Developer Experience Engineer

About the Company

Ritual is building a sovereign, execution layer for AI, with our private testnet already live and running. The Ritual chain is the first blockchain custom-built to support AI-native operations, designed from the ground up to enable a new class of applications at the intersection of crypto and AI.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement best-in-class development frameworks for AI-enabled chains
• Identify friction points in the developer journey and build solutions
• Build lightning-fast local development environments for testing
• Create elegant CLIs and SDKs for AI and blockchain interactions
• Craft developer tooling for deploying and testing AI-enabled smart contracts
• Design and implement debugging and simulation capabilities
• Write clear, engaging documentation and tutorials
• Run workshops and hackathons to energize the developer community
• Build and nurture an active open-source community

Requirements

• Strong experience with Rust, TypeScript, or Python
• Past experience contributing to open-source projects and libraries
• Proven ability to build developer tools
• Deep understanding of EVM architecture and smart contract development
• Experience with modern AI development workflows and MLOps tools
• Strong knowledge of container technologies and deployment patterns
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts through writing and speaking
• Ability to act quickly under high pressure and context switch frequently
• High level of end-to-end ownership and self-direction

Preferred Qualifications

• Track record of maintaining or contributing to popular blockchain tools (e.g., Foundry, Anvil, wagmi, viem)
• Experience building compiler toolchains or language infrastructure
• Background in AI infrastructure and model deployment tooling
• Experience with build systems and package management
• Track record of growing developer communities through content and evangelism
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems and consensus mechanisms
• Experience designing intuitive APIs and developer interfaces

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation package including annual discretionary bonus
• Top 1% of benefits across the web3 startup space
• 100% of premiums covered on highest quality healthcare
• Aggressive company 401k match
• Fully remote or hybrid work options