Staff Developer Experience (DX) Engineer
Deepgram · Remote · USA - Remote ·
COMPENSATION
$246k – $277k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Staff level individual contributor
- Fully remote position
- Own SDK code-generation
- AI-first workflow required
- Multi-language tech stack
As a Staff Developer Experience Engineer, you will design and maintain the systems that power Deepgram’s multi-language SDKs. You will lead the technical direction of developer tooling, documentation, and integrations to ensure a seamless path from API key to production. This role requires deep technical expertise in building reusable systems and an AI-first mindset to innovate within a fast-paced environment.
What you'll do
- Define the DX roadmap and act as technical lead for developer experience
- Design and own the architecture for automated SDK code generation
- Set quality standards for cross-language parity and release discipline
- Mentor engineers through code review and pairing to raise DX skills
- Identify and resolve systemic friction points in the developer journey
- Build tooling, CI infrastructure, and starter repositories for the team
- Provide technical input to Product, Engineering, and Partnerships teams
What you'll need
- Proven track record owning developer-facing tooling across multiple languages
- Experience building SDK generators, templates, and release automation
- Daily use of AI tools and agentic pipelines in engineering workflows
- Strong ability to design reusable systems and architectures
- First-principles reasoning about systems, inputs, and feedback loops
- Production ownership mindset including observability and incident response
- Focus on developer outcomes such as activation and retention metrics
Stack
- Python
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Go
- Rust
- .NET
- Java
- WebSocket APIs
- GitHub
How you'll work
- Fully remote work environment
- Fast-paced AI-driven operating rhythm
- Requires adaptability and continuous learning
- Not a traditional 9-to-5 structure