Developer Community Architect & Ecosystem Lead

Openkrill; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Travel stipend

Lunch stipend

Medical benefits + PTO

Job summary

Adaption seeks a Community Lead to shape and grow our developer ecosystem. You’ll build spaces for developers, researchers and enterprises to connect with Adaption, recruit ambassadors, and organize engaging events from meetups to hackathons.

You’ll collaborate with technical and marketing teams, nurture relationships, and scale operations as the community expands globally. A strong communicator who loves people will thrive here.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years in a community lead role, with a track record of engaging technical users.
• Strong operations instincts — built scalable processes from scratch 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, from small meetups to large-scale hackathons.
• 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 community 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 resources and support to represent Adaption
• 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 scale community operations
• Work closely with technical and marketing teams on cross-functional projects and feedback loops
• Stay connected with community members over time, mapping who is doing interesting work

Skills

Community leadership

Operations mindset

Technical engagement

Event organization

Empathy for developers

Adaptable mindset

Job description

Adaption seeks a Community Lead to shape and grow our developer ecosystem. You’ll build spaces for developers, researchers and enterprises to connect with Adaption, recruit ambassadors, and organize engaging events from meetups to hackathons.

You’ll collaborate with technical and marketing teams, nurture relationships, and scale operations as the community expands globally. A strong communicator who loves people will thrive here.