Community & Social Media Manager

We’re hiring a Community & Social Media Manager to represent Censys across the security landscape - engaging practitioners, researchers, analysts, and the broader Censys community. You’ll own our social presence, drive high-signal engagement, and ensure Censys shows up clearly, credibly, and consistently in the conversations that matter most.

Location: This is a remote role within the United States. 

Focus on the platforms most important to the security community:

• X (Twitter) – real-time CVE/research engagement
• LinkedIn – practitioner updates and product storytelling
• Reddit – r/netsec, r/cybersecurity, r/blueteamsec
• Security Discord/Slack communities – direct practitioner interaction
• GitHub (social ecosystem) – tools, PoCs, community workflows

You will:

• Publish timely, relevant content tied to research, product updates, and emerging threats.
• Engage during breaking events and security news cycles.
• Build relationships with security practitioners, researchers, journalists, and other influential voices across security.
• Engage, and collaborate with security influencers to showcase Censys capabilities and drive broader awareness.
• Activate Censys internal voices by partnering with Censys researchers, board members, and SMEs to promote Censys perspectives, insights, and expertise across social channels.
• Manage and support key Censys executive social handles to amplify leadership presence.

• Serve as a trusted point of contact for the entire Censys user community—researchers, practitioners, teams, and security enthusiasts.
• Manage community spaces (Slack/Discord/forums), keeping them active, helpful, and aligned with Censys’ tone and standards.
• Host AMAs, office hours, demos, and community-driven sessions that deepen product understanding.
• Surface insights, feedback, and community trends to Product, Research, and Marketing teams.

• Highlight real-world use cases and research-driven investigations that showcase Censys in action.
• Translate complex technical topics into crisp, trustworthy conversations that resonate with security audiences
• Produce engaging, short form content that drive engagement including: vulnerability explainers, research insights, product highlights, tutorials, workflows, and community stories.

• Track key engagement metrics, sentiment, growth, and community health.
• Experiment with new content formats, platforms, and approaches.
• Provide clear reporting and recommendations to marketing leadership.

• 3-5 years in security-focused social media, community management, or technical communications.
• Strong understanding of vulnerabilities, threat intel, cloud exposure, OSINT, and incident response.
• Excellent writing skills and record of success engaging with technical audiences.
• Experience running community platforms (Slack, Discord, Discourse).
• Authentic presence in the security world and familiarity with ongoing research and disclosure cycles.

• Deep understanding of security culture and practitioner workflows.
• A concise, credible communicator who avoids fluff.
• Fast-moving, organized, and thrives in real-time engagement.
• Passionate about helping users uncover what Censys can reveal.

For high cost of living areas (San Francisco / Seattle / NYC), the expected salary range for this position is $123,000 USD - $150,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity. 

For all other locations, the expected salary range for this position is $105,000 USD - $130,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity.  

In addition to our great compensation package, our benefits are effective on day one and include but are not limited to: 401k match, health, vision, dental, and more! Please see our careers page for more details.

Our roots are in Ann Arbor, Michigan and our innovation is fueled by the team’s global perspectives. For this role, we are open to remote employees in the continental US.