Our mission is to...
Democratize Data
Directus is the collaborative backend that puts data back in the hands of the teams who should own it. We've gotten here by keeping a few things steady: code you can read, a product you can extend however you need, and a community we listen to. That's not what we'll sacrifice to grow. It's how the growth happens. Even if our license has shifted from the definition of open source, our values haven't. And never will. We've built a small but mighty team focused on doing things the right way, even when it's the harder path forward. And we wouldn't build it any other way. 🐰💜
An all-remote team
We're 100% remote and async by default. Work from anywhere you've got a reliable internet connection.
International by design
A global platform needs a global team. Ours is spread across continents and time zones on purpose.
Contributor-first hiring
Many of our hires started as contributors. They know the codebase, the PR flow, and the community before day one.
The Core Team
The key members responsible for creating, maintaining, and sharing the vast open-source ecosystem of Directus.
Benjamin Haynes
CEO, Founder
Rijk van Zanten
CTO, Co-Founder
David Stockton
VP, Engineering
Emma Paajanen
VP, Marketing
William Friedman
VP, Customer
David Stoyanov
VP, Operations
Elena Zykova
VP, Sales
James White
Head of Product
Matt Minor
Senior Director, Growth
Beth Loft
Senior Community Operations Manager
Hannes Küttner
Senior Engineering Manager
Min Sun Cupp
Senior Accounting Manager
Alex Gaillard
Director, Engineering
Wryn Wagner
Director, Engineering
Ian Ng
Director, Engineering
Jonathan Wagner
Director, Solutions Engineering
Karen Falenius
Director, Regional Marketing
Cesare Gullace
Director, Business Development
Vicky Chen
Product Design Manager
Jon Bellamy
Principal Product Designer
John Daniels
Senior Account Executive
Michelle Riber
Senior Account Executive
Mason Domel
Senior Account Executive
Philip Geiger
Senior Account Executive
Alex van der Valk
Senior Solutions Engineer
Adrien Maillet
Senior Channel Manager
Julia González
Senior Revenue Operations
Lindsey Zylstra
Marketing Engineer
Connor Winston
Senior Data Engineer
José Varela
Senior Escalations Engineer
Tyler Sassatelli
Senior Technical Customer Success Manager
Antonio Djigo
Technical Customer Success Manager
Vincent Kempers
Support Engineer
Andrew Alfaro
Technical Support Engineer
Bryant Gillespie
Staff Product Engineer
Florian C. Wachmann
Staff Software Engineer
Guillaume Chau
Senior Software Engineer
Marc Backes
Senior Software Engineer
Bram Geron
Senior Software Engineer
Alvaro Saburido Rodriguez
Senior Software Engineer
Flavian Desverne
Senior Software Engineer
Gaetan Senn
Senior Software Engineer
Reza Barr
Senior Software Engineer
Judd Abraham
Senior Software Engineer
Tim de Heiden
Senior Systems Security Engineer
Nicola Krumschmidt
Software Engineer
Hugo Torzuoli
Software Engineer
Nils Twelker
Software Engineer
Rob Luton
Software Engineer
Dana David
Business Development Representative
The Core Team
The key members responsible for creating, maintaining, and sharing the vast open-source ecosystem of Directus.
