Head of Propaganda (DevRel)

About Bun

Bun is an open-source developer tooling company. Bun is the fastest all-in-one toolkit for building, installing, running, and testing JavaScript and TypeScript. We were born out of frustration with the fragmented, slow JavaScript ecosystem and are on a mission to make JavaScript development faster and more productive.

We've raised $26 million from top investors in Silicon Valley, are among the most popular GitHub repositories, and have a growing community of 34,000 Discord members.

About the Role

We are seeking a Head of Propaganda (DevRel) to enhance the end-to-end experience of using Bun.

This role is on-site at our office in downtown San Francisco. We do offer a relocation bonus if you move to San Francisco.

Requirements

• Self-motivated, high-agency: We are looking for people who are willing to fix it when using Bun is harder than it should be. When part of Bun isn't good, it should bother you.
• Know how to build things: Part of your job will be building things with Bun. Past experience with projects you built from scratch should form the basis of many of your opinions.
• Excellent communicator: You will be expected to write content about Bun and respond to questions from people who sometimes may be confused or unhelpful. It's important you are able to foster a positive response.
• JavaScript experience: To be effective in this role, you must have work experience using JavaScript and/or TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Advocacy and Community Engagement: Actively promote Bun in the developer community. This includes social media (Twitter, Reddit), public speaking, writing blog posts, and participating in relevant forums and discussions
• Integration development: Create and maintain integrations with various third-party projects on GitHub. Focus on ensuring seamless compatibility of Bun with popular frameworks and libraries
• Documentation and Support: Contribute to the development of clear, comprehensive documentation. Assist in writing TypeScript types and provide support in resolving technical issues faced by the user community.
• Feedback Loop: Work closely with the development team to relay feedback from users and suggest improvements. Play a crucial role in shaping the future direction of Bun based on user needs

Benefits

• Great compensation package and stock options
• Healthcare, vision, dental insurance
• Lunch & dinner in-office every weekday
• We're a small team with high ownership and few meetings

If you are seriously interested in working at Bun as DevRel, please email conner@bun.sh and eugene@bun.sh with a video demoing a full-stack or frontend app you built with Bun. As our first DevRel hire, you will be one of the main faces of the company, and need to be effective at articulating our products and vision to users!