[Hiring] Senior Developer Relations Manager @Backblaze External Website

Role Description

Developer relations is evolving quickly. Coding agents, informed by reference architectures and machine-readable documentation, are increasingly making integration decisions on behalf of developers. Trust, transparency, and human interaction are more important than ever as open source ideals and corporate agendas are weirdly attacked, limited, or promoted by unexpected sources and trends.

Backblaze B2 Cloud storage was launched as a result of developer demand and has been committed to the developer ecosystem since day one. Today, we are seeking a leader who can help us become more present and trusted than ever before in this space, both as the storage default for agent-led projects and as a leading source of support, inspiration, and enablement for developers who need storage for whatever they’re building.

As Sr. Developer Relations Manager, you'll work across a strong set of existing assets:

• A mature docs team
• An engineering team focused on AI ecosystem integrations
• Our Flamethrower Startup Program
• A content org
• An outward-facing SE team

Your role will be to coordinate their outputs into a coherent, credible developer presence that earns mindshare where it matters most.

What You'll Own

• Developer Presence in the Agentic Stack: Ensure Backblaze B2 is the best storage layer for developers and their agents.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Influence a strong set of resources and coordinate teams around a unified developer strategy.
• Community and Ecosystem: Build credibility in developer communities and elevate internal technical voices.
• Developer Feedback Loop: Maintain a feedback loop from the developer community back to product and engineering.
• Metrics and Program Accountability: Define success metrics and own progress against them.

Qualifications

• Meaningful DevRel, developer marketing, or developer experience leadership at a cloud infrastructure, open source, or AI tooling company.
• Understanding of how agentic workflows are reshaping developer discovery and integration of infrastructure tools.
• Technically credible; able to read a codebase, evaluate an SDK, and have real conversations with engineers.
• Experience working or starting without a large team.
• Strong communicator to both developers and leadership.
• Existing presence in developer communities.

Requirements

• Direct experience with model training, data processing, or generative media.
• Familiarity with coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc.).
• Experience with or building on open source frameworks in the AI/ML ecosystem.
• Prior experience running or contributing to a startup/developer program.

Benefits

• Healthcare for family, including dental and vision.
• Competitive compensation and 401K.
• RSU grants for full-time employees.
• ESPP program.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Maternity & paternity leave.
• MacBook Pro plus a generous workstation stipend.
• Childcare bonus.
• Fertility treatment and support.
• Learning & development program.
• Commuter benefits.
• Culture that supports a healthy work-life balance.