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You'll help devs get to value faster, create moments that reinforce the cult of Buildkite and feed the org the hard truth about what's confusing, what's missing, and what we should ship next.We're only interested in candidates with genuine technical depth and strong public judgment. Someone who can teach, demo, debug and influence platform direction.What You'll DoShip a dev-first demand engineOwn campaign execution across priority pillars, from concept→asset plan→launch→iterationBuild programs that serve devs and buyers; credibility up top, clarity in the middle, conversion at the bottomCreate a repeatable cadence that aligns our Labs (Brand Systems + Dev Voice + GTM) intoBe the technical advocate devs trustShow up in the right places with real, honest and technical insights and answersTeach CI concepts and Buildkite workflows in formats engineers respectBuild credibility by engaging with realityAccelerate adoption with education and practical pathwaysDesign learning paths that reduce time-to-first-value: onboarding guides, implementation walkthroughs, etcPartner with Product/Support to turn recurring confusion into better docs, better defaults, and better UXHelp teams migrate and modernise safely by demystifying CI and making it clear what good looks likePartner with customers (large, small and OSS) to share technical war stories and value-first storytelling, both for CI and for deeper orchestrationTurn proof into public artifactsCo-create with Content Engineering and Content Writing to turn technical reality into distributable proofCapture and publish dev-grade assets that answer real questions and survive scrutinyMaintain a high bar for public artifactsRun signal capture for the whole orgCollect what devs are asking, what objections repeat, what patterns emerge and route it to the right ownersMake signal legible; categorise, quantify, and tell the truth clearly, even if it's uncomfortableClose the loop; ensure signal turns into shipped fixesBuild durable advocacy and champion pathwaysIdentify and nurture champions; power users, repeat contributors, future speakersCreate pathways from curious→capable→confident→advocate, with the assets and moments needed at each stepPartner with Dev Events to turn field moments into ongoing relationships and durable community pullRun an OS that compoundsYou'll operate with a cadence that scales beyond any single person:Education loop; teach→observe confusion→update assets→improve onboardingSignal loop; capture→normalise→route→actionProof loop; identify gaps→co-build proof→validate→publish→reuseAdoption loop; guides/patterns→activation→support deflection→iterationAdvocacy loop; champions→moments→contributions→amplificationCoherence loop; align with Brand/GTM/Dev Voice→reduce driftWhat You BringThis role only works with technical credibility and public judgment.You've shipped and operated real systems and can hold your own in CI/CD conversationsProven DevRel experience with evidence of impactExcellent technical communicationYou can design experiences that land, and you can recover when things break liveYou know what erodes trust and you protect credibility relentlesslyYou can run loops and build reusable assetsYou partner with Product, Eng, Support, Brand, and Sales while staying anchored to technical truthYou can define success signals and report simply, clearly and regularlyYou document what you learn so the org compoundsYou see gaps, you ship fixesNice-to-havesDeep CI/CD or DevOps experienceOSS contributions or public technical proofExperience supporting enterprise evaluation and migration motionsExperience collaborating on events programmingComfort building agentic tooling / workflow automation to support DevRel systemsHow We WorkAutonomously, with agency; you'll join a small team of high-performing ICs, with the ability to drive and influence business impact from the startAsync by default, with focused sync for decisions, pairing, and unblock momentsWe ship iteratively; small releases, tight feedback loops, measurable improvementsWe document and work in the open; decisions, risks, tradeoffs, fails, the lotWe aim for craft and delight, but we don't worship polish over progress• Why Join BuildkiteAt Buildkite, we value kindness, autonomy, and collaboration. 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