Developer Relations

Summary

Join OpenZeppelin's Developer Relations team as the bridge between our development and product teams and the global developer community. Empower developers, nurture relationships, and ensure OpenZeppelin remains at the forefront of blockchain innovation and education excellence. You will create high-quality technical content (blogs, documentation, etc.), organize developer campaigns (livestreams, hackathons), and manage OpenZeppelin's presence at industry events. This role requires strong technical skills, experience in developer relations, and excellent communication abilities. The position is fully remote with flexible time off and other benefits. OpenZeppelin values diversity and is committed to building a diverse workforce.

Requirements

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in Developer Relations or a similar role
• 3+ years of experience working in the blockchain industry, with a solid technical background
• A proven track record of producing engaging, high-quality technical content across various channels
• Proficiency in building Solidity smart contracts is essential. While you won't be required to develop new smart contracts for production purposes, you should be able to produce smart contract examples, guides, and other technical content that clearly demonstrate best practices and our technology in action
• Prior experience organizing and executing large-scale developer events, hackathons, or community meetups
• Experience hosting or moderating live technical sessions, webinars, or virtual events
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to simplify complex technical topics for diverse audiences
• Strong project management skills with the ability to handle multiple initiatives simultaneously and work autonomously in a remote environment
• Strong attention to detail, highly organized

Responsibilities

• Create and curate high-quality technical content across multiple channels, including blogs, documentation, forums, and social media
• Develop comprehensive technical articles, coding guides, threads, and video tutorials that empower developers to leverage our tools and libraries
• Ideate, organize, and execute innovative developer campaigns such as monthly livestreams with industry experts, coding challenges (similar to Ethernaut or Speedrun Ethereum), weekly news digests, virtual hackathons, and more
• Act as a trusted advisor to developers, offering support, troubleshooting assistance, and guidance on best practices to use our technologies
• Organize and manage OpenZeppelin’s presence at offline events, conferences, hackathons, and other community initiatives
• Lead developer activations that showcase our technologies and build meaningful connections with the blockchain community
• Represent OpenZeppelin at key industry events, with travel commitments of 2-5 times per year

Preferred Qualifications

• An established social presence and network within the developer and blockchain communities
• Experience contributing to open source projects
• Hands-on coding experience in other languages relevant to blockchain development (e.g., Rust, Typescript, etc)
• Ability to leverage analytics and feedback to iterate on content and event strategies for continuous improvement

Benefits

• Company in-person gatherings in different locations around the world
• Fully remote work
• Flexible time off
• Paid parental leave
• One time work-from-home equipment stipend of up to $500 USD
• Medical insurance coverage
• Learning & Development opportunities