Senior Staff, Developer Relations

As Senior Staff, Developer Relations at Ripple, you'll lead developer engagement strategies for the XRP Ledger (XRPL) ecosystem, helping developers discover, onboard, and scale financial applications. You'll work within the RippleX Ecosystem Growth team to support businesses, institutions, and governments in using XRPL for financial innovation, including asset tokenization, Institutional DeFi, and next-generation payment infrastructure. Your role bridges the developer community and internal teams to advance Ripple's mission of building reliable, scalable financial infrastructure for institutional use.

What you'll do

• Lead developer engagement strategies for financial solutions, tokenization platforms, and payment applications on XRPL
• Implement and measure metrics for developer success that align with business objectives, including analytics for fintech developers and financial institutions
• Contribute to scalable frameworks that accelerate developer adoption through both one-to-many and one-to-one strategies
• Organize and lead developer events, workshops, and hackathons that showcase XRPL's capabilities for tokenization and financial innovation
• Create technical content including tokenization guides, payment integration tutorials, institutional DeFi best practices, and code demos
• Speak at conferences, meetups, and events about XRPL use cases, projects, and upcoming products and features
• Provide hands-on technical support to accelerate integration for financial companies and startups
• Support technical evaluation and due diligence for projects through Ecosystem Growth Programs such as Grants and Accelerator initiatives
• Implement and monitor adoption mechanisms and reporting structures to demonstrate success and traction
• Support recruitment and development of global developer relations team members
• Collaborate effectively with GTM, Product, Engineering, Communications, and Marketing teams as well as external partners and the broader XRPL community
• Advocate for financial developer needs and translate feedback into actionable insights for leadership
• Promote best practices for regulatory compliance and institutional-grade security adoption by developers building financial applications
• Collect and synthesize feedback to inform product roadmaps while serving as a technical liaison between developers, funded financial projects, and Ripple's product and engineering teams

What you bring

• 5+ years of proven track record in developer relations, developer experience, or technical product roles, with demonstrated success in growing developer ecosystems
• Strong understanding of financial instruments and market structure (equities, bonds, repos, collateralized lending, etc.), collateral management, capital efficiency, and how DeFi can impact these processes
• Awareness of regulatory frameworks and their relation to tokenization and digital asset adoption
• Technical competency with the ability to understand complex technical concepts and communicate them effectively to various audiences from individual developers to enterprise partners
• Strong understanding of developer psychology and behavior, knowing how to reach developers through appropriate channels, build authentic product affinity, and design education programs that drive adoption
• Hands-on technical skills able to create code demos, review developer samples for quality and best practices, and provide specific technical feedback
• Strong collaborative skills with the ability to work effectively across teams and collaborate at various levels
• Experience working in high-growth environments with the ability to adapt as priorities evolve
• Ability to work independently in fast-paced environments with clear accountability
• Willingness to travel worldwide for meetings and events as needed

Nice to have

• Experience with blockchain technologies, APIs, developer platforms, or emerging financial technologies
• Background in developer community building around new technology categories, particularly in fintech or blockchain
• Experience with open-source ecosystems, community management, and collaborative development practices
• Public speaking experience at industry conferences and events, particularly fintech or blockchain conferences
• Content creation experience including technical writing, video tutorials, or documentation for financial applications
• Experience with developer analytics and community measurement tools
• Knowledge of tokenization standards, institutional DeFi protocols, and digital asset infrastructure

What we offer

• Annual base salary of $192,000-$240,000 USD for positions based in New York (actual salaries vary based on experience and qualifications; this range excludes equity and additional compensation such as bonuses or commissions)
• Competitive bonuses and equity
• Comprehensive benefits covering physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match
• Mobile phone stipend
• R&R days for rest and recharge
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite and virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy, work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Industry-leading parental leave policies and family planning benefits
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks and beverages, and team events
• Professional development budget to support learning
• Flexible in-office collaboration: 10+ days per month in office, with managers and teams deciding which days work best
• Bi-weekly all-company meetings with leadership
• Team offsites, bonding activities, and social events

About Ripple

Ripple is building a world where value moves like information does today through crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments, and developers. The company improves the global financial system and creates greater economic fairness and opportunity by helping partners implement blockchain technologies responsibly across diverse financial use cases.