Developer Experience Jobs
Developer Experience jobs are open across software, developer tools, cloud infrastructure, and fintech, from associate to staff and principal, with specializations in SDK design, documentation engineering, and developer advocacy. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Job Description
The Role
As the Staff Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Developer Experience, you will own execution of core programs that improve how GM builds, secures, and ships software. You will work with engineering leaders and the Developer Experience team to turn priorities into delivered outcomes, running programs with minimal guidance and pulling in leadership at the decision points that matter.
This is a hands-on delivery role. You will own specific initiatives end to end, keep them moving across teams, support vendor evaluations, and help developers adopt the tools and practices we invest in. You will have significant operational impact across Developer Experience and act as a resource and mentor to less-experienced program managers.
What You’ll Do
Own and drive program execution
Turn priorities into plans and execution . Take and run initiatives that improve GM developers’ lives. The work a DevEx TPM var ies , but examples of recent work include developer enablement for new / critical tool s , managing platform migrations + helping address platform issues , and improving developer environments/workstations .
Run the delivery cadence. Track work against targets, surface blockers early, and drive the decisions needed to keep momentum.
Manage complexity across teams. Coordinate multi-team initiatives so they land with minimal disruption to developers.
Cross-functional alignment
Drive alignment on shared problems. Bring IT, Engineering, Cyber Security, and Legal together to resolve program-level questions like access models for external collaborators, using data and clear options to reach agreement without direct authority.
Shift governance left . Help replace manual gatekeeping with automated governance that keep developers safe without slowing them down.
Vendor and tool coordination
Support vendor relationships. Coordinate work with key tool vendors and help ensure GM gets real value from what it spends.
Run tool evaluations. Structure pilots to produce clear data on productivity and security impact, and help turn that data into a recommendation.
Adoption and enablement
Drive adoption, not just rollout. Support the change management that makes new tools and practices stick. Help design engagement models like InnerSource and communities of practice that get teams to adopt shared standards.
Make the right way the easy way . Help keep developer documentation and paved-road templates current so the recommended way to build software at GM is also the easiest.
Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications)
Program leadership: 7+ years leading technical programs in DevOps, Cloud, or Platform Engineering.
Education: BS or MS in an engineering-related discipline, or equivalent experience.
Independent execution: Proven ability to own complex, multi-team programs end to end with minimal guidance, handling operational friction and cross-team coordination so engineering leaders can stay focused on architecture and code.
Change and adoption: Experience driving technical and cultural change in complex, regulated enterprise environments and getting real teams to adopt new tools and practices.
Vendor and tool acumen: Experience coordinating enterprise software vendor relationships and the practical aspects of tool integration such as licensing, identity, and support.
Data-driven communication: Ability to turn metrics into clear, honest narratives for engineering and leadership audiences, without dressing up activity as impact.
Engineering enablement: A real focus on making developers more productive. You understand how engineers work day to day, where they hit friction, and how to remove it so teams can do their best work with less overhead.
Influence without authority: Strong stakeholder skills, with the ability to build trust with engineering and IT leaders, bridge gaps between teams, and drive agreement on hard decisions .
AI-native practice: You use AI tools in your own daily work and can speak from real experience about where they help and where they do not.
Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.
The salary range for this role is $134,700 to $245,00. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.
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About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Benefits Overview
From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources .
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire .
Accommodations
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us or call us at 1-800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Job Description
The Role
As the Staff Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Developer Experience, you will own execution of core programs that improve how GM builds, secures, and ships software. You will work with engineering leaders and the Developer Experience team to turn priorities into delivered outcomes, running programs with minimal guidance and pulling in leadership at the decision points that matter.
This is a hands-on delivery role. You will own specific initiatives end to end, keep them moving across teams, support vendor evaluations, and help developers adopt the tools and practices we invest in. You will have significant operational impact across Developer Experience and act as a resource and mentor to less-experienced program managers.
What You’ll Do
Own and drive program execution
Turn priorities into plans and execution . Take and run initiatives that improve GM developers’ lives. The work a DevEx TPM var ies , but examples of recent work include developer enablement for new / critical tool s , managing platform migrations + helping address platform issues , and improving developer environments/workstations .
Run the delivery cadence. Track work against targets, surface blockers early, and drive the decisions needed to keep momentum.
Manage complexity across teams. Coordinate multi-team initiatives so they land with minimal disruption to developers.
Cross-functional alignment
Drive alignment on shared problems. Bring IT, Engineering, Cyber Security, and Legal together to resolve program-level questions like access models for external collaborators, using data and clear options to reach agreement without direct authority.
Shift governance left . Help replace manual gatekeeping with automated governance that keep developers safe without slowing them down.
Vendor and tool coordination
Support vendor relationships. Coordinate work with key tool vendors and help ensure GM gets real value from what it spends.
Run tool evaluations. Structure pilots to produce clear data on productivity and security impact, and help turn that data into a recommendation.
