Head of Developer Relations in Calyptia

We are seeking a Head of Developer Relations to build and own Calyptia’s developer advocacy practice. This ideal candidate will develop strategies to build a growing community, attract passionate ambassadors, and establish thought leadership in relevant dev ecosystems. At a high level, you will generate broad awareness of Calyptia, Fluentd, and Fluent Bit. You will communicate with and also learn from this community to ensure that we continue to develop and evolve products to meet their diverse requirements.

Calyptia is an open-source company that focuses on solving Observability challenges for cloud environments. We are the creators and maintainers of Open Source projects Fluentd and Fluent Bit.

We build Enterprise products, Developer tools, and open-source projects around the Fluent ecosystem. Fluent Bit is deployed more than 2 million times per day, the enterprises and specifically Cloud providers like AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure depend on this technology.

We are a startup, so the responsibilities of this role will be both broad and deep - and we’re moving very quickly, so you’ll need to prioritize effectively and establish processes to ensure we are making the best use of resources to achieve company objectives.

Community

• Community Development — Build relationships and develop trust to transform our product user base into an active and engaging community. Ensure that we are listening to users and building solutions that solve their most significant challenges and make their lives easier.
• Product Evangelism — Get out and talk to everyone you can and extol the virtues of using Fluent Bit and Fluentd — convert the masses. You’ll also need to become an expert, have credibility, and demonstrate how the product works.
• Events — Own and coordinate developer event planning to maximize coverage and product adoption.
• Partner Development — Create programs and messaging to build a network of partners to extend our product capabilities and facilitate developer use.

Content

• Open-Source Product Messaging — Construct product messaging to articulate our technology's value, what challenges it solves, and how users can benefit from our solutions now.
• Developer Enablement — Develop a ton of content to support developer discovery and use of our solutions. Establish programs, create materials, and conduct training to ensure our users are fully supported. Do everything you can to empower developers.
• Product Input — Develop a process to incorporate all the input you obtain through your conversations with end-users into our product development process to ensure we build solutions that practitioners want and need.

• Developer-obsessed - you delight in ensuring developer success.
• Metrics-driven - you are focused on measurable results and make decisions based on objective data.
• Ownership Mentality - you are the sole owner of your vision and initiatives and will do what is required to ensure success.
• Bias for Action - you favor speed and action and are not afraid to fail
• Problem solver - you don’t let anything get in your way and are capable of resolving blockers
• You have hands-on experience as a contributor to open source software projects with bonus points for experience with Kubernetes, Prometheus, or similar projects
• Ability to understand Calyptia’s technology at its core functions and articulate the benefits of the technology at a business level
• Comfort and experience with public speaking
• Ability to create written and video product materials
• Expertise in social media engagement

• We are an internationally distributed, multicultural team of smart, humble, and driven innovators constantly leveling up personally and professionally.
• We are curious, tenacious, and resilient. We champion diversity and strive to create conditions that provide everyone with the opportunity to thrive.
• We move fast and prioritize connection and growth.
• Our work is global, and so is our team. We are a distributed, remote-first team with employees in the US, Costa Rica, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Columbia, India, Nigeria, Japan, Australia, Brazil, the UK, and Turkey.
• We embrace work-life integration aiming to unify our work, responsibilities, relationships, and leisures into meaningful and well-lived days. Our culture is one of self-accountability.
• You will work on a team with passionate individuals from around the globe. Collaboration at Calyptia regularly requires a flexible schedule.

• Our work is global, and so is our team. We are a distributed, remote-first team with employees in the US, Costa Rica, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Columbia, India, Nigeria, Japan, Australia, Brazil, the UK, and Turkey.
• We embrace work-life integration aiming to unify our work, responsibilities, relationships, and leisures into meaningful and well-lived days.
• You will work on a team with passionate individuals from around the globe. Collaboration at Calyptia regularly requires a flexible schedule.

Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customer base, but we also strive for the same in our employees. At Calyptia, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.