Developer Relationship Lead

Upriver Data Ltd.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Upriver Data Ltd. is seeking a Developer Relations AI Engineer to help launch our technical community and showcase how developers can quickly build value with our platform.

You will represent Upriver at meetups, conferences, and community events, and craft demos and tutorials that illustrate practical use cases. You will work closely with data engineers, ML engineers, and platform teams to gather insights, shape product direction, and grow the developer ecosystem through content, workshops, and

Qualifications

• Strong background in data engineering, ML engineering, or data science.
• Comfortable presenting, teaching, and breaking down complex technical concepts.
• Experience building demos, notebooks, blogs, or talks for developers.
• Proactive, community-minded, and excited to connect with engineers at scale.
• Based in SF or NY (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Represent Upriver at meetups, conferences, panels, and community events.
• Create demos, samples, and hands-on tutorials that show how engineers can build with our platform and get value from day one.
• Engage deeply with data engineers, ML engineers, and platform teams, collecting insights and feeding them back into product.
• Build our early community presence through content, workshops, and collaboration with industry leaders.

Skills

Data engineering

ML engineering

Data science

Public speaking

Demo creation

Job description

We're looking for our first Developer Relations (Dev Rel) AI Engineer to help put Upriver on the map and build a thriving technical community around our platform.

Responsibilities

• Represent Upriver at meetups, conferences, panels, and community events.
• Create demos, samples, and hands-on tutorials that show how engineers can build with our platform and get value from day one.
• Engage deeply with data engineers, ML engineers, and platform teams, collecting insights and feeding them back into product.
• Build our early community presence through content, workshops, and collaboration with industry leaders.

Requirements

• Strong background in data engineering, ML engineering, or data science.
• Comfortable presenting, teaching, and breaking down complex technical concepts.
• Experience building demos, notebooks, blogs, or talks for developers.
• Proactive, community-minded, and excited to connect with engineers at scale.
• Based in SF or NY (preferred).

Why this is a rare opportunity

• Join an early, fast-growing startup defining a new category at the intersection of data engineering and AI.
• Build the entire Dev Rel function from scratch.
• Influence product direction based on real-world engineering challenges and community feedback.
• Be a visible voice in one of the most exciting shifts in the data/AI ecosystem.