Director of Developer Experience & Community (Remote)

Factory; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Factory is seeking a deeply technical Head of Developer Relations to define how developers discover, understand, and build with Factory, including education, content, and external representation.

You will own end-to-end developer relationships, engage with community programs, gather product feedback, and drive developer adoption across engineering, product, and marketing. The role blends coding, strategy, content, and public speaking.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in developer relations, developer education, product management, software engineering, or technical leadership.
• Deep technical credibility and the ability to build, demo, and explain modern software development workflows.
• A respected presence in the developer community and a track record of producing content developers trust and share.
• Experience building and scaling developer communities, programs, or ecosystems.
• Strong familiarity with AI-assisted development, coding agents, developer tools, open source, and emerging engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead Factory’s developer relations strategy across technical content, community, events, partnerships, and social channels.
• Become a visible external voice for Factory through LinkedIn, X, conferences, podcasts, livestreams, and developer communities.
• Build practical technical resources, including tutorials, demos, sample applications, reference implementations, documentation, and case studies.
• Show developers how Droids improve real software development workflows and reduce the time required to experience Factory’s value.
• Build an active, self-sustaining community of developers who learn from one another, share their work, and advocate for Factory.
• Develop relationships with influential developers, open-source maintainers, AI companies, research groups, and technology partners.
• Design and execute workshops, meetups, hackathons, launch programs, and conference activations.
• Establish a strong feedback loop between developers and Factory’s Product and Engineering teams.
• Monitor shifts in AI, developer tools, and software engineering, then use those insights to keep Factory relevant and differentiated.
• Advocate internally for developer-first decisions across the product, documentation, onboarding, and developer experience.
• Define and report on measures of success, including developer adoption, engagement, content performance, community health, and product feedback.

Skills

Developer relations

Technical credibility

Community presence

Developer communities

AI-assisted development

Clear communication

Public speaking

Product instincts

Metrics-driven

Developer education

High agency

Job description

Factory is seeking a deeply technical Head of Developer Relations to define how developers discover, understand, and build with Factory, including education, content, and external representation.

You will own end-to-end developer relationships, engage with community programs, gather product feedback, and drive developer adoption across engineering, product, and marketing. The role blends coding, strategy, content, and public speaking.