DevRel Architect: Build a Developer-First Security Community

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

Job summary

Aikido is seeking a Developer Relations professional in San Francisco to actively engage with the developer community, attend meetups, hackathons, demo days, and industry events, and help shape how developers talk about Aikido's security tools.

This hands-on, community-first role emphasizes real-world presence, building relationships with developers, founders, platform engineers, and security-minded builders, and collaborating with marketing and product to turn insights into compelling messaging.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

DevRel experience

Developer advocacy

Community leadership

Developer marketing

Active in developer ecosystem

Existing developer network

Content channels bonus

Strong communication

Job description

Aikido is seeking a Developer Relations professional in San Francisco to actively engage with the developer community, attend meetups, hackathons, demo days, and industry events, and help shape how developers talk about Aikido's security tools.

This hands-on, community-first role emphasizes real-world presence, building relationships with developers, founders, platform engineers, and security-minded builders, and collaborating with marketing and product to turn insights into compelling messaging.