Developer Experience Engineer

Job Description

Established in 2017, Storyblok has rapidly ascended to the forefront of the global headless CMS landscape. Our vision is to “pioneer the future of content management, removing barriers between developer and marketing teams by offering an intuitive, scalable, and intelligent platform to deliver digital experiences from idea to success”.

Our team is made up of smart, passionate individuals who excel in their work. People who are comfortable taking on big ideas and figuring out the details along the way. With a dynamic team of over 220+ passionate individuals spanning 45+ countries, we're not just breaking boundaries; we're redefining them!

Our $47m Series B funding round in May 2022 represented a significant milestone for us, propelling our journey into a period of extraordinary growth into the US market, while also advancing our presence and progress in EMEA.

We're proud recipients of numerous awards, including recognition in G2's 2024 Best Software Awards. As a remote-first company, we have been officially recognized as one of the top 100 most flexible places to work, ranking #3 in the scale-up category as per Flexa Careers.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU

You will be joining a growing company where you can contribute to many “firsts”. Plus these benefits:

• Monthly remote work stipend (home internet costs, electricity). Home office equipment package right at the start (laptop, keyboard, monitor…)
• Home office equipment upgrade (furniture, ear plugs …) or membership to a local co-working space after your onboarding
• Sick leave benefit, parental leave and 25 days of annual leave plus your local national holidays
• Personal development fund for courses, books, conferences, and material
• VSOP (Virtual Stock Option Plan)
• The annual international team-building trip, quarterly and monthly online get-togethers
• As a fully remote company, with work-life balance at its core, you’ll enjoy flexible schedules
• An international team that loves to have fun at work and works hard together to accomplish shared goals

We are in search of a Developer Experience (DX) Engineer who will play a key role in enhancing the developer experience for our open-source packages. Responsibilities will include coordinating all the internal maintainers of our various SDKs, working actively on our packages and taking care of the community around them.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Actively contributing to a number of our packages, especially the Storyblok JS Client and the Storyblok CLI.
• Reviewing and triaging public issues, questions and pull requests, maintaining high developer experience across all projects.
• Coordinating the different maintainers across our Product Division who work on our open-source projects.
• Actively participating in code reviews and ensuring packages are well tested and automated, maintaining CI/CD in a pragmatic way.
• Maintaining a consistent stack, structure and process across projects, including creation of clear and extensive documentation.
• Establishing efficient communication with our Engineering Department to make sure that any new features of our API are available from any of our SDKs.
• Fostering the community around our open-source packages, including active participation in community discussions on Discord.
• Driving company-wide promotion of key updates related to our open-source packages (e.g. major releases, new features, new packages etc.).
• Watching out for opportunities to share knowledge about our packages and SDKs with other teams within Storyblok.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience as a JavaScript developer.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science (or a related field) or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable experience as author and maintainer of open source projects.
• Active involvement and participation in open-source communities.
• Thorough knowledge of RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Working knowledge of unit, integration and end-to-end testing.
• Thorough knowledge of the Vue.js or React ecosystem along with its fundamental principles.
• Thorough knowledge of JavaScript/Typescript languages and their modern syntax and features.
• Thorough knowledge of Node.js.
• Thorough knowledge of HTML and CSS.
• Excellent team player with the capability to self-organize.
• Proactive and self-driven: we value team members who can take an idea and run with it.
• Strong communication and reporting skills as well as ability to interact with multiple stakeholders in both technical and non-technical terms.
• Confidence, attention to detail, and a high level of motivation to contribute to the growth of our organization as part of a high-performing team.
• Pragmatic: able to discern between what is the ideal solution and the one that makes sense at the moment, considering the different constraints and consequences at hand.

MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

Remote (home) work opportunity or funded by Storyblok co-working space

GENERAL TERMS

Storyblok has a commitment to diversity and inclusion. We strive to create a hiring environment in which all people feel they are equally respected and valued, irrespective of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, religion, citizenship or any other characteristic. You can find more information about our privacy policy here.

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