Developer Advocate

52 Limited; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity

Daily meals

In-person collaboration

Job summary

52 Limited is seeking a Developer Advocate for our frontier AI model lab client in San Francisco. You will shape the developer voice, own the experience across documentation and APIs, and create programs and content to drive trust and adoption.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, operations, and leadership, deliver technical demos, and run events. The role requires in-person work and offers substantial equity and compensation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a technical developer-facing role such as Software Engineer, Developer Advocate, or Developer Relations Engineer.
• Strong understanding of LLMs and the AI market, with insight into developer needs.
• Familiarity with major developer ecosystems, APIs, SDKs, and modern development workflows.
• Adequate technical depth to build credible demos, tutorials, and developer resources.
• Ability to listen, synthesize feedback, and advocate for users.
• Experience conducting developer research or usability testing.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Willingness to work fully in person in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

• Define the company's voice within the developer community and grow developer awareness, trust, and adoption.
• Represent the organization through talks, demonstrations, community participation, and partnerships.
• Own the developer experience across documentation, quickstarts, SDKs, and API references.
• Create tutorials, cookbooks, documentation, and resources that help developers evaluate and adopt the platform.
• Build feedback loops with the developer community and advocate for developer needs.
• Conduct usability testing and translate feedback into product insights.
• Design and manage developer programs such as early access, beta, red-teaming, and bug bounties.
• Plan webinars, meetups, hackathons, conference talks, and technical workshops.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, operations, and leadership.

Skills

Software Engineer

Developer Advocate

Developer Relations

Excellent communication

Presentation skills

Documentation

APIs and SDKs

Tools

SDKs

APIs

Job description

How you fill your 52 weeks is your business. Helping you find your next opportunity is ours.

We are searching for a Developer Advocate for our frontier AI model lab client. In this position, you will help define the company's voice within the developer community, own the developer experience across its documentation and APIs, and create the programs and technical content that drive trust, visibility, and adoption. If you are equally comfortable working with code, speaking to a technical audience, and turning developer feedback into product improvements, we'd love to hear from you.

As Developer Advocate, you will:

• Help define the company's voice within the developer community and grow developer awareness, trust, and adoption
• Represent the organization and its vision for composable AI through talks, demonstrations, community participation, and partnerships
• Own the developer experience across documentation, quickstarts, SDKs, and API references
• Create technical demonstrations, tutorials, cookbooks, documentation, and other resources that help developers evaluate and adopt the platform
• Build feedback loops with the developer community and advocate internally for developer needs
• Conduct usability testing and synthesize developer feedback into actionable product insights
• Design and manage developer programs such as early access initiatives, beta programs, red-teaming, and bug bounties
• Plan and execute webinars, meetups, hackathons, conference talks, and technical workshops
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, operations, and company leadership

Who we’re searching for / About you:

• 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, Developer Advocate, Developer Relations Engineer, or in a similarly technical developer-facing role
• Strong understanding of LLMs, the broader AI market, and the needs of developers building with AI systems
• Familiarity with major developer ecosystems, APIs, SDKs, and modern software development workflows
• Enough technical depth to build credible demonstrations, tutorials, and developer resources
• Deep developer empathy and an ability to listen, synthesize feedback, and advocate for users
• Experience conducting developer research or usability testing
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Comfortable presenting technical concepts through conference talks, workshops, webinars, and live demonstrations
• Motivated by helping advanced AI technology create practical, real-world impact
• An established reputation or active presence within the developer community is a strong plus
• Willingness to work fully in person with a small, highly collaborative team

We know that experience is gathered in many ways. If you have a demonstrated ability to fulfill the job duties but got there in a different way.

Logistics:

• Fully in person in San Francisco near Embarcadero Station
• Base salary of $180,000-$280,000 plus equity, depending on experience and leveling

Why Work with our Client:

• Join a frontier AI lab focused on building reliable, general-purpose AI systems for real-world automation
• Work alongside an experienced team with backgrounds from OpenAI, Google Brain, and Meta/FAIR
• Help define the developer voice and community strategy for an emerging AI platform
• Own the developer experience across documentation, technical content, programs, and events
• Collaborate directly with product, engineering, operations, and company leadership
• 100% covered health insurance
• Daily lunch and dinner
• Meaningful company equity

52 Limited encourages a diversity of applicants of all backgrounds and identities to apply. Let us know if you need reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process.