Senior Developer Relations Engineer (San Francisco, California)

Qdrant • San Francisco, CA

8h • Remote

About The Position

As Senior Developer Relations Engineer in San Francisco, you will lead Qdrant’s developer engagement in the Bay Area. This senior individual-contributor role combines hands-on engineering (about 40% of the time) with public speaking, technical content, and community building (about 60%). You will build relationships with engineers, founders, event organizers, and ecosystem partners to create joint projects and events, while producing talks and technical content for developers worldwide. You will also bring developer feedback to Qdrant’s core engineering team to help shape the product roadmap, launch initiatives, and mentor colleagues on the DevRel team.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering, Developer Relations, or technical marketing, including at least 3 years in Developer Relations.
• Experience independently delivering technical talks, workshops, and community programs, with examples of working applications and collaborations initiated.
• Strong software engineering skills in Python, Rust, TypeScript, or Go.
• Ability to build and debug applications using vector search, embeddings, and large language models, and explain their implementation and rationale in writing and presentations.
• Experience owning a DevRel program or initiative end to end, setting goals, choosing work, measuring results, and adapting based on outcomes.
• Experience influencing product or engineering decisions through developer feedback.
• Experience helping other team members grow through mentoring, reviews, or shared practices.
• Active participation in the Bay Area developer and AI community, with established relationships among engineers, event organizers, and founders.
• Strong judgment about AI tools and trends, and an understanding of developers’ needs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with search or information retrieval systems, or at a search company, and understanding of indexing, ranking, and relevance tuning.
• Applied research experience, including reading papers, running experiments or benchmarks, and translating findings into practical developer resources.
• An audience built through video or social media, such as YouTube tutorials, livestreams, or technical posts on X or LinkedIn.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain open-source demo applications, including retrieval pipelines, recommendation engines, and AI search tools.
• Prototype Qdrant use cases by experimenting with emerging approaches such as neural sparse encoders, agentic workflows, and AI memory.
• Write in-depth technical articles, record video tutorials, and create practical guides.
• Give talks and live-coding sessions at conferences, and lead Qdrant’s presence at hackathons and workshops.
• Work with the partnerships team to develop Bay Area relationships into joint workshops, demos, and speaking opportunities.
• Answer technical questions on Discord, X, LinkedIn, and Reddit, and relay developers’ needs to product and engineering teams.
• Own DevRel programs or initiatives end to end, setting goals and measuring outcomes such as adoption, community growth, or content reach.
• Mentor team members and help improve DevRel team practices.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with additional perks.
• Flexible working hours and an async-friendly culture.
• High ownership and real impact.
• Open-source, engineering-driven culture.
• Choice of laptop equipment.
• For US-based full-time employees: 401(k) match, health, dental, and vision insurance, and a flexible PTO policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed