Head of Developer Education, Kiro

About the role

The Head of Developer Education for Kiro is responsible for defining, building, and scaling Kiro’s developer experience and enablement. The role involves crafting a comprehensive education strategy that enhances developer engagement and adoption of Kiro’s AI agents.

Responsibilities

• Define and continually refine Kiro’s developer education strategy and long-term roadmap.
• Build compelling, structured learning paths and own the developer learning experience as a strategic lever for product growth and trust.
• Produce high-impact education artifacts such as tutorials, walkthroughs, how-to guides, best-practice playbooks, code samples, interactive labs, long and short videos.
• Translate complex agentic AI concepts into clear, actionable lessons that developers can apply immediately.
• Partner with engineering to keep educational content aligned with product changes and releases.
• Systematically gather developer feedback on learning pain points, confusing workflows, and patterns of failure.
• Communicate insights back to Product and Engineering to reduce friction and improve the overall product experience.
• Use telemetry and qualitative user signals to measure and improve education impact.
• Lead programs that integrate education into community touchpoints such as office hours, workshops, webinars, events, and interactive sessions.
• Enable internal and external educators to represent Kiro’s best practices and workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or related STEM fields, or equivalent experience in software development.
• 10+ years of experience in developer education, developer experience, developer relations, technical content leadership, or related roles.
• Deep technical fluency — understanding of developer workflows, ability to read/write code, and capability to explain technical concepts clearly.
• Proven success creating structured learning paths and educational content that measurably improve user outcomes.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with product, engineering, support, and community teams.
• Experience with AI-assisted or intelligent developer tools, and familiarity with how developers adopt new paradigms.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement savings options, paid time off, and parental leave. For more information, visit our benefits page.