DevRel Engineer

As a DevRel Engineer at Kernel, you’ll be part builder, part solutions engineer, and fully embedded in the developer community. This is a hands-on engineering role: you’ll spend ~50% of your time coding tools, demos, and SDKs and the rest helping developers succeed., * Build OSS tools, libraries, and integrations that make Kernel’s developer experience more powerful and easier to use

• Create high-quality tutorials, guides, and demos showcasing Kernel’s core and emerging capabilities
• Iterate on Kernel’s developer documentation as a first-class product surface
• Engage with our community on GitHub/Slack/Discord/Twitter and in-person events, answering questions and amplifying cool projects
• Contribute to Kernel’s technical blog, developing content that educates, inspires, and grows developer adoption

• Hands-on familiarity with generative AI, especially agents, MCP, and Kernel
• Strong technical foundation in software engineering or applied AI. You’re comfortable building code samples, demos, and lightweight apps
• Developer empathy: you know what excites them, what annoys them, and how to speak their language (our inspirations: Modal, Supabase, PlanetScale)
• Skilled communication abilities with a clear, engaging style across writing, video, and live presentations
• Curiosity, high-agency, and a genuine passion to build something that delights software engineers

• Industry-competitive salary and equity
• Premium medical + dental coverage + dependent coverage
• Small, high-trust team of senior + staff engineers
• Default async with minimal bureaucracy
• $1k / mo budget for LLM usage fees #vibecheck
• Daily lunches on us
• Unlimited PTO
• 401k + company match
• Relocation assistance