Lead Developer Experience Engineer at Cloudinary

About You:

• 7+ years of experience in a DevRel or DevX role
• You have a long history of building technical content, code samples, tutorials, and speaking at events
• Comfortable working with Open Source projects and building community engagement around these
• You engage with various developer communities through podcasts, events, streams, and social media
• You've worked with internal product and engineering teams to shape development priorities that reflect developer feedback and input
• You work well with other DevRel or DevX team members to build joint projects
• You're comfortable with analyzing and measuring the impact of your work
• You are a clear cross-functional communicator.

Bonus points:

• Prior experience working in distributed teams and work environments and multiple time zones
• Familiarity with media management and applied knowledge of media technology applications
• Experience building mobile apps.

Responsibilities:

• Work with maintainers of and contribute to our open-source community SDKs which today have thousands of daily downloads (e.g, Next.js, Nuxt.js, Svelte, Astro, Laravel, etc) 
• Build community awareness and engagement in these developer ecosystems
• Work closely with product management and R&D to provide input into product development decisions that would impact developer experience
• Building interesting sample apps that showcase how developers can improve productivity and support their use cases in relevant languages and frameworks
• Support our presence at developer events, whether through booth participation, speaking opportunities, or other forms of developer engagement.

You will be primarily working with the following technologies:

Web frontend languages and (meta) frameworks Potentially one or more backend languages/frameworks such as Node.js, Python, PHP, etc APIs/SDKs for media mgmt, CMS, DB, auth, etc. GitHub, CodeSandbox, and related software management tools

The top qualifications for this position are software engineering expertise, a bent for open-source engagement, content development especially with video channels, empathy, community building, self-direction, and a passion for learning. You understand developers, what makes their lives easier, how they communicate, their wants, and their needs. You recognize great developer experience (or lack thereof) when you see it!

You will use your skills and talents to improve developer engagement with our image and video platform. You will be the internal and external champion of best practices that enable developer success with media technology in a variety of ecosystems (tools, frameworks, platforms, stacks) and implementation use cases.

Why Join Us?

• Work on innovative cloud-based SDKs that empower developers to manage and deliver rich visual content at scale.
• Contribute to both frontend, backend, and mobile SDKs, enhancing your full-stack development expertise.
• A flexible, remote-friendly work environment, fostering a healthy work-life balance.