Developer Relations Engineer - Prefect

Prefect Builds Automation for an Unpredictable World

Prefect builds and operates resilient, Pythonic orchestration and MCP platforms—Prefect OSS, Prefect Cloud, FastMCP OSS, and Horizon—used for mission-critical workloads. In August 2026, Prefect and Dagster joined forces to build the next generation of automation infrastructure. Today, our ecosystem includes Dagster, Prefect, and FastMCP.

We’re a remote-first team that values high standards, ownership, and thoughtful collaboration.

Role Summary

We're hiring a Developer Relations Engineer reporting to our Chief Growth Officer. You own how developers learn to build with Prefect, Dagster, FastMCP, and Horizon. That means reference implementations people copy into production, technical content (including video), docs, and DX gaps you find by being your own first user, and a public presence on stage, on stream, and in issue threads.

This is a generalist role by design. You'll write Python, appear on camera, review docs PRs, and file the bug you just hit, often in the same day.

Time zones: Anywhere in the continental US. We're remote-first. Expect travel for events and a few days a quarter in our recording studio. We have a slight preference for candidates near New York or the Bay Area, but it isn't a requirement.

What You'll Do

• Ship reference implementations developers copy: Working, maintained examples (MCP servers with production auth, gateway configurations, agentic workflows).
• Teach people about agentic workflows: Make products being defined in real time understandable through demos, posts, talks, and video.
• Make video a channel we're good at: Own the technical end of video production across YouTube, LinkedIn, X, and TikTok.
• Improve DX by being the first user: Build with our tools before customers do, file issues, send docs PRs, and fix examples.
• Represent us in public: Conference talks, PyAI, livestreams, podcast episodes, and community participation as a practitioner.
• Bring the field back in: Turn what confuses people or breaks into actionable product feedback.

Your Qualifications

Must Have

• 6+ years writing software professionally, with strong Python skills.
• A public body of technical work: repos, posts, docs, talks, or videos developers used.
• Experience building things with LLMs and agents (MCP servers, tool calling, agent frameworks, retrieval).
• Comfort being on camera and on stage.
• Ability to run as a team of one: choose what to build, ship it, and evaluate its impact.

Nice to Have

• Maintain or substantial contribution to a popular open-source project.
• Existing developer audience (YouTube, X, Twitch, newsletter, etc.).
• Data engineering or orchestration background (Prefect, Dagster, Airflow, dbt).
• Familiarity with enterprise governance topics like SSO, RBAC, audit logs, and PII.

Perks and Benefits

• Remote-first team with flexible-first culture
• Equity Stock Options
• 401(k) with 5% company match (vests immediately)
• Unlimited PTO
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Generous Parental Leave
• Life Insurance and Disability benefits
• $800/month remote work stipend