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It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs. \nIf you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.\nTHE WORK:\nAs Senior Staff, Developer Relations in the RippleX Ecosystem Growth team, you will play a key role in helping developers discover, onboard, build, and scale financial applications on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). Directly support businesses, institutions, and governments in using XRPL's capabilities for financial innovation, contributing to adoption for institutional-grade use cases, including asset tokenization, Institutional DeFi, and next-generation payment infrastructure.\nThis role is critical to growing our developer ecosystem, gathering valuable feedback to inform XRPL product development, and ensuring blockchain technologies are implemented responsibly across diverse financial implementations. You'll deliver on developer experience initiatives for individual developers, startups, and institutions. Your success in this role will directly contribute to XRPL's growth trajectory and market position while ensuring blockchain technologies are implemented responsibly across financial use cases. Building strong relationships between the developer community and internal teams will be critical as we advance our mission of crafting reliable, scalable financial infrastructure that serves real-world institutional needs.\nWHAT YOU’LL DO:\nLead developer engagement strategies for financial solutions, tokenization platforms, and payment applications on XRPL\nImplement and measure metrics for measuring developer success that align with business objectives, including analytics for fintech developers and financial institutions\nContribute to scalable frameworks that accelerate developer adoption through both one-to-many and one-to-one strategies\nOrganize and lead developer events, workshops, and hackathons that showcase XRPL's capabilities for tokenization and financial innovation\nCreate technical content including tokenization guides, payment integration tutorials, institutional DeFi best practices, and code demos\nSpeak at conferences, meetups, and events about XRPL use cases, projects, and upcoming products and features\nProvide hands-on technical support to accelerate integration for financial companies and startups\nSupport technical evaluation and due diligence for projects through various Ecosystem Growth Programs such as Grants and Accelerator initiatives\nImplement and monitor adoption mechanisms and reporting structures to demonstrate success and traction\nSupport recruitment and development of global developer relations team members\nCollaborate effectively with GTM, Product, Engineering, Communications, and Marketing teams as well as external partners and the broader XRPL community\nAdvocate for financial developer needs and translate feedback into actionable insights for leadership\nPromote best practices for regulatory compliance and institutional-grade security adoption by developers building financial applications\nCollect 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!\nWHAT YOU'LL BRING:\n5+ years of proven track record in developer relations, developer experience, or technical product roles, with demonstrated success in growing developer ecosystems\nInstitutional Finance Understanding: Strong understanding of financial instruments and market structure (equities, bonds, repos, collateralized lending, etc.). Good grasp of collateral management, capital efficiency, and how DeFi can impact these processes. Awareness of regulatory frameworks and their relation to tokenization and digital asset adoption\nTechnical competency with the ability to understand complex technical concepts and communicate them effectively to various audiences from individual developers to enterprise partners\nStrong 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\nHands-on technical skills-able to create code demos, review developer samples for quality and best practices, and provide specific technical feedback\nStrong collaborative skills with the ability to work effectively across teams and collaborate at various levels\nExperience working in high-growth environments with the ability to adapt as priorities evolve\nComfortable working independently in fast-paced environments with clear accountability\nAbility and willingness to travel worldwide for meetings and events around the globe as needed.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with blockchain technologies, APIs, developer platforms, or emerging financial technologies\nBackground in developer community building around new technology categories, particularly in fintech or blockchain\nExperience with open-source ecosystems, community management, and collaborative development practices\nPublic speaking experience at industry conferences and events, particularly fintech or blockchain conferences\nContent creation experience including technical writing, video tutorials, or documentation for financial applications\nExperience with developer analytics and community measurement tools\nKnowledge of tokenization standards, institutional DeFi protocols, and digital asset infrastructure.\nFor positions that will be based in NY, the annual salary range for this position is below. Actual salaries may vary based on numerous factors including, among other things, an individual applicant’s experience and qualifications for the position. This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions. \nNY Annual Base Salary Range\n$192,000—$240,000 USD\nWHO WE ARE:\nDo Your Best Work\nThe opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders\nA learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.\nThrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.\nIn-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in. \nBi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team\nWe come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!\nTake Control of Your Finances\nCompetitive salary, bonuses, and equity\nCompetitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support\nEmployee giving match\nMobile phone stipend\nTake Care of Yourself\nR&R days so you can rest and recharge\nGenerous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming\nGenerous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it\nIndustry-leading parental leave policies. 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