Senior Developer Programs Manager at Algolia

At Algolia, we’re proud to be a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering 17,000+ businesses to deliver blazing-fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale. Every week, we power over 30 billion search requests — four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo combined.

In 2021, we raised $150 million in Series D funding, quadrupling our valuation to $2.25 billion. This strong foundation enables us to keep investing in our market-leading platform and serving incredible customers like Under Armour, PetSmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens.

Algolia enables every company to create world-class Search and Discovery experiences with an API-first approach. Performance and Scalability is at the heart of our mission: we power 1.5 trillion searches a year, for 17K+ customers all over the world. We see developer relations as a key element of our offering: we maintain high-quality SDKs for a dozen languages and platforms. We value Grit, Trust, Candor, Care and Humility. If you're a problem solver, able to think outside the box and eager to nurture others and learn from them, then this is your challenge!

The Developer Marketing team aims to help Algolia grow as an agile business. To achieve that, we are building a powerful & flexible platform empowering internal feature teams to release, track & monetize new products while ensuring that customers understand their usage and control their billing.

We are looking for a Senior Developer Program Manager to own the developer programs of the Growth Team. Creating and running programs that enable developers to accelerate their usage of/value from Algolia. This individual will partner closely with product management, engineering managers, program managers and executive leadership to execute and align on complex technical programs.

This is not a project management or scrum master role. The right candidate will have a bias toward building and scaling programs, engaging with developers, and experimenting with new program models.

YOUR ROLE WILL CONSIST OF:

Owning and scaling Algolia’s developer-facing programs — including DocSearch, Startup Program, SwagSearch, and future initiatives — to deepen engagement and expand reach within the developer community.

Designing and operationalizing new programs that help developers discover, adopt, and succeed with Algolia’s products, from concept through launch and ongoing iteration.

Supporting and celebrating developers in communities across Slack, Discord, and Reddit, while fostering partnerships with startups and open-source maintainers to expand Algolia’s ecosystem

Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Customer Success to align program objectives, surface developer insights, and amplify success stories.

Establishing clear KPIs and OKRs for each program, analyzing engagement and performance data to inform decisions and demonstrate business impact (i.e. inception to beta to release to operating at scale)

Managing program infrastructure and workflows, including eligibility logic, automation, and tracking systems to ensure scalability and efficiency.

YOU MIGHT BE A FIT IF YOU HAVE:

3-6 years experience building and scaling developer-targeted programs, such as startup initiatives or open-source partnerships, within SaaS environments

Experience working with cross-functional teams such as Product, Engineering, and Marketing - define program goals and turn developer insights into actionable improvements

A data-informed approach to program management, with the ability to define KPIs, analyze adoption and engagement metrics, and use findings to support project goals

Good understanding of how an API (like Algolia) is implemented and what is means for someone’s software development lifecycle from conception to delivery

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including clear articulation of business impact and technical constraints tailored to the audience

Experience at our current stage and beyond ($200M-$500M ARR range, high growth, lots of change and building internal infrastructure).

Algolia is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The annual base salary compensation range for this role reflects US market pay data within this location. The exact compensation offered for this role may vary depending on specific location and job-related knowledge, technical skills, and experience; and is only one part of our Total Rewards philosophy to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Remote US: Base Salary Pay Range

$129,500—$160,000 USD

FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE STRATEGY:

Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and many of our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when.

We have a global presence with offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest, however we also offer many of our team members the option to work remotely either as fully remote or hybrid-remote employees. Positions listed as "Remote" are only available for remote work within the specified country. Positions listed within a specific city are only available in that location - depending on the role it may be available with either a hybrid-remote or in-office schedule.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN LIVE OUR VALUES:

GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment.

TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership.

CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.

CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company.

HUMILITY - Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.

We’re looking for talented, passionate people to help build the world’s best search and discovery technology. We value autonomy, diversity, and collaboration. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is respected and supported—regardless of race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability, or socioeconomic background.

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READY TO APPLY?

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world’s best search & discovery technology, we’d love to review your application!

Senior Developer Programs Manager

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