Hybrid Community Manager for AI Engineers & Ambassadors

AI Engineer; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AI Engineer is seeking a Community Manager to connect our global AI engineer community, ambassador network, and events. You will bridge home and our San Francisco office, hosting weekly SF meetups and driving structured communities.

You will own and grow our channels, build meetup and ambassador programs, and design education initiatives to keep pace with rapid AI engineering. This is a rare ownership role in a small, fast-moving team.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in community management in tech/AI/developer spaces.
• Track record building ambassador, meetup, and regional community programs.
• Exceptional organization—you manage multiple workstreams without dropping a ball.
• Strong writing with ability to adapt tone for developers, partners, and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and grow the AI Engineer community across Slack, X, LinkedIn and our owned platforms.
• Build our meetup and ambassador program from scratch: rules, onboarding, newsletters, KPIs, and recruiting new city ambassadors.
• Build and own our Scholarship, Associate, NEO and TB programs end-to-end, from application through to nurture, delivery and support.
• Design practitioner-led education initiatives - workshops, cohort courses, study groups.
• Support partner and community engagement at our flagship conference.
• Work cross-functionally with Marketing, BD, Partnerships and Production to keep every workstream visible and on track.

Skills

Community management

Ambassador programs

Event coordination

Written communication

AI familiarity

Tools

Notion

Airtable

Asana

Slack

Discord

Circle

Job description

AI Engineer is seeking a Community Manager to connect our global AI engineer community, ambassador network, and events. You will bridge home and our San Francisco office, hosting weekly SF meetups and driving structured communities.

You will own and grow our channels, build meetup and ambassador programs, and design education initiatives to keep pace with rapid AI engineering. This is a rare ownership role in a small, fast-moving team.