Developer Relations Lead — Community & Security Tools

Aikido Security; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive salary

Job summary

Aikido Security is seeking a hands-on Developer Relations (DevRel) professional based in San Francisco to actively engage with the developer community and shape how developers talk about our security products.

You will show up at meetups, hackathons, demo days, and events, building genuine relationships while collaborating with marketing and product to translate community insights into better messaging.

Qualifications

• Active involvement in the developer community and events.
• Existing developer network or recognizable face in dev circles.
• Ability to engage with engineers and organizations at events.
• Autonomous and proactive with in-person SF presence.

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 insights into messaging.
• Help grow Aikido’s reputation as a developer-first security company.

Skills

DevRel / Developer Advocacy

Community building

Public speaking

Developer marketing

Developer networking

Tools

Slack

Discord

Meetup platforms

Job description

Aikido Security is seeking a hands-on Developer Relations (DevRel) professional based in San Francisco to actively engage with the developer community and shape how developers talk about our security products.

You will show up at meetups, hackathons, demo days, and events, building genuine relationships while collaborating with marketing and product to translate community insights into better messaging.