Adoption and enablement
Drive adoption, not just rollout. Support the change management that makes new tools and practices stick. Help design engagement models like InnerSource and communities of practice that get teams to adopt shared standards.
Make the right way the easy way . Help keep developer documentation and paved-road templates current so the recommended way to build software at GM is also the easiest.
Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications)
Program leadership: 7+ years leading technical programs in DevOps, Cloud, or Platform Engineering.
Education: BS or MS in an engineering-related discipline, or equivalent experience.
Independent execution: Proven ability to own complex, multi-team programs end to end with minimal guidance, handling operational friction and cross-team coordination so engineering leaders can stay focused on architecture and code.
Change and adoption: Experience driving technical and cultural change in complex, regulated enterprise environments and getting real teams to adopt new tools and practices.
Vendor and tool acumen: Experience coordinating enterprise software vendor relationships and the practical aspects of tool integration such as licensing, identity, and support.
Data-driven communication: Ability to turn metrics into clear, honest narratives for engineering and leadership audiences, without dressing up activity as impact.
Engineering enablement: A real focus on making developers more productive. You understand how engineers work day to day, where they hit friction, and how to remove it so teams can do their best work with less overhead.
Influence without authority: Strong stakeholder skills, with the ability to build trust with engineering and IT leaders, bridge gaps between teams, and drive agreement on hard decisions .
AI-native practice: You use AI tools in your own daily work and can speak from real experience about where they help and where they do not.
Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.
The salary range for this role is $134,700 to $245,00. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.
#LI-RF1
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Benefits Overview
From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources .
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire .
Accommodations
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us or call us at 1-800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software38
- Fintech3
- Banking & Financial Services3
- Gaming & Esports2
- Electronics & Hardware2
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in developer experience jobs.
- Hands-on experience designing or maintaining developer documentation, SDKs, or APIs
- Strong technical writing skills with the ability to explain code concepts clearly
- Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, JavaScript, or Go
- Experience using or administering developer portals, static site generators, or docs-as-code toolchains
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and marketing teams
- Familiarity with gathering developer feedback and translating it into product or documentation improvements
Tips for Your Developer Experience Job Search
Reframe your resume around developer outcomes
Quantify the friction you removed: API onboarding time cut, documentation page views increased, SDK adoption rates improved. Hiring managers for developer experience roles want to see that your work moved a measurable needle for other engineers, not just that you shipped content.
Build a public portfolio before applying
A sample tutorial, a polished API quickstart, or an open-source contribution you documented carries more weight than a resume line. Put it somewhere public so a hiring manager can click through and see your voice, clarity, and technical depth firsthand.
Target companies with active developer programs
Search for companies running a developer program, a public API, or a platform ecosystem, not just those with a developer experience job posting. Roles at these organizations are better funded, more clearly scoped, and more likely to have a career ladder you can grow along.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists developer experience openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a live code-walkthrough demo
Many developer experience interviews include a technical presentation round where you explain a concept or walk through a code sample in real time. Practice narrating your reasoning out loud, not just getting the answer right, since your communication clarity is what the panel is actually evaluating.
Negotiate scope and tooling access on day one
In offer conversations, ask which teams you partner with, whether you have production access to the API you will document, and how content quality is measured. These details reveal whether the role has real influence or is limited to editing what engineers already wrote.
Developer Experience Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most developer experiences?
The companies hiring the most developer experiences right now include CVS Health, Rippling, and Amazon Web Services, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Washington, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Cloud platform companies, API-first startups, and enterprise software vendors tend to post the most consistently throughout the year.
How many developer experience jobs are remote?
About 60% of developer experience openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, making it one of the more flexible roles in the technology sector. Documentation engineering and developer advocacy sub-specializations tend to be the most remote-friendly, while developer relations roles with heavy event or community responsibilities lean toward hybrid or on-site arrangements.
How do you become a developer experience professional?
Start by building technical writing samples and contributing to open-source documentation projects to demonstrate you can explain complex concepts clearly. Develop working proficiency in at least one programming language so you can read, run, and write code samples. Pursue roles with titles like technical writer, developer advocate, or solutions engineer to gain adjacent experience, then target developer experience positions once you have a public body of work.
Can you get hired in developer experience without much experience?
Yes, you can break into developer experience by focusing on demonstrable output rather than job history. Write a sample API tutorial, contribute to a public documentation repository, or publish a technical blog post explaining a tool you have used. Employers in this space evaluate candidates on the quality of their communication and technical thinking, so a strong portfolio can outweigh a limited resume for entry-level and associate-level openings.
What does the developer experience interview process look like?
Most developer experience interviews include a technical screen to verify coding fundamentals, a writing or documentation exercise where you explain a concept or improve an existing sample, and a presentation round where you walk through your thinking live. Cross-functional fit conversations with product and engineering stakeholders are common, and some employers add a take-home challenge asking you to document an API endpoint or redesign an existing getting-started guide.
Where can I find and apply to developer experience jobs?
You can find and apply to developer experience jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your background and experience level, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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