Senior Open Source Community Engineer

Location: United States / Canada

Department: Developer Relations

Location Type: REMOTE

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

About the role:

What you will do:

• Serve as the primary technical expert in community channels (forums, Discord, social media), answering complex questions about Mojo and MAX, troubleshooting issues, and providing guidance on best practices.
• Triage and manage GitHub Issues and Pull Requests across Modular's open source repositories, leading weekly roundtable contribution review sessions and working with engineering teams to prioritize community contributions and ensure timely responses.
• Contribute to the development and execution of Modular's open source strategy, including identifying opportunities for open sourcing new products and establishing processes that balance openness with business objectives.
• Shape Modular's packaging strategy and help build a vibrant packaging ecosystem, working with the community and internal teams to improve distribution, discoverability, and integration of projects built using Mojo and MAX.
• Identify patterns in community feedback and escalate insights to product and engineering teams to inform roadmap decisions and improve developer experience.
• Build and nurture relationships with key community members, open source contributors, and ecosystem partners to foster advocacy and collaboration.
• Represent Modular at conferences, meetups, and online events. Contribute to the planning and execution of developer-focused events.

What you bring to the table:

• 3–5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least some of it centered on open source, whether as a maintainer, a regular contributor, or working on an openly developed project.
• 1-3 years of experience in systems programming or AI/ML infrastructure.
• Fluency in how open source runs: GitHub workflows, triage and contribution management, release cadence, community governance models, and licensing.
• A track record of community engagement you can point to. Issues you shepherded, contributors you brought in, discussions you steered.
• Evidence that community feedback has changed something. A docs overhaul, an API rename, a bug caught before release.
• Strong debugging instincts. When someone shows up with a broken repro, you can get to a real answer rather than routing it elsewhere.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Self-motivated and comfortable working autonomously in a fast-paced, remote-friendly startup environment.

Minimum Qualifications:

•  Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or technical related field.
•  2+ years of Product Management or related work experience.

 Helpful, but not required:

• Experience in technical community management, developer relations, developer advocacy, or a similar role working directly with technical communities.
• Experience with package management ecosystems (PyPI, conda, Cargo, npm, etc.) or build systems.
• A degree in computer science or related technical field.
• Experience working at early-stage startups or in developer-focused companies.
• Active presence in technical communities or open source ecosystems (e.g. contributions to major projects, conference speaking, technical writing).

What Modular brings to the table:

• Amazing Team. We are a progressive and agile team with some of the industry’s best engineering and product leaders.
• World-class Benefits. In order to attract the best, we need to offer the best. Your benefits package may include comprehensive healthcare coverage, retirement and savings programs, employee stock purchase opportunities, paid time off, wellbeing resources, family support programs, and learning and development opportunities. Please note that specific benefit packages may vary based on your location, you can read more about benefits offered by Qualcomm here.
• Competitive Compensation. We offer very strong compensation packages, including RSU grants. We want people to be focused on their best work and believe in tailoring compensation plans to meet the needs of our workforce. 
• Team Building Events. We organize regular team onsites and local meetups in Los Altos, CA as well as different cities. Traveling 2-4 times a year is expected for all roles.