Block is looking for a Staff Developer Relations Engineer to help developers level up with AI, teaching them how to use AI tools in real projects and making software development faster and more creative.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering experience and real comfort using AI coding assistants and AI agents in your own workflow
- Strong understanding of CI, pull requests, and code reviews and how AI can speed up that whole flow
- AI agents and assistants (e.g. goose, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, etc)
- MCP (servers and clients)
- Local, open source, and frontier LLMs
- GitHub
- Whatever new tools we decide to explore next
Responsibilities
- Teach developers how to build with AI through demos, workshops, and real hands on activities
- Speak at meetups and conferences and represent the team in developer spaces
- Record videos and livestreams that show how to build with AI and why it matters
- Write clear blog posts and tutorials that help developers try things on their own
- Build small apps, scripts, and agent flows for demos and experiments
- Create fun community programs like hackathons and contests that spark engagement
- Bring community feedback to our internal teams so we build with real developer needs in mind
Other
- A natural instinct for teaching and helping developers level up
- A talent for explaining complex ideas in a simple and engaging way
- Excitement for making creative content across video, writing, audio, or whatever medium tells the story best
- Comfort working independently and moving forward even when things feel a little unclear
- Ability to shift focus quickly based on what the team needs, whether that is open source work or internal AI enablement
