and familial well-being. We offer healthcare coverage for you and your family, including medical, dental, and vision. We offer parental leave, paid-time off and fully remote working arrangements.

Benefits include:

Competitive pay

Substantial equity grants

Healthcare insurance (Medical, Dental and Vision) for you and your family

401k matching

Wellness and fitness monthly allowances

PTO + paid holidays + unlimited sick leave

Autonomy and flexibility with remote work

Please inquire directly with our recruiting team for benefits available to those working outside the US.

Equal Opportunity Employer

WorkOS is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusiveness. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

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