A venture‑backed AI infrastructure startup is seeking a founding Developer Relations Lead to define how the organization shows up for developers building AI agents. The company builds trust, reliability, and security infrastructure for mission‑critical AI systems and is used by early enterprise customers and open‑source communities.
This role sits at the intersection of engineering, community, and product — ideal for someone who can both build and communicate, thrives in front of developers, and enjoys representing a technical brand across events, content, and community channels.
What You’ll Do
- Host and attend meetups, hackathons, and community events.
- Create technical content: code examples, integration guides, blog posts, demos, and documentation.
- Speak at major industry conferences (e.g., Black Hat, DEF CON, AWS re:Invent, VentureBeat Transform).
- Engage authentically across Reddit, Hacker News, Discord, GitHub, and other developer communities.
- Record demos, YouTube videos, and join podcasts.
- Own developer documentation in partnership with engineering.
- Drive adoption of the open‑source SDK and platform tools across the agent‑developer ecosystem.
What You Bring
- 8+ years of experience, including 4+ years in early‑stage startup environments with open‑source developer focus.
- Hands‑on AI/ML and agent‑development experience — you’ve built with these technologies, not just demoed them.
- Strong on‑camera presence, excellent writing skills, and an outgoing, community‑forward personality.
- Must be based in San Francisco (no exceptions).
How Success Is Measured
- Developer engagement and community growth
- SDK adoption and API usage
- Documentation quality
- Developer satisfaction
- Brand awareness within agent‑developer communities
Why This Role Matters
This is a founding DevRel seat with meaningful ownership, equity, and direct access to a technical founding team with deep experience in AI, autonomous systems, and cloud platforms. The culture is high‑trust, high‑output, and non‑toxic, with flexibility, transparency, and real autonomy.