Hey friends 👋
Back in June, we posted about a Community Program Manager role. Thank you to everyone who asked questions, shared it around, and applied. 💜
As we worked through the hiring process, it became clear what DEV needs most right now: someone who lives on DEV every day and takes care of the community from the inside. So we've reshaped the role into a full-time Community Manager.
If you already spend your days reading, commenting, and posting here, this could be your chance to make it your job.
What changed?
The short version: less program management, more community stewardship. You'll be the day-to-day steward of DEV: on the platform, publishing articles, getting to know our most engaged members, keeping things welcoming and high quality, and making sure folks get fast, thoughtful help.
Important Skills
You are someone who...
- Is an active, established DEV member (a DEV profile with real history is a huge plus!)
- Has run Discord communities, not just hung out in them: moderating, setting up bots, building automations
- Writes and edits well, with strong instincts for curating content
- Makes level-headed calls in gray areas
- Uses AI as a starting point, then brings your own taste and judgment
Benefits
You'll receive...
- Competitive salary
- Stock options
- Medical, dental, vision benefits and 401K
- Unlimited PTO
- Travel opportunities
Questions about the role? Drop them in the comments below!
Top comments (12)
Cool! 😍🥰
@jess If you are currently working at a job and taking this role, is there flexible schedules to prevent overlap?
cc: @ben @heyitsjem
This is a full-time role
Francis, I think you'd be the perfect fit!
I'd love to apply. I'm a Student right now. And for almost Dec-Jan I'm free as I'm placed but my joining date as an intern is late. Also, Being in IST I can work through night and stuff. But I don't think I'll be able to do it simultaneously for a long time!
I'm writing this comment cause when I saw this post I was very thrilled, like too much! Cause I hang out on DEV way too much and looking to do more beyond OSS contributions and wanted to be a part of DEV team. But then realized I'm already placed through college.
But still if you guys need someone young, part-time and in India(or APAC region). I'll do it!
Have A Great Week Everybody!
The cover image though... I'm just sitting here admiring it.😍
I landed on dev.to few months ago, looking for somewhere to argue about agent security, and found something I thought the internet had lost: the old forum spirit, alive. Threads where people come back the next day to concede a point. Comment sections where a disagreement ends with both sides shipping something. Rules stated out loud instead of enforced in the dark.
Before the social networks, the forums were the only place online that actually had any social in them. Then the feeds arrived, and we lost the thread, literally: no memory, no reputation you earn, no reason to come back and face the person you argued with yesterday.
dev.to kept the thing that matters. Here, the comment section is the product and the posts are just the excuse. In two months I've had a nine-round technical exchange that ended up formalized as a theorem, and a stranger who benchmarked my claim overnight, published the protocol, and cited it in his paper. That does not happen on a feed.
Whoever takes this job inherits the best comment section on the internet. Take care of it.
Love this! 😸🙌
I hope you find someone wonderful for the role who really cares about the DEV community and helps it grow even stronger.
Wishing the team and all the applicants the best! 💜
ok evreything his clear when i start ?
The shift from Program Manager to a hands-on Community Manager makes so much sense. I especially love that "uses AI as a starting point, then brings their own taste" is an explicit requirement—it perfectly captures the vibe of this platform. Good luck to everyone applying! 💜
Hope you find the right candidate soon! Also hoping part‑time roles might open up down the line, haha.😁
This is cool! I would love to apply, but I would have only 1-2 days availability. Could still be something to keep in mind as an addition or to partner with someone, so I just drop it here ;-)