--- title: 'Developer Relations Engineer at WunderGraph, Inc.' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/developer-relations-engineer-wundergraph-inc-united-states-rzkgmhp6ken5' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Developer Relations Engineer at WunderGraph, Inc. - **Company:** WunderGraph, Inc. - **Location:** United States - **Compensation:** $100k–$180k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-06-29 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/wundergraph/3ad4fca5-ff71-4e02-b5bd-f1134168137e/application **Skills:** TypeScript, Python, Go, APIs, REST, GraphQL, OpenAPI, Swagger, GitHub, VS Code, CLI tooling, CI/CD, GraphQL Federation, API infrastructure products, Discord, Slack, Stack Overflow > WunderGraph seeks a Developer Relations Engineer to serve as the technical voice in the developer community. The role involves building code samples, creating technical content, engaging with developers, and representing the company at conferences to drive adoption and advocacy. ## Job description WunderGraph is a fast-growing startup, our goal is to bring everybody together to build digital products end-to-end. From interface design to API implementation, we provide the platform to go from sketch to product in a category-defining collaborative experience. Our North Star is to take the friction out of bringing digital ideas to life, making room for your ideas and productivity. Developers from some of the biggest companies in the world are using WunderGraph to design and streamline their API environments. We raised our Series A ($7.5 million USD) in March 2025, being backed by eBay, Karma Ventures, and Aspenwood Ventures. The culture we are creating together is extremely important to us. Read here how we are [Building the Company We Always Wanted to Work In](https://wundergraph.com/blog/category/culture). We invite everyone that wants to join us to understand our [Core Beliefs](https://www.notion.so/wundergraph/Mission-and-Core-Beliefs-20fb19e0a0ec80c09646fa9101368bce)and if you want to make an impact, have your voice heard, and work in a no-BS organization where you can get stuff done, look no further and apply today so we can chat. ## ABOUT THE ROLE We’re looking for a Developer Relations Engineer to become the technical voice of WunderGraph in the developer community. This role combines engineering expertise with advocacy: you’ll build code samples, tools, and demos that showcase our platform; create technical content that educates and inspires; and engage directly with developers to ensure their success. You’ll also represent WunderGraph on conferences doing talks, panels, and engaging with the attendees. If you want to make an impact, ship meaningful projects that developers love, and work in a no-BS organization where you can get stuff done, look no further and apply today! 🚀 ## TEAM INTEGRATION - You report to the Chief Operating Officer - You align with the Engineering and Product teams as well as the CEO. - You collaborate closely with: - Engineering team — build with the product, test new features, and contribute feedback - Product team — advocate for developers and influence roadmap decisions - Content & Social Media Manager — amplify technical content - Video Producer — collaborate on video tutorials and developer-focused demos - Sales team — support developer-to-customer conversion ## ROLE TASKS: Developer Advocacy & Community - Be the technical face of WunderGraph in the developer ecosystem. - Build and nurture communities around API infrastructure and WunderGraph. - Engage developers on GitHub, Discord, Reddit, and other technical forums. - Speak at meetups, conferences, and developer events (virtual and in-person). - Launch ambassador programs and nurture relationships with influencers and thought leaders. Technical Content & Demos - Write high-quality developer tutorials, guides, and blog posts. - Build open-source code samples, SDKs, demos, and proof-of-concepts. - Create technical talks and conference presentations. - Collaborate on technical video content: walkthroughs, workshops, live coding. - Publish content on developer platforms ([Dev.to](http://Dev.to), Medium, Hashnode, etc.). Developer Experience & Enablement - Improve onboarding and first-time user experience for WunderGraph. - Build interactive getting-started guides, playgrounds, and tools. - Contribute to documentation and technical resources. - Test new features from a developer’s perspective and provide actionable feedback. - Advocate for best practices in API development, GraphQL Federation, and DX. Product Feedback & Advocacy - Represent developer needs to product and engineering. - Collect, synthesize, and present feedback to influence roadmap. - Create developer personas and use cases to guide product design. - Ensure that developer feedback is actionable, measurable, and looped back into the product. Analytics & Metrics - Track developer adoption, engagement, and sentiment. - Measure performance of technical content (views, usage, conversions). - Report on community growth and