Editorial Lead

LangChain is seeking an Editorial Lead to define and execute its content strategy across blog, thought leadership, and email programs. This role involves owning the content roadmap to drive organic web traffic, position LangChain as a leader in the agent ecosystem, and guide developers from awareness to adoption. The successful candidate will set strategic direction, ensure content quality, and shape how millions of developers engage with LangChain, focusing on data-driven content strategy and technical excellence.

Must Have

• Define and execute content strategy and roadmap
• Write and edit high-impact technical content
• Lead flagship content initiatives (newsletter, industry reports)
• Manage content campaign calendar
• Drive organic web traffic and blog performance
• Collaborate with SEO agency for optimization
• Establish and maintain content quality standards
• Enable cross-functional content creation
• Measure content performance and optimize strategy
• Develop scalable content systems
• 4-6 years experience in content marketing, SEO, or editorial at developer-focused companies
• Exceptional writing and editing skills for developer audiences
• Proven SEO expertise and data-driven mindset
• Strong technical acumen and project management skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively across teams
• Self-starter with an ownership and builder mentality
• Strategic perspective on AI in the editorial process

Good to Have

• Familiarity with LangChain, LangSmith, and/or AI/ML concepts

Perks & Benefits

• Health and dental coverage
• Flexible vacation
• 401(k) plan
• Life insurance

About LangChain:

At LangChain, our mission is to make intelligent agents ubiquitous. We provide the agent engineering platform and open source frameworks developers need to ship reliable agents fast.

Our open source frameworks, LangChain and LangGraph, see over 90+ million downloads per month and help developers build agents with speed and granular control. LangSmith offers observability, evaluation, and deployment for rapid iteration, enabling teams to transform LLM systems into dependable production experiences.

LangChain is trusted by millions of developers worldwide and powers AI teams at companies like Replit, Clay, Cloudflare, Harvey, Rippling, Vanta, Workday, and more.

About the role:

Location: San Francisco, CA or New York, NY

We're looking for an Editorial Lead to define and execute LangChain's content strategy across our blog, thought leadership initiatives, and email programs. In this role, you'll own the content roadmap that drives organic web traffic, positions LangChain as the definitive voice in the agent ecosystem, and guides developers from awareness to adoption. You'll set the strategic direction for our editorial efforts while ensuring every piece of content that goes out reflects the technical excellence and quality our developer community expects.

This is a high-impact role where you'll shape how millions of developers discover and engage with LangChain. You'll develop content frameworks that scale across our education, engineering, product, and marketing teams, identifying the stories that matter most to our audience and the channels that drive measurable business impact. If you're a strategic thinker and exceptional writer who loves diving into technical topics, thrives on data-driven content strategy, and has a track record of building content engines that drive growth, we'd love to hear from you. Today, we have strong technical authority and an engaged developer community—you'll architect the content strategy that takes us to the next level.

You need to be both strategic and hands-on. You'll develop our content positioning and editorial strategy, write and edit high-impact pieces, partner with our SEO firm to drive optimization initiatives, craft our monthly newsletter, partner with demand-gen on multi-media campaigns, lead the creation of industry-defining reports like our State of Agents publication, and set quality standards for all outbound content. You're excited about using AI to improve content quality and efficiency.

What you'll do:

• Define content strategy and roadmap: Develop and execute the strategic vision for LangChain's content, identifying key themes, audience segments, and content opportunities that drive business goals. Own the long-term editorial strategy that positions LangChain as the thought leader in the agent engineering space
• Write and edit high-impact content: Create and edit blog posts, thought leadership pieces, industry reports, and other long-form content that resonates with developers and technical decision-makers while maintaining LangChain's voice and high quality standards
• Lead flagship content initiatives: Own and execute our monthly newsletter and industry-defining thought leadership pieces like the State of Agents report, working with internal subject matter experts to create authoritative, data-driven content that shapes industry conversation
• Manage the campaign calendar: Lead strategic, cross-functional launch planning for new product rollouts and developer campaigns in collaboration with product, engineering, education, and other marketing team members. Ensure content strategy aligns with business priorities
• Own blog performance: Drive organic web traffic growth through great content. Own blog metrics including traffic, engagement, and conversion
• Expand SEO & AEO investments: Strengthen our SEO program by collaborating with our SEO agency to shape strategy, identify high-impact opportunities, and turn those insights into prioritized content initiatives
• Set content quality standards: Review and polish all outbound email content to ensure consistency, clarity, and quality. Establish editorial guidelines and processes that scale
• Enable cross-functional content creation: Work closely with education, engineering, and marketing teams to develop content frameworks, source technical expertise, and empower others to create high-quality content that meets strategic goals
• Measure impact and optimize: Define success metrics, track content performance, and use data insights to continuously refine strategy. Translate analytics into actionable recommendations that improve reach, engagement, and conversion
• Build scalable content systems: Develop strategic content processes, editorial frameworks, and workflows that enable high-quality, high-velocity output as we scale

What we're looking for:

• Experience: 4-6 years in content marketing, SEO, editorial, or related roles, at developer-focused or technical product companies
• Exceptional writing and editing: Outstanding ability to write clear, compelling, technically accurate content for developer audiences. Strong editorial judgment and attention to detail
• SEO expertise: Proven track record of driving organic traffic growth through SEO-optimized content. Experience working with SEO tools and agencies to implement successful strategies
• Technical acumen: Ability to understand and communicate complex technical concepts. Bonus if you're familiar with LangChain, LangSmith, and/or AI/ML concepts
• Data-driven mindset: Strong analytical skills with experience tracking content metrics and using insights to optimize strategy and prove impact
• Project management: Excellent organizational skills with experience managing editorial calendars, coordinating with multiple stakeholders, and keeping complex projects on track
• Cross-functional collaboration: Strong communication and partnership skills, you work effectively with engineering, education, and product teams to create high-quality content
• Ownership mentality: You're a self-starter who thrives in ambiguity, takes initiative, and drives results with minimal direction
• Builder mentality: You're scrappy and hands-on, willing to do what it takes to ship great content quickly
• Point of view on AI: Where it fits and where it does not fit in the editorial process for creating high quality content

Compensation: We offer competitive compensation that includes base salary, meaningful equity, and benefits such as health and dental coverage, flexible vacation, a 401(k) plan, and life insurance. Actual compensation will vary based on role, level, and location. For team members in the EU and UK, we provide locally competitive benefits aligned with regional norms and regulations. Salary Range: $150,000-185,000