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About Us
Socket helps devs and security teams ship faster by cutting out security busywork. Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code. Our customers - from Anthropic to xAI, and Figma to Vercel - love Socket (just check out their tweets to see for yourself!)
Founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh, a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised $125M in funding from top angels, operators, and security leaders.
Socket is hiring a Social Media Manager to own our presence across every platform where developers and security practitioners are paying attention. We want someone who runs our channels like a product: watching metrics and trends closely, and changing course fast when something isn't landing.
The role requires solid video and audio editing skill and narrative discipline. We build stories across weeks and campaigns, not single disconnected posts. It requires exceptional command of meme culture and internet humor, applied correctly and distinctly across each platform we operate on. And it requires being AI native: using modern AI tools by default to amplify your own creativity and push the boundaries of what technical content can look like. A portfolio showcasing your content, editing, and storytelling work is required as part of your application.
Experience in DevRel, technical marketing, or a technical newsroom is a bonus. Prior full ownership of a content calendar, solo, is also a bonus.
Own the Platforms
Manage Socket's presence across every platform in our mix, and help identify where we should expand next
Track performance metrics and platform trends on an ongoing basis, and adapt content and strategy based on what the data shows
Keep Socket present and timely in fast-moving developer conversations and trends as they happen
Produce the Content
Slice long-form podcasts, webinars, and interviews into high-impact 30 to 60 second clips
Edit and optimize clips for each platform with captions, dynamic cuts, and visual hooks
Turn technical blog posts and product updates into carousels, memes, and short screen-recording walkthroughs
Run a consistent, reliable weekly content calendar
Engage the Community
Engage directly in comments, reply to industry peers, and jump into trending tech topics with Socket's point of view
Build a recognizable presence in developer conversations, not just a posting schedule
Inbound inbox triage, and crisis and reputation monitoring
About You:
Deep tech and developer literacy: fluent in developer culture, humor, tools, and pain points
Exquisite meme capabilities, applied judiciously across different platforms and tones
Terminally online, sharp, and technically precise
AI native: uses modern AI tools by default as part of how the work gets done
Proven short-form video and audio editing skills, backed by a strong portfolio
Demonstrated storytelling ability across a series of posts or a campaign, not just single posts
Platform fluency: a distinct voice and editing approach for each platform we operate on
A deep sense of ownership over the channels and the content, not just execution of a calendar
Ability to take a rough idea or concept and move fast, without needing every detail specified
Impeccable discretion regarding online communication, given the visibility and stakes of a public brand voice
Experience in DevRel, developer marketing, or a technical newsroom or media environment, preferred
Existing presence or credibility within a developer community, preferred
Experience owning a content calendar solo, end to end
Comfort with security, infrastructure, and open source subject matter
Hiring is a big decision on both sides. Read more about our Hiring Philosophy and how we approach the process at Socket.
Benefits: Our benefits are crafted to support you and your family, so you can take care of what matters most and thrive in and outside of work. We offer:
Market competitive salary bands
Meaningful equity program
Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family (99% coverage)
Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge
Paid parental leave
Remote-first, with quarterly team off-sites
At Socket, we
Pursue Excellence: We set ourselves apart by consistently delivering work of exceptional quality and distinction.
Move with urgency and focus: We prioritize swift, decisive action.
Think rigorously: We care about being right and it often takes reasoning from first principles to get there. We value alternative perspectives and have constructive discussions.
Trust and amplify: We overtrust, always assume good intent, and give specific feedback to help each other improve.
Feel a strong sense of ownership: We wear many hats and feel a strong sense of overall ownership of the company and we're non-territorial regarding our nominal domains.
Are customer obsessed: We relentlessly prioritize the needs of our customers, striving to exceed their expectations and delight them at every interaction.