Benjamin Haynes
CEO, Founder
Rijk van Zanten
CTO, Co-Founder
David Stockton
VP, Engineering
Emma Paajanen
VP, Marketing
William Friedman
VP, Customer
David Stoyanov
VP, Operations
Elena Zykova
VP, Sales
James White
Head of Product
Matt Minor
Senior Director, Growth
Beth Loft
Senior Community Operations Manager
Hannes Küttner
Senior Engineering Manager
Min Sun Cupp
Senior Accounting Manager
Alex Gaillard
Director, Engineering
Wryn Wagner
Director, Engineering
Ian Ng
Director, Engineering
Jonathan Wagner
Director, Solutions Engineering
Karen Falenius
Director, Regional Marketing
Cesare Gullace
Director, Business Development
Vicky Chen
Product Design Manager
Jon Bellamy
Principal Product Designer
John Daniels
Senior Account Executive
Michelle Riber
Senior Account Executive
Mason Domel
Senior Account Executive
Philip Geiger
Senior Account Executive
Alex van der Valk
Senior Solutions Engineer
Adrien Maillet
Senior Channel Manager
Julia González
Senior Revenue Operations
Lindsey Zylstra
Marketing Engineer
Connor Winston
Senior Data Engineer
José Varela
Senior Escalations Engineer
Tyler Sassatelli
Senior Technical Customer Success Manager
Antonio Djigo
Technical Customer Success Manager
Vincent Kempers
Support Engineer
Andrew Alfaro
Technical Support Engineer
Bryant Gillespie
Staff Product Engineer
Florian C. Wachmann
Staff Software Engineer
Guillaume Chau
Senior Software Engineer
Marc Backes
Senior Software Engineer
Bram Geron
Senior Software Engineer
Alvaro Saburido Rodriguez
Senior Software Engineer
Flavian Desverne
Senior Software Engineer
Gaetan Senn
Senior Software Engineer
Reza Barr
Senior Software Engineer
Judd Abraham
Senior Software Engineer
Tim de Heiden
Senior Systems Security Engineer
Nicola Krumschmidt
Software Engineer
Hugo Torzuoli
Software Engineer
Nils Twelker
Software Engineer
Rob Luton
Software Engineer
Dana David
Business Development Representative
The Core Team
The key members responsible for creating, maintaining, and sharing the vast open-source ecosystem of Directus.
Benjamin Haynes
CEO, Founder
Rijk van Zanten
CTO, Co-Founder
David Stockton
VP, Engineering
Emma Paajanen
VP, Marketing
William Friedman
VP, Customer
David Stoyanov
VP, Operations
Elena Zykova
VP, Sales
James White
Head of Product
Matt Minor
Senior Director, Growth
Beth Loft
Senior Community Operations Manager
Hannes Küttner
Senior Engineering Manager
Min Sun Cupp
Senior Accounting Manager
Alex Gaillard
Director, Engineering
Wryn Wagner
Director, Engineering
Ian Ng
Director, Engineering
Jonathan Wagner
Director, Solutions Engineering
Karen Falenius
Director, Regional Marketing
Cesare Gullace
Director, Business Development
Vicky Chen
Product Design Manager
Jon Bellamy
Principal Product Designer
John Daniels
Senior Account Executive
Michelle Riber
Senior Account Executive
Mason Domel
Senior Account Executive
Philip Geiger
Senior Account Executive
Alex van der Valk
Senior Solutions Engineer
Adrien Maillet
Senior Channel Manager
Julia González
Senior Revenue Operations
Lindsey Zylstra
Marketing Engineer
Connor Winston
Senior Data Engineer
José Varela
Senior Escalations Engineer
Tyler Sassatelli
Senior Technical Customer Success Manager
Antonio Djigo
Technical Customer Success Manager
Vincent Kempers
Support Engineer
Andrew Alfaro
Technical Support Engineer
Bryant Gillespie
Staff Product Engineer
Florian C. Wachmann
Staff Software Engineer
Guillaume Chau
Senior Software Engineer
Marc Backes
Senior Software Engineer
Bram Geron
Senior Software Engineer
Alvaro Saburido Rodriguez
Senior Software Engineer
Flavian Desverne
Senior Software Engineer
Gaetan Senn
Senior Software Engineer
Reza Barr
Senior Software Engineer
Judd Abraham
Senior Software Engineer
Tim de Heiden
Senior Systems Security Engineer
Nicola Krumschmidt
Software Engineer
Hugo Torzuoli
Software Engineer
Nils Twelker
Software Engineer
Rob Luton
Software Engineer
Dana David
Business Development Representative
The Core Team
The key members responsible for creating, maintaining, and sharing the vast open-source ecosystem of Directus.
Benjamin Haynes
CEO, Founder
Rijk van Zanten
CTO, Co-Founder
David Stockton
VP, Engineering
Emma Paajanen
VP, Marketing
William Friedman
VP, Customer
David Stoyanov
VP, Operations
Elena Zykova
VP, Sales
James White
Head of Product
Matt Minor
Senior Director, Growth
Beth Loft
Senior Community Operations Manager
Hannes Küttner
Senior Engineering Manager
Min Sun Cupp
Senior Accounting Manager
Alex Gaillard
Director, Engineering
Wryn Wagner
Director, Engineering
Ian Ng
Director, Engineering
Jonathan Wagner
Director, Solutions Engineering
Karen Falenius
Director, Regional Marketing
Cesare Gullace
Director, Business Development
Vicky Chen
Product Design Manager
Jon Bellamy
Principal Product Designer
John Daniels
Senior Account Executive
Michelle Riber
Senior Account Executive
Mason Domel
Senior Account Executive
Philip Geiger
Senior Account Executive
Alex van der Valk
Senior Solutions Engineer
Adrien Maillet
Senior Channel Manager
Julia González
Senior Revenue Operations
Lindsey Zylstra
Marketing Engineer
Connor Winston
Senior Data Engineer
José Varela
Senior Escalations Engineer
Tyler Sassatelli
Senior Technical Customer Success Manager
Antonio Djigo
Technical Customer Success Manager
Vincent Kempers
Support Engineer
Andrew Alfaro
Technical Support Engineer
Bryant Gillespie
Staff Product Engineer
Florian C. Wachmann
Staff Software Engineer
Guillaume Chau
Senior Software Engineer
Marc Backes
Senior Software Engineer
Bram Geron
Senior Software Engineer
Alvaro Saburido Rodriguez
Senior Software Engineer
Flavian Desverne
Senior Software Engineer
Gaetan Senn
Senior Software Engineer
Reza Barr
Senior Software Engineer
Judd Abraham
Senior Software Engineer
Tim de Heiden
Senior Systems Security Engineer
Nicola Krumschmidt
Software Engineer
Hugo Torzuoli
Software Engineer
Nils Twelker
Software Engineer
Rob Luton
Software Engineer
Dana David
Business Development Representative
The Advisors
Our advisors bring decades of industry-leading experience to help guide our products, services, and organization.
Skip Glass
Board Chairman & Strategic Advisor
Philip Black
Board Member
Betsy Mulé
Board Member
William Elmore
Board Observer
Tom Preston-Werner
Board Observer
The Advisors
Our advisors bring decades of industry-leading experience to help guide our products, services, and organization.
Skip Glass
Board Chairman & Strategic Advisor
Philip Black
Board Member
Betsy Mulé
Board Member
William Elmore
Board Observer
Tom Preston-Werner
Board Observer
The Advisors
Our advisors bring decades of industry-leading experience to help guide our products, services, and organization.
Skip Glass
Board Chairman & Strategic Advisor
Philip Black
Board Member
Betsy Mulé
Board Member
William Elmore
Board Observer
Tom Preston-Werner
Board Observer
The Investors
We're backed by leading B2B investors that share our vision for democratizing data at a global scale.
Handshake Ventures
True Ventures
F-Prime
Eight Roads
Preston-Warner Ventures
The Investors
We're backed by leading B2B investors that share our vision for democratizing data at a global scale.
Handshake Ventures
True Ventures
F-Prime
Eight Roads
Preston-Warner Ventures
The Investors
We're backed by leading B2B investors that share our vision for democratizing data at a global scale.
Handshake Ventures
True Ventures
F-Prime
Eight Roads
Preston-Warner Ventures
The Key Contributors
Beyond the Core Team, there are been many people who have helped craft Directus over two decades of product evolution.
