Developer Relations Engineer

About Telnyx

Telnyx is an industry leader that's not just imagining the future of global connectivity—we're building it. From architecting and amplifying the reach of a private, global, multi-cloud IP network, to bringing hyperlocal edge technology right to your fingertips through intuitive APIs, we're shaping a new era of seamless interconnection between people, devices, and applications.

We're driven by a desire to transform and modernize what's antiquated, automate the manual, and solve real-world problems through innovative connectivity solutions. As a testament to our success, we're proud to stand as a financially stable and profitable company. Our robust profitability allows us not only to invest in pioneering technologies but also to foster an environment of continuous learning and growth for our team.

Our collective vision is a world where borderless connectivity fuels limitless innovation. By joining us, you can be part of laying the foundations for this interconnected future. We're currently seeking passionate individuals who are excited about the opportunity to contribute to an industry-shaping company while growing their own skills and careers.

The Role 

We’re looking for a Developer Advocate with a passion for OpenAPI, SDK automation, and developer experience. This hybrid role spans backend engineering, automation, and developer advocacy—perfect for someone who enjoys both building tools and helping others use them effectively.

You’ll take the lead on designing and maintaining OpenAPI specifications, automating SDK generation across multiple languages, and providing hands-on support to developers integrating our API. You’ll serve as a technical liaison to the developer community, responding to GitHub issues, helping triage bugs, and turning developer feedback into improved tools and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain OpenAPI (3.0) specifications for our SaaS APIs across services.
• Build and maintain SDK generation pipelines using tools like OpenAPI Generator, Swagger Codegen, or Autorest.
• Integrate AI-based tools or workflows to auto-improve developer experience—e.g., AI-assisted changelog generation, linting, or comment scaffolding.
• Develop tooling and automation to validate API specs, enforce consistency, and streamline SDK publishing to GitHub and package managers.
• Collaborate with product, backend, and developer advocacy teams to ensure the API surface is intuitive, consistent, and well-documented.
• Build CI/CD workflows that auto-generate and release SDKs in multiple languages ( Python, Node.js, Ruby, Go, Java, .NET).
• Contribute to internal documentation and tooling for API versioning, changelogs, and deprecation strategies.
• Monitor and respond to developer questions and bug reports via GitHub Issues, Discussions, and Ext-Developer Slack and Discord.
• Help developers troubleshoot API integration challenges, escalating bugs and common friction points to the engineering team.
• Advocate for external developers internally—representing their feedback in platform roadmap discussions.

What we are looking for

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, with exposure to SaaS product development or API platforms.
• Strong working knowledge of OpenAPI (Swagger) specifications and ecosystem tools.
• Proficiency with at least one scripting or general-purpose language (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go), with the ability to read and generate code in several others.
• Experience with automation in CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or GitLab).
• Passion for automation, code generation, and improving the developer experience.
• Familiarity with SDK and client library conventions across languages.
• Comfort working asynchronously in a fast-moving, collaborative team environment.
• Exposure to AI/ML tools or frameworks used to automate documentation or code suggestions.
• Experience contributing to or maintaining SDKs or open-source API tools
• Familiarity with API-first development and RESTful best practices.