Developer Relations

Aikido Security; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aikido Security is seeking a hands-on Developer Relations professional based in San Francisco to engage with the local and online developer community. You will attend meetups, hackathons, and industry events, building genuine relationships and shaping how developers talk about the company.

In this role you will collaborate with marketing and product to support launches, amplify events, and turn feedback into effective messaging while growing Aikido’s developer-first security narrative.

Qualifications

• Experience in Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy, community leadership, or developer marketing.
• Active in the developer ecosystem with regular meetups or events.
• Existing developer network or recognizable presence in parts of the community.
• Bonus: creates technical content (blog, newsletter, YouTube, podcast, social presence).

Responsibilities

• Be highly visible in the SF developer community (meetups, hackathons, demo days, conferences).
• 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.

Skills

Developer relations

Community leadership

Public speaking

Networking

Technical curiosity

Tools

GitHub

Slack

Discord

Job description

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.

Responsibilties

• 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

Job 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.