Serhii Tatarintsev
Software Engineer
Mike Elsmore
Developer Experience Engineer
Christina Harker
Product Marketing
Maybelle Kakulu
Site Reliability Engineer
Theo Bulut
Software Engineer
Daniel Breitlauch
DevOps Engineer
Carmen Huidobro
Developer Educator
Alexandre Chopin
DX Engineer
Colton Schmidt
Partner Manager
Pedro Pizarro
Account Executive
Andrew Jackson
Account Manager
Rob Clifford
Sales
Bassem Asseh
Sales
Rachel Sun
Designer
Daniel Biegler
Engineer
Azri Kahar
Engineer
Benny Michaels
Developer Experience Engineer
Kevin Lewis
Developer Experience
Pascal Jufer
Engineer
Esther Agbaje
Education
Nicholas Ergemla
UI/UX Designer
Jan Arends
Engineer
Lori Maupas
Content Writer
Michelle Maddox
Marketing
John Booth
Marketing
Welling Guzman
Core Developer
Shea Lavington
Community Moderator
Jay Cammarano
Engineer
Jason El-Massih
Core Developer
Olov Sundström
Core Developer
Eron Powell
Technical Writer
Jacob Rienstra
Engineer
Roger Stringer
Engineer
Conner Bachmann
Engineer
Aurèle Ferotin
Engineer
Tanya Byrne
Core Developer
Sharon Sahadevan
Cloud Engineer
Adrian Hajdin
Video Tutorials
Binal Gajjar
Core Developer
Getulio da Silva
Developer
Lasha Krikheli
Core Developer
João Biondo
DevOps Engineer
Max Glantzman
Core Developer
Jolomi Onosode
Community Moderator
Selwyn Baptiste
Sales Development
Daniel Westman
Community Moderator
Jan Bílek
Key Contributor
Jan Biasi
Key Contributor
Ivan Bobrov
Logo Design
Oleg Beresnev
Illustrator
Peter Tarka
Illustrator
Mate Miminoshvili
Animator
Rahul Patel
Key Contributor
Aleš Vaupotič
Content Writer
Paolo Pustorino
Key Contributor
Harsh Kansagara
Core Developer
Daniel Bickett
Core Developer
Hem Bhimani
Core Developer
Maarten Van Neyghem
Key Contributor
Kaushal Gajjar
Project Manager
Nat Higginbottom
Video Editor
The Key Contributors
Beyond the Core Team, there are been many people who have helped craft Directus over two decades of product evolution.
Serhii Tatarintsev
Software Engineer
Mike Elsmore
Developer Experience Engineer
Christina Harker
Product Marketing
Maybelle Kakulu
Site Reliability Engineer
Theo Bulut
Software Engineer
Daniel Breitlauch
DevOps Engineer
Carmen Huidobro
Developer Educator
Alexandre Chopin
DX Engineer
Colton Schmidt
Partner Manager
Pedro Pizarro
Account Executive
Andrew Jackson
Account Manager
Rob Clifford
Sales
Bassem Asseh
Sales
Rachel Sun
Designer
Daniel Biegler
Engineer
Azri Kahar
Engineer
Benny Michaels
Developer Experience Engineer
Kevin Lewis
Developer Experience
Pascal Jufer
Engineer
Esther Agbaje
Education
Nicholas Ergemla
UI/UX Designer
Jan Arends
Engineer
Lori Maupas
Content Writer
Michelle Maddox
Marketing
John Booth
Marketing
Welling Guzman
Core Developer
Shea Lavington
Community Moderator
Jay Cammarano
Engineer
Jason El-Massih
Core Developer
Olov Sundström
Core Developer
Eron Powell
Technical Writer
Jacob Rienstra
Engineer
Roger Stringer
Engineer
Conner Bachmann
Engineer
Aurèle Ferotin
Engineer
Tanya Byrne
Core Developer
Sharon Sahadevan
Cloud Engineer
Adrian Hajdin
Video Tutorials
Binal Gajjar
Core Developer
Getulio da Silva
Developer
Lasha Krikheli
Core Developer
João Biondo
DevOps Engineer
Max Glantzman
Core Developer
Jolomi Onosode
Community Moderator
Selwyn Baptiste
Sales Development
Daniel Westman
Community Moderator
Jan Bílek
Key Contributor
Jan Biasi
Key Contributor
Ivan Bobrov
Logo Design
Oleg Beresnev
Illustrator
Peter Tarka
Illustrator
Mate Miminoshvili
Animator
Rahul Patel
Key Contributor
Aleš Vaupotič
Content Writer
Paolo Pustorino
Key Contributor
Harsh Kansagara
Core Developer
Daniel Bickett
Core Developer
Hem Bhimani
Core Developer
Maarten Van Neyghem
Key Contributor
Kaushal Gajjar
Project Manager
Nat Higginbottom
Video Editor
The Key Contributors
Beyond the Core Team, there are been many people who have helped craft Directus over two decades of product evolution.
