Developer Relations Specialist (Java/Kotlin)

Location: Utrecht, Netherlands; hybrid workplace

Gross monthly salary of €5,994–€8,563 for a 36-hour work week.

Company

hirify.global is investing in a modern, scalable platform that supports digital experiences for millions of customers. The Developer Success Team belongs to the Customer-Facing Platform Organisation.

What you will do

• Represent internal developers, gather feedback, identify pain points, and collaborate with platform teams to improve tooling, documentation, and APIs.
• Build an internal developer community through events, forums, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Create onboarding materials, technical guides, demonstrations, workshops, tutorials, blog posts, and videos.
• Promote platform capabilities and help internal developers use the platform successfully.
• Establish feedback mechanisms and work with engineering, product, and design teams to align developer needs with the platform roadmap and strategy.

Requirements

• Experience in Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy, Developer Experience, or a closely related role.
• Strong technical background and the ability to understand developers’ needs and communicate with engineering teams.
• Backend development background with experience in Java or Kotlin.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear and engaging content.
• Experience creating technical guides, onboarding materials, demonstrations, workshops, or comparable enablement content.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and design teams and influence without direct authority.
• Clear interest in developer experience, community building, and internal enablement.

Nice to have

• Experience working in a large or complex organisation.
• Experience working in a regulated environment, particularly financial services.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid balance between home and office work.
• Thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• €1,400 annual development budget.
• Inclusive culture that values different perspectives and collaboration.
• Full-time schedule of 36 hours per week.

Hiring process

• The process includes two interviews via Microsoft Teams.
• A reliability assessment is part of the procedure; an additional assessment may also be included.
• Applications are accepted until the vacancy is fulfilled.