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You will own the end-to-end developer relationship, from technical education and engage with community programs to product feedback and developer adoption.\nThis role sits at the intersection of Engineering, Product, Marketing, and the developer community. The right person can move fluidly between writing code, setting strategy, creating exceptional content, and representing Factory onstage and online (ex: conference talks, developer events, presentation, etc.)\nWhat you will do and achieve\nDefine and lead Factory’s developer relations strategy across technical content, community, events, partnerships, and social channels.\n\nBecome a visible external voice for Factory through LinkedIn, X, conferences, podcasts, livestreams, and developer communities.\n\nBuild practical technical resources, including tutorials, demos, sample applications, reference implementations, documentation, and case studies.\n\nShow developers how Droids improve real software development workflows and reduce the time required to experience Factory’s value.\n\nBuild an active, self-sustaining community of developers who learn from one another, share their work, and advocate for Factory.\n\nDevelop relationships with influential developers, open-source maintainers, AI companies, research groups, and technology partners.\n\nDesign and execute workshops, meetups, hackathons, launch programs, and conference activations.\n\nEstablish a strong feedback loop between developers and Factory’s Product and Engineering teams.\n\nMonitor shifts in AI, developer tools, and software engineering, then use those insights to keep Factory relevant and differentiated.\n\nAdvocate internally for developer-first decisions across the product, documentation, onboarding, and developer experience.\n\nDefine and report on measures of success, including developer adoption, engagement, content performance, community health, and product feedback.\n\nQualifications\nSignificant experience in developer relations, developer education, product management, software engineering, or technical leadership.\n\nDeep technical credibility and the ability to build, demo, and explain modern software development workflows.\n\nA respected presence in the developer community and a track record of producing content developers trust and share.\n\nExperience building and scaling developer communities, programs, or ecosystems.\n\nStrong familiarity with AI-assisted development, coding agents, developer tools, open source, and emerging engineering practices.\n\nThe ability to translate complex technical capabilities into clear, compelling narratives.\n\nExceptional written, verbal, on-camera, and public-speaking skills.\n\nStrong product instincts and experience working closely with Engineering and Product teams.\n\nA metrics-driven approach to developer adoption and community investment.\n\nHigh agency and the ability to build a function in a fast-moving environment with limited structure.\n\nA genuine passion for developer education and helping technical users succeed.\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\nDevelopers recognize Factory as a leading voice in AI-powered software development.\n\nFactory consistently publishes technical education that developers use, trust, and share.\n\nDevelopers can quickly understand Factory’s value and apply Droids to meaningful engineering work.\n\nFactory develops an active community of users, contributors, and advocates.\n\nCommunity insights directly improve Factory’s product and developer experience.\n\nDeveloper relations produces measurable growth in awareness, engagement, adoption, and retention.\n\nThis role is remote.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3832,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Information Technology","Software"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T17:21:10Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":108,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T21:39:20Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/factory-head-of-developer-relations","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/factory-head-of-developer-relations.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T21:39:20Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}