AI Developer Community Catalyst

adaption; United States; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Adaption Passport

Lunch Stipend

Well-Being

Job summary

Adaption is seeking a Community Lead to scale our developer ecosystem and keep pace with a fast-evolving AI landscape. You will connect builders to Adaption, organize events, and turn feedback into actionable improvements.

You’ll build and manage developer spaces (Discord, forums), run ambassador programs, and collaborate with universities, accelerators, and partners to amplify our mission of flexible, real-time AI.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years in a community lead or startup ops role.
• Built scalable processes and driven cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong written communication and experience engaging with communities over socials (Discord, X).
• Proven experience organizing developer events end-to-end.
• Genuine empathy for developers and curiosity about what they're building.

Responsibilities

• Establish our overall strategy for supporting developers, researchers and enterprises who want to have more control over their AI.
• Build and maintain Adaption's developer spaces (Discord server, forums) from the ground up, answer questions, capture feedback, and turn it into actionable issues for the team
• Develop, manage, and run Adaption's ambassador program, from recruiting and onboarding ambassadors to equipping them with the resources, recognition, and support to represent Adaption in their own communities.
• Organize and lead meetups, hackathons, office hours, and live streams that introduce Adaption to new developer audiences
• Collaborate with developer groups, universities, accelerators, and open-source communities to co-host and amplify high-quality events
• Spotlight user projects and design partners (case studies, writeups, guest talks).
• Build automations and systems that make community operations scale - when you do something twice, you figure out how to do it better the third time
• Work closely with technical and marketing teams on cross-functional projects and feedback loops
• Stay connected with community members over time, keeping a mental map of who's doing interesting work, who should meet who, and what people are building

Skills

Community lead

Operations mindset

Written comms

Dev events

Developer empathy

Job description

Adaption is seeking a Community Lead to scale our developer ecosystem and keep pace with a fast-evolving AI landscape. You will connect builders to Adaption, organize events, and turn feedback into actionable improvements.

You’ll build and manage developer spaces (Discord, forums), run ambassador programs, and collaborate with universities, accelerators, and partners to amplify our mission of flexible, real-time AI.