Developer Relations Engineer

About the role

The Developer Relations Engineer will act as the technical voice for developer communities while feeding real‑world insights back to product and engineering teams. Based in Ireland and working in a remote‑first environment, you will bridge open‑source contributors and internal stakeholders to improve tooling, workflows, and adoption of cloud‑native technologies.

Key responsibilities

• Engage with developer communities on forums, events, social platforms, and open‑source channels to gather feedback and strengthen relationships.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and marketing teams to align developer experience improvements and technical messaging.
• Create high‑quality technical content such as documentation, blog posts, tutorials, reference architectures, and presentations.
• Deliver talks, workshops, and conference sessions to represent developer needs and promote best practices.
• Identify gaps in developer tooling and workflows, propose improvements, and validate them with engineering teams.
• Support cross‑team initiatives to boost adoption and usability of Linux‑based and cloud‑native ecosystems.
• Act as a bridge between contributors and internal teams, ensuring continuous, actionable feedback loops.

Required profile

• Proven experience as a software engineer with strong exposure to open‑source ecosystems.
• Solid understanding of Linux systems, software packaging, and modern deployment models such as containers and cloud‑native workflows.
• Familiarity with packaging and distribution formats such as snaps, debs, pip, or container‑based tooling.
• Experience engaging with developer communities through advocacy, documentation, or technical evangelism.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, able to explain complex technical topics clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and collaborate across distributed, multicultural teams.
• Hands‑on programming experience and ability to contribute to technical discussions.

Required skills

• Linux
• Containers
• Cloud‑native workflows
• Snaps
• Deb packages
• Pip
• Software packaging

What we offer

• Competitive compensation reviewed annually based on performance and location.
• Performance‑based annual bonus.
• Remote‑first working model with global collaboration.