Kiro Crew is an open source, persistent, self-evolving coding agent built on Kiro CLI. It started as an internal Amazon project where hundreds of engineers adopted it, filed bugs, contributed features, and shaped the product through direct feedback with the engineering team. That internal culture of contribution and trust is the foundation this role inherits.
Now Kiro Crew lives on GitHub, and we're opening this thriving internal community to the world. There's already an engaged developer base, established contribution norms, and a product team accustomed to building with community input. What's missing is someone to translate that internal energy into external growth among developers who don't yet know the project.
We're looking for an Open Source Community Manager to own that transition. You'll be the two-way bridge: representing the product to external developers while channeling their signal back to the team.
Key job responsibilities
Run the community day to day. Triage issues, moderate channels, answer and route questions, keep response times low.
Build the newcomer-to-contributor pipeline. Design welcome flows, starter docs, good first issues, and mentorship. Shepherd PRs to merge, grow repeat contributors into trusted reviewers, and recognize top members through a champions program.
Run recurring rituals. Community calls, office hours, AMAs, and challenges that turn visitors into regulars.
Create content and represent the project. Publish blogs, tutorials, and samples. Show up at meetups, hackathons, and conferences with hands-on workshops.
Amplify releases. Partner with engineering and DevRel to turn changelogs into launch stories across community channels and social.
Drive audience growth. Identify channels that reach the right developers, run experiments, measure what brings contributors who stay, and double down on what works. Build ecosystem relationships with adjacent tools and frameworks.
Be the community's voice inside AWS. Bring developer pain points and opportunities into roadmap conversations. Partner with PMM to keep positioning grounded in how developers actually talk about the tool.
Set the strategy. Define community health metrics and evolve the playbook as the project grows.
About the team
About the Team
The Open Source Strategy and Marketing (OSSM) team includes veterans from top open source companies and foundations alongside passionate newcomers. We help AWS service teams effectively engage with open source communities, media, analysts, and customers-increasing the scope of our open source involvement and helping people understand why it matters.
How You'll Work
You'll own the community function for Kiro Crew: setting direction, bringing proposals, not waiting for assignments. You'll partner closely with engineering, product, and product marketing: leaning on them for technical depth and roadmap context, while bringing them community signal, ecosystem context, and amplification. You'll also coordinate with developer advocacy on events, content, and partner work.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years of professional non-internship marketing experience
- Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements
- Experience with Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables)
- Experience building, executing and scaling cross-functional marketing programs
- Experience communicating results to senior leadership
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience creating and executing integrated marketing lead generation campaigns using tactics that include live or virtual events, webinars, email, lead nurture programs, and CRM/sales insights
- Experience with Salesforce and Tableau
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, San Francisco - 137,900.00 - 186,500.00 USD annually
USA, NC, Raleigh - 125,400.00 - 169,600.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 137,900.00 - 186,500.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 125,400.00 - 169,600.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 125,400.00 - 169,600.00 USD annually