Senior Developer Relations Engineer

At Horizon, we make web3 easy, fun, and accessible for users and builders. Our mission is to unlock web3's utility, drive mass adoption, and accelerate content creation by empowering builders to create amazing web3 games and experiences.

We have two powerful products to achieve our mission:

* Sequence, the leading all-in-one developer platform for building web3 games and apps.

* Skyweaver, a digital trading card game—powered by Sequence—where players can win, own, and trade their NFT/SFT game items.

Sequence unlocks web3’s utility, and is poised to accelerate web3 content creation and drive adoption on a massive scale. Skyweaver—named 2022’s best blockchain game—is a groundbreaking video game with an unprecedented player-owned economy, novel gameplay, and passionate community.

While the challenge is hard, we find it incredibly fun. And, we have the ingredients to make it happen: a well-capitalized company with some of the best investors in the world, including Brevan Howard Digital, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., Coinbase, Ubisoft, Polygon, Morgan Creek Digital, Initialized, BITKRAFT, and more; an amazing team of leaders in the web3 space; engineers who have built widely popular open source; gaming and tech industry veterans; and founders who have built and sold successful companies.

We’re expanding our team and looking for a Senior Developer Relations Engineer who can bridge the gap between our developers, marketing, and product teams, and foster strong relationships with our game developer partners.

The Role:

As a Senior Developer Relations Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

Technical Advocacy: Working closely with game developers to understand their needs and advocating for them within Horizon.

Content Creation: Developing tutorials, documentation, and demo games that effectively showcase our technology.

Partnership Engagement: Participating in sales and partnership calls to provide technical insight.

Public Speaking: Representing Horizon at industry events and conferences.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborating with marketing, product, and engineering teams to align strategies and initiatives.

Innovation: Implementing innovative solutions that leverage Horizon's technology stack

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or relevant experience.
• Technical Skills: Experience in Golang and/or Typescript.
• Communication: Strong communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Attention to Detail: Excellent attention to detail and the ability to ship fun, engaging game demos.
• Industry Experience: Previous experience in web3 and/or game development.

What We Offer:

Work Environment: A dynamic, innovative, and supportive environment. Work alongside a team of industry leaders and open-source contributors.

Remote Work: Flexibility to work from anywhere. We value productivity over location.

Work-Life Balance: Emphasis on work-life balance, with policies that prioritize mental health and personal development.

Professional Growth: Opportunities for professional growth in a rapidly evolving industry.

Competitive Compensation: Competitive salary and equity package, with extensive benefits for employees.

Our Culture:

Diversity and Inclusion: We are committed to building a diverse team and encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Collaboration and Learning: A culture that values collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation.

Team Interaction: Regular opportunities to interact with and learn from various team members, including senior leaders.

Why Horizon?

- A chance to deliver massive impact at a small and quickly growing company

- Work on hard, big, meaningful problems that can shift markets

- Competitive salary and equity package

- Accelerate your career by joining at the early stages

- Be part of defining web3, the next generation of the Internet, and creating symbiotic economies where both users and creators share in the value generated by networks

- Work with an outstanding team made of wonderful people who have built and sold successful companies, launched amazing products, and have rich experience in infrastructure, architecture, blockchain, games, finance, investing, strategy, consulting, design, marketing, community, and more.

- Work-life balance unlike the “crunch” culture you find at larger studios

- New PC, and generous allowance for work-from-home setup for full time employees

- Extensive health benefits for Canadian employees

- We’re conscious about mental health and have modern vacation policies

- We invest in everyone’s personal development

- Learn more about our values and the traits we embody at https://careers.horizon.io/

We are committed to diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, genders and faiths.

While we're building incredible products, we also want to add to our wonderful team and company. The best way to do that is to attract talented folks from all areas and to have their experiences inform their work.

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