Manager, Developer Relations - Open SourcePosted today$172K

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The opportunity

At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's most challenging problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI platform,…

What you'll do

  • Own developer relations for our open source portfolio end-to-end: set the strategy, define what success looks like, and be accountable for the outcomes.

  • Hire, level, and grow a team of Developer Advocates, and take real ownership: of their careers: clear expectations, honest feedback, and a visible path forward.

  • Strengthen Databricks' standing as a trusted, vendor-neutral participant in: the Apache and Linux Foundation ecosystems — measured by what the projects gain, not only by what we gain.

  • Establish repeatable advocacy approaches: content flywheels, contribution guides, event playbooks — that the rest of DevRel can adopt and replicate.

  • Grow external, non-Databricks adoption and contribution across our open: source projects, and help develop the next generation of maintainers.

  • Drive awareness and adoption of the Open Lakehouse and Omnigent through your: own speaking at industry events and conferences, and by getting your team on the right stages.

What they're looking for

  • Guide the creation of high-quality educational content: videos, sample notebooks, datasets, tutorials, courseware, and blog posts — that meets a high technical bar.
  • Expand and nurture these communities by growing meetups and user groups and: supporting practitioners in online communities, mailing lists, and issue trackers.
  • Represent the community inside R&D, turning contributor friction into a: documented, prioritized roadmap change.
  • Apply AI-assisted workflows to increase your team's leverage while: maintaining technical depth and originality.