Developer Relations

Menlo Ventures; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Graphite is seeking a Developer Relations Manager to enhance community engagement and support developers using their code review platform. This role offers the chance to influence product direction and engage with a growing developer ecosystem in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Benefits

Competitive compensation packages

Top-tier health, dental, and vision coverage

16 weeks paid parental leave

4 weeks of vacation

Company-paid lunch, snacks, and coffee

401(k) retirement savings plan

Qualifications

• Experience in developer relations at a B2B software company.
• Proven success in building engaging content for technical audiences.
• Experience working with GTM and Product teams.

Responsibilities

• Engage with the developer community on social media.
• Develop engaging technical content to increase product awareness.
• Plan and execute hackathons to foster innovation.

Skills

Community Building

Content Creation

Technical Communication

Education

Computer Science Degree

Job description

Graphite builds consumer-quality tools for modern software engineering teams, so they can ship faster and create amazing products.

Our product

Graphiteis thecode review platform for the age of AI. Thousands of engineers at high-growth companies likeShopify, Datadog, Snowflake,Asana,andRampuse Graphite on top of their GitHub repos every day to ship pull requests faster. Graphite takes best-in-class workflows andtoolingfromcompanies like Google and Meta and extends them to help engineerswrite and review code collaboratively with increasingly capable AI agents.

Our company

We’re a small-but-mighty team of 35 based in Manhattan in the heart of Soho, with a passionate and rapidly growing group of users at top engineering orgs like Shopify, Snowflake, Ramp, and Asana. We’re looking to expand our team to the San Francisco Bay Area, and this would be one of our founding members on the west coast!

We've raised a $52mil Series B (featured in TechCrunch) led byChristine Esserman, following a previous $20mil Series A fromPeter Levineat Andreessen Horowitz (who led GitHub's Series A). Other investors include folks likeTom Preston-Werner(founder of GitHub),Sam Lambert(Planetscale CEO & ex-GitHub CTO),Sebastian Markbåge(creator of React), andmany more.

Our culture centers on putting people first, applying science and craft, practicing disciplined ambition, and giving ownership - both literally (with equity) and in the responsibility and scope you’ll have as a part of our early team. Outside of work you’ll find us brewing espresso drinks, producing music, or practicing yoga. We can’t wait to see what you’ll add to the mix!

About the role

Graphite is looking for a Developer relations manager to help grow our community and support developers in getting the most out of our product. This role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and offers the opportunity to be on the ground floor of a growing devtools company, with real influence on both product direction and community engagement. In this role, you’ll create content, connect with engineers online and in person, and contribute to product education and adoption. You’ll work closely with the product, engineering, & GTM teams to help shape how Graphite shows up in the developer ecosystem and ensure we’re building with our community in mind.

We’re rethinking how fast-moving engineering teams write and review code—and we know the best ideas come from ambitious, curious people who are close to the problem.

What you’ll do

• Engage with our developer community on social media platforms including, but not limited to, Reddit, X, LinkedIn & more to drive brand awareness, brand loyalty, and knowledge of product development.

• Build groundswell of positive public sentiment and community both physically or virtually.

• Attend developer-focused conferences & participate in Graphite-run events.

• Develop engaging technical content to increase feature/product awareness.

• Lead the planning, execution, and support of hackathons to engage developer communities, showcase product capabilities, and foster innovation through hands-on collaboration and technical evangelism.

• Work collaboratively with our GTM & Product teams to develop strong messaging to communicate to technical audiences.

What we’re looking for

• Someone who has led developer relations at a developer tools/B2B Software company.

• Someone who has experience building a strong sense of technical community around a product

• Someone who has worked collaboratively with both GTM & Product teams.

• Someone with proven success in building both engaging & unique content to technical audiences

Nice to haves

• Someone with a technical background whether it be a computer science degree or former experience in a software development role

• Someone how has experiene building Video & Audio content with a proof of subscription

Life at Graphite

• Competitive comp (160-190k base + equity). We're backed by some of the best investors and are excited to offer competitive compensation packages.

• Role trajectory.We're excited to build a team whose responsibilities and comp to grow as we do.

• Benefits.Top-tier health, dental, and vision coverage and 16 weeks paid parental leave.

• Time to decompress.We ask that our team take 4 weeks of vacation a year to unplug and unwind.

• The team that eats together.Company-paid lunch, snacks, and coffee during workdays.

• 401(k):Helps you save for retirement.

As a team, we're very aware of the systemic structural issues that have created inequalities for many communities, especially in the tech industry. We recognize that women and underrepresented minorities are statistically less likely to apply for a role that they feel unqualified for. If you are interested in this role but you’re concerned about not meeting all requirements, we encourage you to apply anyway - we'd love to get to know you and see if there's a place for you here at Graphite!