Role Summary
As Developer Relations Manager at Lens, you will be the bridge between our Kubernetes engineering community and the Lens product team. You’ll inspire and grow a passionate developer community, create technical content, represent Lens at conferences and online, and help users get the most out of their experience. Your work will amplify Lens adoption, build trust with practitioners, and drive feedback into product development.
Key Responsibilities
Community Engagement
Foster an inclusive, active community of Lens users through forums, Discord, GitHub, and social platforms
Identify, nurture, and collaborate with Lens Champions and power users
Organize and participate in meetups, webinars, and community events
Content Creation
Produce blogs, demos, tutorials, and videos showcasing Lens use cases and best practices
Develop example Kubernetes projects and templates to help users start fast
Create and maintain technical documentation in partnership with product and engineering
Evangelism & Developer Advocacy
Represent Lens at conferences, hackathons, and industry events (e.g., KubeCon, Microsoft Build)
Deliver talks, workshops, and live demos
Serve as the voice of the user internally, collecting feedback and advocating for improvements
Collaboration & Feedback Loop
Work closely with Engineering, Product, and Customer Success to surface user pain points
Help shape roadmap priorities with real-world developer insight
Contribute to onboarding experiences and in-product education initiatives
Proven experience in Developer Relations, Advocacy, or Community Management
Strong background in Kubernetes, DevOps, or Cloud Native tools
Public speaking experience and comfort presenting to technical audiences
Excellent writing skills with a portfolio of blog posts, videos, or tutorials
Ability to code and build sample projects using Lens and Kubernetes
Experience growing open-source or technical communities is a strong plus
Nice to Have
Experience with content performance metrics and developer-focused KPIs
Familiarity with GitHub, Discord, YouTube, and community platforms
Prior experience with freemium developer products or PLG motion
Why Join Lens?
Lens is the most popular IDE for Kubernetes, used by hundreds of thousands of developers and platform engineers. You’ll be part of a small, nimble team inside a fast-growing business, helping shape the future of developer experience for Kubernetes. We’re backed by Mirantis and focused on empowering users, building community, and accelerating cloud-native innovation.
Why you’ll love Mirantis
We are a Leader for Container Management in G2 (#2 after AWS)!