Senior Developer Experience Engineer

About Virtru:

Virtru is a leading data protection provider backed by some of the foremost venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and the Mid-Atlantic region, including Iconiq Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Foundry Capital, and Tiger Global. Today, more than ever, data demands respect, and that’s why Virtru is committed to changing the rules for data privacy. At Virtru, we equip our customers to take granular control of their data—everywhere it’s shared—through end-to-end encryption for Google, Microsoft, and other data sharing platforms. Our market-leading portfolio of data encryption and privacy enhancing applications are remarkably easy to use, fast to implement, affordable for all, and built on the Trusted Data Format (TDF) open standard.

At Virtru, our motto is "Respect the people. Respect the data." Respecting data to us means keeping it secure and protected at all times across its entire lifecycle. We firmly believe that when you respect data, you’re demonstrating respect for the people who own that data.

Working at Virtru, you'll be inspired by colleagues who are passionate about the work they do. We are dedicated to creating an atmosphere that sparks creativity, connection, and professional growth while empowering each other to do our best work. We're building something special at Virtru. We hope you consider joining our team and helping us create a brighter future for data privacy.

Compensation: $170,000-220,000/year 

Team & Position Details: 

We're seeking a Senior Developer Experience Engineer to join Virtru at a pivotal moment in our growth. You will be reporting to the Staff Architect 2. This is a unique opportunity to be the founding member of our dedicated Developer Experience practice, shaping how thousands of developers will interact with our Data Security Platform and OpenTDF SDKs. You'll be building something entirely new—a world-class developer experience that differentiates us in the market and accelerates platform adoption.

As our Senior Developer Experience Engineer, you'll focus on making our SDKs exceptional while contributing to the broader developer journey. This is a hands-on technical role where you'll be deep in the code while helping establish the strategic direction for how we serve our developer community. Your work will directly impact our competitive positioning and growth trajectory.

As a Senior Developer Experience Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• SDK Excellence: Drive the development and improvement of our multi-language SDK portfolio (Go, Java, JavaScript), ensuring idiomatic, consistent interfaces that follow each language's best practices
• Developer Onboarding: Own the critical "time-to-first-value" experience, making it effortless for developers to protect and unprotect their first piece of data
• Technical Documentation: Create comprehensive, "cookbook-style" guides and tutorials that enable developers to succeed quickly with clear, working examples
• Community Engagement: Serve as a technical contact for our open-source community, managing feedback and contributions to build a thriving ecosystem
• Success Measurement: Define and track key developer experience metrics including time-to-first-value, SDK adoption rates, and developer satisfaction scores
• Developer Advocacy: Gather and synthesize developer feedback to influence product roadmap and engineering priorities across the organization
• Foundation Building: Help establish processes, standards, and culture that will scale as we grow our DX practice

Skills that will help you thrive in this role: 

• 5-7 years of software engineering experience with a focus on developer-facing tools, SDKs, or APIs
• SDK or Developer Tools Experience: Hands-on experience building and maintaining SDKs, developer tools, or APIs in production environments
• Multi-language Proficiency: Strong programming skills in Go, Java, and/or JavaScript with the ability to write idiomatic code in each language
• API Design Expertise: Familiarity with API design principles, developer workflow tools, and best practices for developer-facing interfaces
• Developer Experience or Developer Relations background with a track record of improving developer adoption and satisfaction
• Community engagement experience working with open-source projects, managing developer feedback, or building developer communities
• Technical writing excellence with the ability to create clear, compelling documentation, blogs, and tutorials
• Strategic thinking combined with hands-on execution—you're equally comfortable contributing to long-term vision and planning or writing code
• Exceptional communication