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Whether chatting alongside a livestreaming event, receiving realtime financial information, or working with colleagues in an online collaborative environment - consumers simply expect realtime digital experiences as standard. At Ably we’re not just witnessing this revolution, we’re powering it - at scale.\nAt the heart of our mission lies a commitment to putting developers first. Ably provides a suite of products to build, extend, and deliver powerful digital experiences in realtime, delivering billions of messages for millions of devices every day and supporting organizations like Harness, EA, Panasonic and HubSpot.\nWorking at Ably means helping to build the infrastructure and technology that will power and shape the future of the internet. The opportunity in front of us is immense. And we’d like your help.\nAbout this role\nDevelopers increasingly choose infrastructure through direct evaluation, peer recommendation, and what AI assistants tell them - not search rankings alone. We're looking for a Developer Relations Manager to build Ably's presence, trust, and credibility with developers evaluating Ably AI Transport. You'll sit within the Marketing team, working closely with Developer Experience and Product.\nThis is a foundational role; Ably hasn't had a dedicated DevRel function in some time, and you'll be building it back up from the ground. You'll be the voice of the developer inside Ably and the voice of Ably to developers: understanding what's genuinely driving or blocking adoption, and using that to shape our community presence, technical content, and product conversations. You'll use AI to move faster across research, writing, and experimentation, and you already have a credible voice in developer circles. At Ably, you'll help create the conditions for our engineers and product people to build theirs too.\nDay to day, you will\nBe the feedback loop between developers and Ably. You’ll talk to developers evaluating and using Ably AI Transport - through community engagement, conversations, and events - and turn what you hear into clear, specific input for Product and Engineering. Things like \"reconnection failures keep coming up in the LangGraph community\" or \"the Temporal objection keeps recurring across evaluations\" are the kind of signal that changes what we prioritise and how we talk about the product.\nBuild a genuine presence in the Temporal and Vercel communities. You’ll show up where the right practitioners already gather: contributing real knowledge, engaging in technical debate, building relationships. You’ll also help create the conditions for Ably's engineers and product people to participate authentically alongside you.\nTurn insight into technical education. You’ll write guides, and demos that help developers solve real problems with Ably. Content will be specific, honest about failure modes, and written for the senior engineer evaluating Ably for production use.\n Help improve documentation quality. You’ll work with the DevEx and AI Transport engineering teams to keep technical content accurate and easy for developers (and AI coding assistants) to use, and flag the gaps that get in the way.\nWhat success looks like\nClear, specific developer feedback that visibly shapes what Product and Engineering build and prioritise, and in turn helps marketing and commercial teams tune messaging\nA credible, genuinely engaged presence in the Temporal community, growing into Vercel and other framework communities.\nTechnical content and demos, grounded in real developer insight, that get shared without prompting and drive self-serve signups.\nAbly showing up accurately when developers ask AI assistants to support technical evaluations and builds.\nWe'd love to talk if you have\nPrevious DevRel, developer marketing, or developer education experience at a developer-first infrastructure company.\nA technical background: you can write real code against an API, read a technical architecture, and hold your own in a conversation with an engineering team.\nExperience engaging directly with developers and turning what you hear into specific, actionable insight that changes what a product or engineering team does next.\nExperience building or growing a developer community, with a clear sense of what makes one healthy versus what makes one large.\nA genuine understanding of how developers evaluate and adopt new tools, including how AI assistants now shape that process.\nA track record of technical writing that developers actually read and share, and a natural inclination to voice your thinking in public (guides, opinions, technical takes). You love putting your work and ideas out there - it's just how you operate, not something a role has to ask of you.\nA point of view on realtime infrastructure and AI development patterns, backed by enough technical depth to hold a credible conversation about where AI Transport's session layer sits relative to orchestration frameworks like Temporal.\nStrong cross-functional instincts; comfortable collaborating across Product, Engineering and commercial teams.\nBonus points if you have\nAn existing developer audience: a blog, newsletter, YouTube channel, or social following that's genuinely engaged.\nDirect experience with WebSocket infrastructure, pub/sub, or realtime APIs, or building AI products that need streaming and session management.\nWhat’s it like to work at Ably?\nWe’re tackling planet-scale problems and our ambitions are a testament to that. You’ll join a successful, deeply motivated and collaborative team that thrives on innovation, experimentation and autonomy. To get a sense of life at Ably, visit our careers page. You can also read about the origins of Ably's core values on our blog.\nWe believe in fostering a culture that's built on inclusivity and mutual respect among all team members, and we recognise that each individual is different and will want to be supported in their role in different ways. We provide a range of perks and benefits to aid folks' development and wellbeing, allowing them to be their best selves and do great work.\nA remote-first and flexible work environment. UK-based teams come together in person once per month in our London hub (next to Old Street) and we get together as a company twice per year. Aside from that, you’re welcome to work wherever suits best for you.\nEquity. We’re a growing start-up and we want all team to members to share in the success of the company through our EMI share options programme.\nEnhanced holiday allowance. Our policy provides Ablyans with 28 days of paid annual leave (27 regular days, plus a day off to enjoy your birthday).\nEnhanced parental leave package, so that you can take the time you need to get to know your new family member, rest and recover.\nHome workstation budget of £500 on joining (and £150 p/a thereafter), so that your home office is set up to serve you well and that you have everything you need to work comfortably.\nPersonal learning and development budget of £1000 annually, and 5% L&D time during working hours to focus on improving your skillset.\nPrivate healthcare with BUPA.\nMedical cash plan to cover a range medical and dental costs.\nMental wellbeing coaching and counselling from Self Space.\nMonthly wellbeing budget via Juno.\nLife assurance and income protection.\nAccess to Tech & Cycle to Work schemes.\nWeekly snack allowance for our end-of-week “Need To Know” meeting.\nA fully-paid one-month sabbatical after five years with Ably.\nDiversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Ably\nWe believe our differences as individuals is what makes us great. Our people are at the heart of what we do, and we encourage everyone to be their most authentic self at Ably: we see inclusivity and openness as fundamental to creating long-term success as an organization. We encourage applications from all backgrounds regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, race, religion, educational background or neurodiversity. Ably has an amazing opportunity ahead of us, and we want anyone to be able to contribute to that opportunity.\nIf you enjoy working as part of a technology company, value open source, and love solving hard problems - then we’d love to hear from you, regardless of whether you fit the job description exactly or not. 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