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Senior Developer, Community Lead

Posted 11 Days Ago
Remote
Hiring Remotely in US
174K-228K Annually
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in US
174K-228K Annually
Senior level
As a Senior Developer and Community Lead at CircleCI, you'll write technical content, enhance community engagement, and directly contribute to AI features, balancing editorial independence with team alignment.
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Join CircleCI as an engineer who thinks out loud. You'll spend your days solving real problems on our AI team, then sharing what you learn with the broader engineering community. This isn't traditional developer relations—it's engineering work that happens to be public.

About the Team

You'll work directly with an Engineering cohort, while collaborating with Marketing on timing and reach. Our AI team is your technical home base, where you'll contribute to real features and stay connected to the challenges engineers face daily. You'll have the autonomy to chase interesting problems and the support to amplify your voice.

What you'll do

Content & Community (75% of your time)

  • Write blog posts, tutorials, and analysis that other engineers actually want to read
  • Build relationships in 3-5 engineering communities where your perspective matters
  • Jump on timely industry topics with substantive takes, not hot takes
  • Partner with Marketing to coordinate timing without sacrificing authenticity

Technical Work (25% of your time)

  • Contribute to CircleCI's AI team on features that ship to production
  • Be the first user of new AI-powered capabilities
  • Keep your technical skills sharp and your content grounded in reality

How you'll work

  • Make editorial calls independently while staying aligned with team goals
  • Represent CircleCI with good judgment in public forums
  • Find opportunities and act on them without waiting for permission

Who you are

  • You've shipped production software for 7+ years, with depth in testing, CI/CD, deployment, or reliability engineering
  • You write code regularly—whether for work, open source, or personal projects
  • People read what you write because you make complex topics clear and useful
  • Your online presence shows you can engage an audience authentically
  • You write your own content without needing ghostwriters or extensive editing
  • You're trusted in DevOps, testing, CI, or AI communities

You'll stand out if you have

  • Experience speaking at conferences or meetups
  • Open-source contributions that demonstrate your expertise
  • A track record of educational content or technical writing that resonates
United States Base Pay Range
$174,000$228,000 USD

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

About CircleCI

CircleCI is the world’s largest continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform, and the hub where code moves from idea to delivery. As one of the most-used DevOps tools - processing more than 3 million jobs a day - CircleCI has unique access to data on how the most effective engineering teams work, and the tools to help software companies successfully leverage the power of AI into their commercial applications. Companies like Hinge, HuggingFace, and Samsung use us to improve engineering team productivity, release better products, and get to market faster.

Founded in 2011 and headquartered in downtown San Francisco with a global, remote workforce, CircleCI is venture-backed by Base10, Greenspring Associates, Eleven Prime, IVP, Sapphire Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Baseline Ventures, Threshold
Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Owl Rock Capital, Next Equity Partners, Heavybit, and Harrison Metal Capital. 

CircleCI is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

Top Skills

AI
Ci/Cd

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