Developer Research Coordinator – Contract

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants anywhere in the world.

📋 Description

• Oversee research studies from inception to completion, which includes inviting participants, scheduling, sending reminders, conducting follow-ups, and managing logistics.

• Facilitate approximately one significant study each month, generally involving 10–20 participants.

• Handle multiple overlapping research phases, such as recruiting participants, coordinating active fieldwork, and processing completed research.

• Refine transcripts, organize responses, tag valuable quotes, and pinpoint initial themes and patterns utilizing established LLM-assisted workflows.

• Conduct a critical review of AI-generated outputs, validate themes against original materials, and highlight inaccuracies, exaggerations, or unsupported conclusions.

• Create analysis-ready evidence packs for principal researchers.

• Manage the developer panel, which encompasses recruitment, onboarding, profile upkeep, participant matching, communication, and support.

• Evaluate onboarding experiences, documentation, code examples, and developer workflows; note areas of confusion or friction.

• Assist with the quarterly MLH Census, including processing and initial analysis of thousands of responses.

⛳️ Requirements

• Highly organized and dependable, capable of taking ownership of defined tasks and progressing independently.

• Proficient in managing research participant logistics from start to finish.

• Experience in utilizing LLMs with qualitative data and critically assessing outputs.

• Comfortable navigating developer tools, documentation, GitHub, and coding.

• No specific programming language or technology stack is required.

• Interest in developer tools, developer relations, technical education, online communities, or exploring how individuals learn and build with technology.

• Clear and proactive communicator who is at ease working independently in a remote setting.

• Availability to overlap with UK working hours for several hours each workday.

• Bonus: Experience in supporting research studies, surveys, interviews, focus groups, participant panels, or community programs.

• Bonus: Familiarity with MLH or DEV, experience in community management, and comfort in writing code or experimenting with developer tools.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote position available to candidates worldwide.

• Approximately 20 hours of work per week.

• Opportunity to gain hands-on experience in developer experience research.

• Chance to assist startups and well-known technology brands.

• Contract role.