Company: Backboard.io
Location: Remote (North America)
Travel: Required, frequent
Type: Full-time

High-level summary

Backboard is looking for an Events and Community Manager to be the face of our developer ecosystem. This role owns our presence at hackathons, conferences, meetups, and partner events across North America while building and nurturing a developer community around AI memory and infrastructure.

You will represent Backboard in person, engage deeply with developers, gather product feedback, and turn real-world interactions into lasting community momentum.

What you will do

• Act as Backboard’s ambassador at hackathons, conferences, university events, and industry meetups

• Travel across North America to engage developers, founders, and technical teams in person

• Run demos, workshops, and informal sessions showcasing Backboard’s API and memory stack

• Build and manage relationships with hackathon organizers, accelerators, and developer groups

• Grow and moderate Backboard’s online communities including Discord, Slack, and social channels

• Create feedback loops between the community and product team to influence roadmap decisions

• Support developer onboarding through content, tutorials, office hours, and events

• Track community health metrics such as engagement, retention, and developer activation

• Collaborate with marketing and engineering on launches, campaigns, and community initiatives

Who you are

• Comfortable speaking with developers, even if you are not a senior engineer

• Confident representing a technical product in live, unscripted environments

• Highly organized and able to manage logistics, travel, and event calendars

• Naturally curious, social, and energized by meeting new people

• Able to translate technical concepts into clear, compelling explanations

• Self-directed and comfortable working remotely with a distributed team

What you bring

• 2+ years experience in developer relations, community management, events, or technical marketing

• Experience attending or organizing hackathons, conferences, or developer meetups

• Familiarity with APIs, AI tools, or developer platforms is a strong asset

• Willingness and ability to travel regularly across North America

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Why Backboard

• You will help shape a fast-growing developer ecosystem from the ground up

• Direct exposure to founders, engineers, and AI builders across the continent

• High autonomy with real ownership over community strategy

• Competitive compensation with room to grow as the company scales

Next steps

Send a short note explaining why you want to represent Backboard, along with your resume or LinkedIn profile.