Location: San FranciscoWe9re looking for someone in Developer Relations (DevRel) who is actively engaged in the developer community and well-connected across the developer ecosystem.
This is a hands-on, community-first role, not a content-only or purely strategic position. You9ll be actively engaging with developers in the real world: showing up at meetups, hackathons, demo days, and industry events, building genuine relationships, and helping shape how the developer community experiences and talks about Aikido.
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 Aikido9s reputation as a developer-first security company
- 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
What you can expect- High-impact position in a fast-growing company
- Competitive salary package
- A company that sticks to its values in an open and informal atmosphere (see our culture page on the website for more details)
- Flexibility in working hours
