We believe that software is the foundation of modern civilization, yet vulnerabilities threaten its integrity, security, and resilience. Strix is on a mission to solve security.
Strix builds autonomous AI penetration testing agents that think like attackers: discovering, validating, and helping fix real vulnerabilities across live applications, codebases, and infrastructure, continuously, not once a year. We are looking for strong technical people who want to work at the intersection of AI, security, and infrastructure.
About this roleWe're seeking a Developer Relations Engineer to make Strix the tool every security engineer and developer reaches for. You'll own how developers experience Strix, from the open-source repo and docs to talks, demos, and content that shows real vulnerabilities being found.
You're excited about this role because you will…Be the technical voice of Strix: write deep-dive posts, build demos, and speak at security and AI conferences
Own the open-source developer experience, docs, examples, quickstarts, and the GitHub community
Create content that shows Strix finding real vulnerabilities: writeups, videos, live streams, CTF-style challenges
Gather developer feedback and work directly with engineering to sharpen the product
Define the DevRel playbook from scratch as our first dedicated hire in this area
3+ years in developer relations, developer advocacy, or security engineering with a public technical presence
Hands-on engineering ability: you can build real demos and read agent output critically (Python/TypeScript)
Strong offensive-security literacy, you can explain a vulnerability and why it matters
A portfolio of technical writing, talks, open-source work, or community contributions
A tendency to leave things in a better way than you found them
Competitive salary with meaningful equity
Health, vision, and dental insurance
Office lunch and dinner (when working from our New York office)
Strix is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
To all recruitment agencies: Strix does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Strix employees. Strix is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company.
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