Head of DevRel: Global, Remote, Equity & Impact

Content Creators; New York (NY); Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment - remote

Healthcare - employer contributions

Equity in the company

Time off - flexible policy

USD$500 Home office setup for remote

Job summary

ClickHouse is seeking a Head of Developer Relations to lead a globally distributed team and shape the developer journey—from onboarding to advanced tutorials and community-building initiatives. You will partner with product, marketing, and engineering to align strategy with growth metrics and open-source collaboration.

You will own the developer experience, events, content programs, and owned channels, while maintaining a strong focus on measurable outcomes and international collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a developer relations or community team at an infrastructure company.
• Strong ability to write the demo, ship the tutorial, and work with engineers on how a database works.
• Experience running developer events and speaking programs with intentional audience selection.
• Experience building developer education or content programs that scale beyond the original creators.
• Experience growing owned developer channels (YouTube, newsletter, podcast, or similar) to a real audience.
• Ability to quantify community work and tie it to signups and pipeline.
• Willingness to travel at least 25% of the time.
• DevRel or community leadership around an open-source project with a real community and trusted governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and grow a globally distributed team of developer advocates and set long-term strategy with leadership, including headcount and budget planning.
• Own the developer experience from onboarding to feedback loops, documenting friction points and communicating needs to product and engineering.
• Represent the function to customers, partners, and the open-source community, on stage and in podcasts.
• Set measurable targets across community channels and developer experience, reporting results as a growth channel.
• Build a champions program with tracks for customers and open-source users to grow the community.
• Develop owned channels (YouTube, newsletters, podcasts, creators) and create a publishing system for tutorials, videos, and posts.
• Manage the developer-event portfolio (meetups, talks, practitioner sessions) with outcomes and recordings.
• Shape education content (tutorials, workshops, courses, certs) with teams across product marketing and engineering.
• Collaborate with regional field marketing to support in-region developer programs and partner ecosystems.

Skills

Developer relations leadership

Community growth

Distributed team management

Open-source ecosystem

Developer events

Technical content creation

Content channels strategy

Metrics and reporting

Global travel

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

ClickHouse is seeking a Head of Developer Relations to lead a globally distributed team and shape the developer journey—from onboarding to advanced tutorials and community-building initiatives. You will partner with product, marketing, and engineering to align strategy with growth metrics and open-source collaboration.

You will own the developer experience, events, content programs, and owned channels, while maintaining a strong focus on measurable outcomes and international collaboration.