developer-to-customer conversion. - Benchmark against competitive developer programs. ## ROLE REQUIREMENTS - Proven experience as a software engineer or developer advocate with strong technical credibility. - Hands-on experience with TypeScript (Python or Go a plus). - Strong knowledge of APIs, REST, GraphQL, OpenAPI/Swagger. - Familiarity with developer tools (GitHub, VS Code, CLI tooling, CI/CD). - Track record of building open-source projects, demos, or technical content. - Excellent communication skills — able to explain complex concepts clearly. - Public speaking experience at developer meetups or conferences. - Comfortable creating written, video, and live coding content. - Startup mindset — able to move fast, learn, and adapt in a scaling company. ## Nice to Have - Experience with GraphQL Federation or API infrastructure products. - Background in developer platforms, open source communities, or dev tools. - Familiarity with developer engagement platforms (Discord, Slack, Stack Overflow). Knowledge of developer marketing principles (metrics, funnel, awareness). ## WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE In your first 6 months, you will have: - Established WunderGraph’s presence in key developer communities. - Published a steady pipeline of high-quality technical content (tutorials, blog posts, demos). - Shipped open-source examples, SDKs, or integrations that developers adopt. - Delivered talks, workshops, and webinars that generate excitement and awareness. - Improved developer onboarding flows and documentation. - Set up metrics for tracking community health and developer engagement. ## Key Metrics You’ll Own - Developer adoption and engagement (community activity, project stars/forks). - Technical content reach and impact (views, usage, contributions). - Developer feedback and sentiment scores. - Developer-to-customer conversion rates. - Event participation and content engagement. Why WunderGraph? - Work from wherever you thrive—we’re fully remote and globally distributed. If you're in Miami, come work with us in person! We also provide co-working space options worldwide if needed. - Pick your preferred work hardware - We focus on getting stuff done, and on having fun whilst doing so: work hard, play hard! - You can make a real difference and find lots of opportunities to grow together with us - Discretionary PTO: take the time you need to recharge - Competitive compensation, we aim to pay in the 75% and 90% percentile for market and location - Depending on location, we offer healthcare benefits according to local standards. In the United States, we offer healthcare, dental and vision cover. - Team retreats across the globe Note: This is a full-time, fully remote position. We are looking for someone who is available to work during United States business hours, however, we are open to applications from European (CET) time zone as well. The Process We respect your time and interest in WunderGraph. This is why we're aiming to make the process as fast as possible. Here's what you can expect: - 30 min intro call with Mariya from our People team - 30 min discussion with the hiring manager. Following this, you might receive a small take home assignment related to the role you are applying for. This is your chance to prove your skill! - Complete the assignment and review together with the hiring manager - Meet the founders - Culture fit call with team members - Offer Our process also includes reference and background checks. We aim to respond or provide feedback in 2 or 3 days between each stage of the process. We're usually hiring through Deel as our Employer of Record, except for Germany or Florida where we're hiring directly. WunderGraph is an equal opportunity workplace; we welcome people from all backgrounds. You can find out more about our ways of working together here: [WunderGraph Public Handbook and Resources](https://www.notion.so/wundergraph/WunderGraph-Public-Handbook-and-Resources-20db19e0a0ec800690cac27c35fadc73) We’re looking forward to your application so we can grow together! ## About WunderGraph, Inc. ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: WunderGraph provides an open-source, full-lifecycle GraphQL Federation stack that helps engineering teams build, govern, and scale unified APIs across disparate backends. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: Miami, Florida, United States - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Jens Neuse (CEO), Stefan Avram (Co-Founder & Head of Growth), Dustin Deus (CTO & Co-Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Software Development, API Management, Enterprise Infrastructure - **Target customers**: B2B – specifically platform engineering teams at organizations running GraphQL Federation at scale (enterprises with 20+ subgraphs) - **Mission/purpose**: To transform the way modern teams build APIs by providing a federation stack that lets teams collaborate, ship fast, and maintain governance — all in the open. ## Products & Services - **WunderGraph Cosmo**: The core open-source (Apache 2.0) federation