Senior Developer Experience Engineer in London

Camunda is the leader in enterprise agentic automation, orchestrating complex business processes, including high-value knowledge work, across agents, people, and systems. By creating production-ready, enterprise-grade agents with built-in governance, Camunda uniquely delivers trusted AI agents for business-critical processes. Over 700 leading innovators like Atlassian, ING, and Vodafone rely on Camunda to slash time-to-value from months to days, boost operational efficiency, and elevate customer experiences.

As a fully remote, global company, we are rewriting the rules of modern business. We are growing fast and looking for top talent to join our team. If you are excited to do meaningful work and make a real impact, keep reading; this role could be the one you have been waiting for.

About the Role

The Senior Developer Experience Engineer is a role in our newly formed Camunda Ex(perience) team within Camunda's Product Engineering department. In this role, you will play a key part in improving the experience for developers using our Camunda 8 stack. From governing APIs, such as the Orchestration Cluster REST API, to shaping and creating development tools for Camunda 8, like native Camunda clients (Existing: Java, Javascript; Planned: Python, C#) and test libraries (Camunda Process Test), you will have plenty of opportunities to leave your mark on the Developer Experience we want to provide to our users.

In this role specifically, you have the opportunity to have a significant impact on Camunda's adoption in the industry, with a strong focus on the developer persona, building on the strengths and reputation Camunda has already established in the past. As a developer yourself, you will internally advocate and contribute hands-on to a well-crafted experience that seamlessly meets the expectations of other developers. This is a role for a person who brings technical capabilities, creativity, autonomy, and vision, utilizing these skills to continuously shape our product for the better, raising the overall bar on the Developer Experience.

What You Will Be Doing

• REST API Governance
• Steered the decision process on an API proposal
• Resolved shortcomings of the current API Governance Process on cross-team collaboration
• Extended Internal Developer Guidance on building new endpoints on our REST API
• SDK / Development tools
• Set up automated QA for client artifacts (Java, JavaScript) and the system to ensure user-facing guarantees are met: semVer Public API guarantees, back- and/or forward compatibility
• Actively contributed to the development of new native clients (e.g., Python or C#), e.g., adding/contributing to a job worker framework
• Improved existing clients (Java, JavaScript) in one of the following ways: added a QoL improvement to the client – e.g., a generic back-off mechanism
• Extended our Camunda Spring Boot Starter by implementing one of the open feature requests

What You Bring

• Ability and/or willingness to use our product
• Extensive experience (5 years+) writing and maintaining production code in Java, C#, JavaScript, or Python – being opinionated on what a good Developer Experience entails
• Extensive experience (3 years+) with building coherent server APIs with OpenAPI and utilizing language-specific code generators to create and efficiently maintain native clients
• Proven experience (3 years+) writing documentation, code samples, examples, videos, or blog posts tailored towards a developer community or another external user audience
• Ability to work asynchronously with teams and cross-functional groups across time zones to accomplish a singular goal
• Strong sense of 'manager of one' – unblocking yourself when you are able, and when you are not, directly reaching out to the people who can help.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with BPMN products

Compensation

We offer competitive, fair, and transparent compensation. Salary ranges are location-based, with Standard and Major markets reflecting local competition. Final offers depend on skills, experience, and location, and we typically hire in the first half of the range to allow room for growth.

United States: $143,800.00 to $231,900.00

Germany: €92,900.00 to €153,700.00

United Kingdom: £90,300.00 to £148,500.00

Singapore: S$178,600.00 to S$267,900.00

If you are based elsewhere, you will be hired via Remote.com (our global employer partner), and your Talent Acquisition Partner will provide a personalized Total Rewards Calculator after your first interview.

Equity

We also offer equity (where applicable) through our Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP).

Benefits & Perks

• Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with the setup that suits you, home office budget, co-working space support, and flexible time off to recharge when you need it.
• In Person Connection: We invest in meaningful face time through our Annual Kickoff, team offsites, and Camundi Connection Budgets, including contributing to meetups while travelling, and local gatherings with fellow Camundi.
• Health & Wellbeing: Access locally tailored healthcare, Modern Health for global mental wellbeing, and an annual fitness reimbursement.
• Financial Security: Retirement and pension plans (often with company contributions), plus life and disability insurance where relevant.
• Professional Growth: Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-driven learning: courses, certifications, books, you decide!

Equal Opportunity

Everyone is welcome at Camunda — it is a celebrated component of our culture. We strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our people. At Camunda, we honour diverse cultures and backgrounds and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristics under applicable law. We are looking forward to your application!

Join us

Come join us and be part of Camunda's incredible journey: Make an impact at a pivotal moment in our story!