Developer Relations Lead — Community & Security Tools

Syndicate; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Aikido in San Francisco is seeking a Developer Relations professional to actively engage the developer community and shape how developers experience Aikido.

This hands-on, community-first role requires showing up at meetups, hackathons, and industry events, building genuine relationships, and helping shape messaging with marketing and product. In-person in SF with autonomy and equity opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Developer Relations, DevRel, or developer marketing.
• Active in the developer ecosystem with meetups, events, or conferences.
• Existing developer network or recognizable presence in the community.
• Comfortable talking with developers and engineers; strong curiosity about tech.

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.

Skills

Developer Relations

Community Engagement

Public Speaking

Event Planning

Networking

Job description

Aikido in San Francisco is seeking a Developer Relations professional to actively engage the developer community and shape how developers experience Aikido.

This hands-on, community-first role requires showing up at meetups, hackathons, and industry events, building genuine relationships, and helping shape messaging with marketing and product. In-person in SF with autonomy and equity opportunities.