Developer Relations Lead

Zyphra

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA plans

Competitive compensation and 401(k) plan

Relocation and immigration support

In-office snacks and meals provided

Unlimited PTO and company holidays

Collaborative high-energy environment

Job summary

A cutting-edge AI company in San Francisco seeks a Developer Relations Lead to cultivate and grow its developer community around open-source models. You will represent the company at key industry events, drive community engagement through strategic initiatives, and serve as the main communication link between developers and internal teams. The ideal candidate is experienced in developer relations, deeply familiar with AI technologies, and has a proven track record in community building and advocacy.

Qualifications

3-6 years of experience in developer relations, advocacy, or community management.
Experience with open-source AI models and understanding developer perspectives.
Strong technical foundation in AI and machine learning.

Responsibilities

Own the development and growth of Zyphra’s developer community.
Represent Zyphra at conferences and community events.
Drive GitHub adoption metrics and community engagement.

Skills

Community building

Technical communication

AI and machine learning understanding

Public speaking

Open-source engagement

Developer advocacy

Job description

Zyphra is an artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco, California.

The Role:

As a Developer Relations Lead, you will own the developer community that forms around Zyphra’s open-source models and Zyphra’s AI agent, Maia from the ground up. You will be the primary face of Zyphra to the global developer community, building and scaling our presence on GitHub, Discord, X, and at the industry events that matter most. This is not a content production role. You are a technically credible practitioner who is also a natural community builder: someone developers trust, follow, and build with.

There is an early community already forming around Zyphra’s models. Your job is to find it, accelerate it, structure it, and turn it into one of the most active open-source AI communities in the field. You will be a critical member of the GTM team and work in close collaboration with Zyphra’s research, engineering, and product teams.

You’ll Work Across:

Owning the development, expansion, and moderation of Zyphra’s developer community end-to-end across all public channels including Discord, GitHub, and Hugging Face while also growing our developer brand across X, LinkedIn, and other technical channels
Representing Zyphra at AI conferences, developer summits, open-source events, academic forums, and community meetups: speaking, demoing, and building relationships that expand our reach and credibility in the developer ecosystem
Driving GitHub adoption metrics across Zyphra’s open-source model repositories: stars, forks, issues, pull requests, and active contributor velocity as direct measures of ecosystem health
Acting as the primary feedback channel between Zyphra’s developer community and the research and product teams, synthesizing what developers are building, where they are getting stuck, and what would unlock the next wave of adoption across modalities
Building and executing a community growth strategy that converts each model release into sustained developer engagement: launch moments, contributor programs, ambassador networks, and structured onboarding for new community members
Driving API consumption and model usage, helping developers understand what Zyphra’s models and agent can do, where they are differentiated, and how to get started quickly and successfully
Creating and curating technical content that serves the community: integration guides, benchmark comparisons, use-case demos, deployment walkthroughs, and example projects that showcase what developers can build on Zyphra’s open foundation models and inference infrastructure
Partnering with the GTM team on model launch strategy, open-source announcements, and developer‑facing go‑to‑market motions that maximize community impact at each release

What We're Looking For / Requirements:

A genuine community participant, you have built with open‑source AI models, understand how developers think about evaluating and integrating foundation models, and can speak credibly in technical conversations with researchers and engineers
3–6 years of experience in developer relations, developer advocacy, open‑source community management, or a closely related technical role at an AI, ML, or developer tools company
Demonstrated track record of building or meaningfully growing a technical developer community measured in GitHub engagement, Discord or Slack membership, social following, or conference presence
Comfort and credibility on stage: you have spoken at developer conferences, hosted workshops, or led technical demos in front of audiences of engineers
Strong technical foundation in AI and machine learning, you understand model architecture, inference, fine‑tuning, and deployment well enough to engage authentically with the developers building on Zyphra’s models and Maia
A natural communicator who can explain highly technical concepts clearly across formats: live presentations, written posts, short‑form social content, and one‑on‑one developer conversations
Self‑directed and energized by building from scratch, you thrive in early‑stage environments where the community platform, the content calendar, and the ambassador program all need to be created
Deep familiarity with the open‑source AI ecosystem: the platforms developers use, the communities they participate in, the events they attend, and the voices they trust

Qualifications / Additional Skills:

Prior experience working at or closely with an open‑source AI lab, model provider, or developer tools company where OSS community traction was a primary GTM objective
Existing presence or credibility in the AI developer community: GitHub contributions, published technical content, conference talks, or a social following
Experience running contributor programs, ambassador programs, or structured community initiatives that systematically expand developer engagement beyond organic growth
Familiarity with community health metrics and the ability to build reporting frameworks that connect community activity to model adoption and API consumption
Understanding of how developers evaluate and adopt open‑source AI models, including the role of benchmarks, licensing, documentation quality, and inference performance in adoption decisions
Experience collaborating with research teams to translate model releases, papers, and technical milestones into community moments that drive developer attention and engagement
Breadth across modalities, familiarity with language, audio, vision, and/or BCI AI systems is a meaningful differentiator given the breadth of Zyphra’s model portfolio
Comfort using AI tools (Claude, Cursor, etc.) to accelerate content creation, community management, and outreach workflows

Why Work at Zyphra:

Zyphra is building at the frontier of AI and this role sits at the center of how that work gets seen
You will build and help define the function, not inherit it; there is no legacy playbook to maintain
We move with the urgency of a startup and the rigor of a research lab, speed and quality are not in tension here, they're expected together
You will work directly alongside researchers, engineers, and founders, not through layers of management, which means your work gets seen, challenged, and improved fast
We believe GTM can be a demonstration of what AI can do; you will be empowered to prove that

Benefits and Perks: