Developer Relations

Summary

Join the Ethereum Foundation's Privacy and Scaling Explorations (PSE) team as a passionate Developer Relations professional. Your mission is to make cutting-edge cryptographic tools accessible to developers, build a thriving community, and promote these technologies. You will act as a bridge between PSE engineers and external developers, creating resources, hosting events, and supporting community growth. This role requires strong communication and community-building skills, along with technical proficiency. You'll be involved in content creation, event organization, and collaboration with ecosystem players. If you're excited about empowering developers and advancing cryptographic adoption, this is the ideal opportunity.

Requirements

• 2+ years of DevRel or relevant professional experience
• Skills that enable open community participation, foster active discussions, and promote continuous knowledge sharing
• Proven ability to simplify and communicate complex technical concepts in developer-friendly terms
• Demonstrated experience fostering developer communities, ideally in blockchain or cryptography ecosystems
• Basic programming knowledge (e.g., JavaScript, Solidity) and familiarity with blockchain and cryptographic frameworks
• A track record of open-source contributions (e.g., on GitHub)
• Self-motivated, collaborative, and comfortable in a remote, decentralized working environment
• Patience and dedication when engaging with external developers and supporting communities

Responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact for developers, shaping their experience with PSE tools, addressing challenges, and driving the adoption of cryptographic technologies through actionable feedback
• Produce high-quality documentation, tutorials, and learning materials, including developer blogs, GitHub repositories, and video tutorials tailored to various audiences
• Lead initiatives to build and nurture a thriving global community of developers passionate about advancing cryptographic innovation
• Organize and participate in developer events, workshops, and online forums, which may occasionally require travel, to foster the adoption of technologies
• Identify and resolve pain points in the developer journey, enhancing the usability of tools and resources in the ecosystem
• Track and improve community adoption metrics (e.g., projects built, repository activity, engagement in community channels) with a focus on achieving measurable goals
• Build relationships with key ecosystem players, groups, and projects to drive collaborative initiatives and promote public goods
• Develop and execute an event roadmap, prioritizing opportunities to showcase PSE’s tools and solutions
• Assist in the development of new features and improvements by providing testing support and sharing feedback from external developers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience presenting at conferences or running community workshops
• Familiarity with zero-knowledge proofs or advanced cryptographic techniques
• Hands-on experience building smart contracts and ZK circuits, in particular Circom and Halo2