Head of Developer Relations for AI Ecosystem

Cerebras; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebras Systems is seeking a Head of Developer Relations to shape how developers discover, understand, and build with Cerebras. You’ll define the DevRel vision and roadmap, set the technical quality bar, and lead a team that earns developer trust through demos, teaching, and original ideas.

This hands-on leadership role requires building demos, tutorials, workshops, and programs, partnering with Product and Engineering to ensure technical accuracy and compelling developer stories.

Qualifications

• A strong portfolio of technical demos, applications, tutorials, workshops, or developer programs, with clear examples of your personal technical contributions.
• Experience leading a DevRel function or technical developer program with demonstrated results in developer adoption.
• Experience directly managing and developing technical contributors, including setting expectations, giving actionable feedback, and addressing performance gaps.
• A track record of delivering technical launches or developer programs with Product, Engineering, and creative partners.
• Experience turning developer insights into improvements to products, documentation, or the developer experience.
• Strong hands-on engineering skills. You can use APIs, build useful demos, debug integrations, and explain technical decisions and limitations.
• Excellent technical writing, teaching, and presentation skills, with the ability to improve the clarity and accuracy of other people’s work.
• A distinct, informed point of view on modern DevRel and the AI developer ecosystem, including which audiences and use cases deserve attention.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and prioritization skills. You can build an achievable roadmap, explain tradeoffs, and adapt when constraints change.

Responsibilities

• DevRel direction: Define the team’s vision, roadmap, and quality bar around clear developer audiences, use cases, and business goals. Make thoughtful choices about where to invest and what to decline.
• Technical building and education: Own demos, sample applications, notebooks, technical blogs, and workshops. Personally build, write, teach, present, and debug when needed, and help the team make complex ideas clear and useful.
• Developer programs and community: Develop events, community initiatives, and repeatable programs that help developers try Cerebras, build useful applications, and continue using the platform.
• Team leadership: Lead and develop DevRel contributors. Set clear expectations, give specific technical and editorial feedback, support growth, and hold the team accountable for quality and delivery.
• Technical launches and storytelling: Partner with Product and Engineering on technical accuracy and developer readiness, and with New Media and Communications on compelling stories and coordinated launches.
• Developer feedback: Turn questions, integration challenges, and community insights into actionable improvements to products, documentation, and the developer experience.
• Performance and experimentation: Measure developer activation, continued usage, and meaningful ecosystem engagement. Test new ideas, learn from results, and adjust priorities as evidence changes.

Skills

Technical demos

DevRel leadership

Mentoring team

Cross-functional collaboration

APIs usage

Technical writing

Public speaking

Product collaboration

Developer programs

Job description

Cerebras Systems is seeking a Head of Developer Relations to shape how developers discover, understand, and build with Cerebras. You’ll define the DevRel vision and roadmap, set the technical quality bar, and lead a team that earns developer trust through demos, teaching, and original ideas.

This hands-on leadership role requires building demos, tutorials, workshops, and programs, partnering with Product and Engineering to ensure technical accuracy and compelling developer stories.