Developer Relations

About the role

We're looking for someone in Developer Relations (DevRel) who is actively engaged in the developer community and well-connected across the developer ecosystem. This is a hands-on, community-first role, not a content-only or purely strategic position. You'll be actively engaging with developers in the real world: showing up at meetups, hackathons, demo days, and industry events, building genuine relationships, and helping shape how the developer community experiences and talks about Aikido.

Responsibilities

• Be highly visible in the SF developer community (meetups, hackathons, demo days, conferences, informal events)
• Build and maintain relationships with developers, founders, platform engineers, DevOps engineers, and security-minded builders
• Represent Aikido at developer meetups, conferences, and community events
• Help organize and host Aikido meetups, happy hours, workshops, and developer events
• Actively engage with the developer community online (X, Slack, Discord, developer forums)
• Collaborate with marketing and product to: Support launches, Amplify events, and turn community insights into better messaging
• Help grow Aikido's reputation as a developer-first security company

Requirements

• Experience in Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy (DevRel), community leadership, or developer marketing
• Background working with developer tools, DevOps platforms, or security products is a strong plus
• Already active in the developer ecosystem, regularly attends meetups, events, or community gatherings
• Has an existing developer network or is a recognizable face within parts of the developer community
• Bonus: runs or contributes to personal content channels (blog, newsletter, YouTube, podcast, social presence)
• Comfortable talking with developers and engineers, technical curiosity matters more than being an expert
• Social, approachable, and genuinely enjoys meeting people
• Proactive, self-directed, and comfortable operating with a high level of autonomy
• Based in San Francisco and excited to be in-person and out in the developer community

What you can expect

• Short decision lines. Big ownership. Shape the projects that matter and ship fast
• Grow as fast as we do. Take on more, own more, and carve out your own path
• Top-tier tech pay and equity
• High trust, strong values, zero corporate BS
• Flexibility in working hours
• A company that sticks to its values in an open and informal atmosphere. We hire for talent, drive, and potential. Everything else is noise