runtime. It includes a high-performance GraphQL gateway/router, a schema registry, built-in analytics, metrics, distributed tracing, and automated policy enforcement. Claims 8x better P99 latency and higher requests-per-second than Apollo Router. - **WunderGraph Hub**: A design and governance layer launched in March 2026. It provides a collaborative canvas for teams to propose, review, and approve schema changes before they reach the registry. Enforces subgraph ownership, consumer-impact checks, and approval trails. Integrates with Cosmo and other federation routers. - **Cosmo Connect**: A bridge that maps GraphQL schema fields to backend gRPC services, allowing teams to keep existing backends and languages while the router handles the translation into a unified API. - **Cosmo Streams**: Allows connection of a federated graph to event streams (Kafka, NATS, Redis), enabling real-time subscriptions while keeping backends stateless. - **MCP Gateway**: An IDE integration (Cursor, Windsurf, VSCode) that lets developers explore schemas, propose changes, and validate configurations without leaving their editor. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric (Funding)**: Total funding of **$10.5M** over two rounds: - Seed (April 2023): $3M led by Aspenwood Ventures - Series A (April 2025): $7.5M led by Karma Ventures with 3 total investors - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Aspenwood Ventures, Karma Ventures. Enterprise design partners include **eBay**, **SoundCloud**, and **On The Beach**. - **Growth Signals**: ~35 employees operating across 9 countries (US, UK, Germany, Ukraine, India, Spain, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Italy). Launched a major new product (Hub) in March 2026. Growing sales and marketing functions. Alumni are hired by companies like Tyk, Apollo GraphQL, and Hygraph. ## Competitive Advantages - **Open-Source Core (Apache 2.0)**: No vendor lock-in, which builds trust and drives enterprise adoption. Can be deployed 100% on-prem or via a managed service. - **Performance**: Claims significant benchmark advantages over Apollo Router (8x better P99 latency). - **Full Lifecycle Coverage**: Cosmo covers routing, registry, observability, and policy enforcement; Hub covers the design and governance phase — together they manage the entire API lifecycle from proposal to production. - **Team-Centric Design**: Purpose-built for organizations where schema change volume and cross-team coordination are the bottleneck (e.g., eBay with 20+ subgraph teams). Governance is built in at the design stage, not just post-hoc. ## Strategic Focus - **Enterprise Governance**: With Hub’s launch, WunderGraph is clearly targeting the biggest pain point for large-scale federation adopters: cross-team coordination and schema change management. - **AI-Readiness**: Hub governance applies equally to AI-generated proposals and human-generated ones, positioning the platform for future AI-assisted API design workflows. - **Protocol Agnosticism**: The platform unifies GraphQL, REST, gRPC, and event streams (Kafka, etc.) into a single supergraph, reducing complexity for teams with polyglot architectures. - **Scaling the GTM**: Actively hiring for senior sales, pre-sales, and marketing roles (VP of Marketing, Founding Account Executive for EMEA, Senior Solutions Architect), signaling a push to expand enterprise sales globally. ## Why Work Here - **Fully Remote**: WunderGraph is a fully remote company with no physical office or HQ. Meaningful in-person collaboration happens through hackathons, working weeks, an annual retreat, conferences, and team gatherings. - **Global Team**: Employees are spread across 9 countries, with a strong European presence (UK, Germany, Ukraine) and hubs in India and the US. - **Engineering Culture**: The company emphasizes "Engineering Excellence" with core beliefs like "Velocity over perfection," "Ship, learn, repeat," and "Low ego, high ownership." They work on hard problems and expect high ownership. - **Open Source First**: Building in the open is central to their strategy and culture. Engineers contribute to the open-source Cosmo project. - **Perks**: Discretionary PTO, generous office/equipment stipend ("Choose your gear"), yearly learning budget for conferences and events, equity offers. - **Headcount**: ~35 people — a small, focused team where individual impact is high. - **Current Openings (4 as of this search)**: Head of Engineering, Vice President of Marketing, Founding Account Executive (EMEA), Senior Solutions (Pre-Sales) Architect. - **Salary Transparency**: Some roles list salary ranges (e.g., €120K–€140K for one role, $200K–$250K plus equity for another). ## Sources 1. [wundergraph.com](https://wundergraph.com/) 2. [wundergraph.com/jobs](https://wundergraph.com/jobs) 3. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/wundergraph](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/wundergraph) 4. [linkedin.com/company/wundergraph](https://www.linkedin.com/company/wundergraph) 5. 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