Jobs

Help us achieve our mission to make research outputs easier to find, cite, link, assess, and reuse. We are ~50 fully remote people spanning 14+ countries from East to West (e.g. Hong Kong to Oakland) and from South to North (e.g. Quito to Amsterdam) and we all like to interact with and co-create with our engaged community.

We take our work seriously but usually not ourselves… so come and work with us - where else can you do something a bit geeky and important that is also sometimes fun?!

Take a look at our current team and check out the org chart to see where our vacancies fit in. We especially encourage applications from people with backgrounds historically under-represented in research and scholarly communications.

Equal opportunities commitment

Crossref is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, pregnancy or a condition related to pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, uniform service member status, or any other protected class under applicable law. Crossref will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities in accordance with applicable law. We regularly review and revise our code of conduct.


Please contact our Head of HR, Michelle Cancel, with any questions.

UX Researcher

Do you want to help improve research communications in all corners of the globe? Come and join the world of non-profit open infrastructure and be part of improving the creation and sharing of knowledge as our new UX Researcher. Location: Remote and global, availability from 2-5pm UTC Mon-Fri to ensure sufficient overlap with the rest of the team. Type: Full-Time, 40 hours a week Mon-Fri. Remuneration: 80k USD equivalent. We pay salaries in the currency of the country in which you’re based. We arrive at the local USD-equivalent salary by determining the average 5-year USD exchange rate, to stabilise currency fluctuations. Benefits: Check out our Employee handbook for more details on paid time off, unlimited sick time, paid parental and medical leaves, and more. Reports to: Program Lead, Lena Stoll Timeline: Advertise in December 2025 (closing date is Dec 31st) and offer by end of January or beginning of February 2026 About the role Crossref develops its products and services through three cross-functional programs to guide and accelerate our work. We introduced this new approach to work towards better cross-team alignment, shared responsibility, improved communication and learning, and make more progress on the things our members and users need. The three programs focus on Co-creation and Community Trends, Contributing to the Research Nexus, and Open and Sustainable Operations. Like other functions such as Data Science and Metadata Development, the User Experience Researcher will work across all three programs to build a nuanced understanding of the Crossref community and its needs.

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Last updated: 2025-August-01