Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer
Why Promptfoo
Promptfoo is an open-source framework for evaluating AI agents, red teaming, and AI application security. Over 250,000 developers use it to test LLMs, LLM-powered applications, and agent behavior across tools and models, and plug into CI/CD. Promptfoo is the most popular open-source AI red-teaming framework and is growing quickly. Promptfoo is backed by Insight Partners and Andreessen Horowitz and is based in San Mateo, CA (SF Bay Area).
Why this Role
Promptfoo has a thriving open source community of 250,000+ developers who help our engineering team build out a strong product. This also helps build out an efficient path to the enterprise pipeline. This role exists to turn that interest into adoption and commercialization.
As a Technical Marketing Engineer, you will create the technical demos, tutorials, and videos that help developers discover Promptfoo. You will also support the Solutions Engineering team with late-stage deal acceleration.
What You’ll Be Doing
Content & Technical Education
Create technical tutorials, deep dives, quickstart guides, and how-to guides using real configs, datasets, and results
Produce clear, concise video demos (2-5 minutes) featuring live walkthroughs, diagrams, and screenshots
Write blog posts that showcase new features, integrations, and attack techniques
Validate fixes and new features; create content to promote these for prospects and customers
PLG Conversion
Drive the OSS to Enterprise adoption transition pathways of our technical practitioners
Identify high-value open source users and build programs to move them into the enterprise path
Collaborate with the DevRel team to support user journeys in Discord and GitHub including answering questions, turning FAQs into docs, and surfacing product feedback
Share practical tips and insights in external communities (Reddit, Hackernews, Product Hunt, LinkedIn, etc.) to build awareness
Surface insights on what's resonating (and what's not) to improve PLG conversion
Conferences & Live Content
Submit and deliver talks at security conferences (Black Hat Arsenal, BSides, DEF CON)
Host webinars, office hours, and live workshops for developers and security teams
Represent Promptfoo at events with technical depth and authenticity
Build custom demos and technical collateral for prospects for late stage opportunities
Demos & Integrations
Build small, well-documented sample apps that showcase Promptfoo capabilities
Demonstrate modern patterns for red teaming, agents, RAG security, guardrails, and CI/CD integration
Track new AI frameworks and model APIs; publish examples and integrations quickly
Who You Are
5+ years in technical marketing, developer advocacy, solutions engineering, or a similar technical role
Engineering background with strong Python or TypeScript skills; able to build clean, minimal demos
Comfortable on camera; experienced creating video content, presenting live, or delivering technical talks
Clear understanding of security concepts: red teaming, penetration testing, vulnerability scanning
High agency: you plan your own work, ship weekly, and iterate based on data
Clear, concise communicator who can explain complex topics to both developers and executives
Authentic presence: you are a practitioner first
Must-have
Experience with LLMs, AI/ML applications, or AI security tooling
Track record of conference talks, published guides, or technical video content
Familiarity with product-led growth motions and community-driven GTM
Background in open source communities or developer tools