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About Zencoder
Zencoder is a universal AI platform focused on integrating generative coding workflows into existing developer tools and infrastructure. Connect any CLI to any IDE, starting with Claude Code, Codex, and Zen CLI, while leveraging Zencoder's proprietary enterprise-grade features like multi-repo intelligence. The platform supports on-premise, hybrid, or cloud deployment, with air-gapped and zero-VPC options to maintain enterprise security. Through modular "Zen Agents," Zencoder codifies team practices into shareable, autonomous workflows that continuously code, test, and deploy.
The Opportunity
As a Developer Relations Engineer, you’ll be the bridge between Zencoder and the developer community, serving as both an advocate for developers and an evangelist for Zencoder’s products and services. You’ll engage with developers to build relationships, provide community support, and advocate for Zencoder’s products and services. This role involves creating educational content, being a technical ambassador, representing Zencoder at events, gathering feedback, and collaborating closely with various teams to drive product adoption and community engagement.
Key Responsibilities
- Community Engagement: Build and nurture relationships within the developer community. Actively participate in forums, social media, and other developer platforms to understand and address the needs of developers.
- Developer Advocacy: Serve as a technical ambassador for Zencoder, presenting at conferences, meetups, and webinars. Share best practices, deliver compelling presentations, and lead technical workshops to demonstrate the value of Zencoder’s AI platform.
- Technical Content Creation: Develop high-quality technical content, including blog posts, tutorials, sample code, and video guides. Collaborate with the Content Strategy team to create resources that educate and engage developers.
- Pre-Sales Support: Work with the sales and marketing teams to provide technical demos and answer technical questions for potential customers. Assist in developing solutions tailored to customers’ needs and provide technical expertise during the sales process.
- Developer Support & Success: Act as a liaison between developers and the product team. Collect feedback, identify pain points, and ensure developers have a seamless experience using Zencoder’s products.
- Developer Experience Improvement: Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to enhance developer UX/UI with Zencoder, ensuring a smooth developer experience.
- Event Participation: Represent Zencoder at industry events, hackathons, and developer conferences. Engage with developers in person and online, showcasing Zencoder’s technology and fostering a sense of community.
- Coach and Develop Internal Talent: Coach and mentor engineering team members with limited experience in public speaking and writing, encouraging and helping them build their skills and apply for industry conferences and other opportunities to promote Zencoder’s employer brand.
Who you are
- Technical Background: Strong experience in software development, with proficiency in languages such as Python, JavaScript, Java and Rust. Familiarity with AI concepts, LLMs, and RAG is a plus.
- Industry expert: Proven track record of successfully getting speaking abstracts accepted at high-profile technical conferences.
- Strong Communicator: Excellent public speaking and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Content Creator: Skilled in creating technical content, including documentation, tutorials, blog posts, and videos that resonate with the developer community.
- Community-Focused: Passionate about building and engaging with developer communities. Experience in community management and open-source projects is a plus.
- Customer-Centric: Ability to understand developer pain points and provide tailored solutions. Experience in pre-sales engineering or customer support is beneficial.
- Team Player: Comfortable working cross-functionally with sales, marketing, product, and engineering teams to drive product adoption and community engagement.
Essential Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in software development, developer relations, or a related technical field.
- Strong understanding of AI concepts, LLMs, and developer tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven experience in presenting at conferences, meetups, or webinars.
- Ability to create engaging technical content for various platforms.
- Familiarity with open-source communities and developer platforms like GitHub.
Why Join For Good AI?
- Impact: Gen AI will change how companies develop software in the next two years. Be at the frontier of that AI work, building a category-leading product in a huge market. You will have an everyday opportunity to innovate.
- Growth potential: Thrive in a high-growth AI startup combining personal and career growth.
- High Talent Density: Collaborate daily with our team of top-notch engineers and our founder, Andrew Filev.
- Flexibility: We hire globally, prioritizing talent over location. Work where you’re most productive and comfortable.
Zencoder is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