Serhii Tatarintsev
Software Engineer
Mike Elsmore
Developer Experience Engineer
Christina Harker
Product Marketing
Maybelle Kakulu
Site Reliability Engineer
Theo Bulut
Software Engineer
Daniel Breitlauch
DevOps Engineer
Carmen Huidobro
Developer Educator
Alexandre Chopin
DX Engineer
Colton Schmidt
Partner Manager
Pedro Pizarro
Account Executive
Andrew Jackson
Account Manager
Rob Clifford
Sales
Bassem Asseh
Sales
Rachel Sun
Designer
Daniel Biegler
Engineer
Azri Kahar
Engineer
Benny Michaels
Developer Experience Engineer
Kevin Lewis
Developer Experience
Pascal Jufer
Engineer
Esther Agbaje
Education
Nicholas Ergemla
UI/UX Designer
Jan Arends
Engineer
Lori Maupas
Content Writer
Michelle Maddox
Marketing
John Booth
Marketing
Welling Guzman
Core Developer
Shea Lavington
Community Moderator
Jay Cammarano
Engineer
Jason El-Massih
Core Developer
Olov Sundström
Core Developer
Eron Powell
Technical Writer
Jacob Rienstra
Engineer
Roger Stringer
Engineer
Conner Bachmann
Engineer
Aurèle Ferotin
Engineer
Tanya Byrne
Core Developer
Sharon Sahadevan
Cloud Engineer
Adrian Hajdin
Video Tutorials
Binal Gajjar
Core Developer
Getulio da Silva
Developer
Lasha Krikheli
Core Developer
João Biondo
DevOps Engineer
Max Glantzman
Core Developer
Jolomi Onosode
Community Moderator
Selwyn Baptiste
Sales Development
Daniel Westman
Community Moderator
Jan Bílek
Key Contributor
Jan Biasi
Key Contributor
Ivan Bobrov
Logo Design
Oleg Beresnev
Illustrator
Peter Tarka
Illustrator
Mate Miminoshvili
Animator
Rahul Patel
Key Contributor
Aleš Vaupotič
Content Writer
Paolo Pustorino
Key Contributor
Harsh Kansagara
Core Developer
Daniel Bickett
Core Developer
Hem Bhimani
Core Developer
Maarten Van Neyghem
Key Contributor
Kaushal Gajjar
Project Manager
Nat Higginbottom
Video Editor
Come Build with Us
Interested in joining the team? Check out the open positions below and find a role that fits your skills and passion.
Department
Open Role
Location
Sales
Account Manager
Remote (EMEA or Americas)
Sales
Account Manager
Engineering
Senior Backend Software Engineer (Rust)
Remote (Europe)
Engineering
Senior Backend Software Engineer (Rust)
The Best Community in the World
Open-source software is maintained by few, but built by many. We're grateful for every single contributor, collaborator, and pull-request.
Directus
The collaborative backend for builders & AI.
SOC 2
Type II
G2
4.9
GDPR
Compliant
Directus
The collaborative backend for builders & AI.
SOC 2
Type II
G2
4.9
GDPR
Compliant
Directus
The collaborative backend for builders & AI.
SOC 2
Type II
G2
4.9
GDPR
Compliant
Directus
The collaborative backend for builders & AI.
SOC 2
Type II
G2
4.9
GDPR
Compliant