Social Community Engagement Manager

applied; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition is seeking a Community Engagement Manager to drive our presence in the developer and AI community. You will publish daily across our owned channels, coordinate with writers and designers, and respond to comments and messages to build credible relationships with engineers and researchers.

You will tailor content to each platform, track trends, and monitor engagement to identify opportunities while staying aligned with our technical audience and industry conversations.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in community management or social roles for a technical/AI audience
• Genuine understanding of the developer/engineering community
• Experience engaging with online communities (Reddit, X, Discord, LinkedIn)
• Hands-on experience with social listening/analytics tools and turning data into insights
• Strong execution, reliability, and daily hands-on work mindset
• Strong writing and tone sense

Responsibilities

• Own daily publishing across social channels (X, LinkedIn, etc.).
• Keep the social calendar and asset trackers up to date.
• Adapt approved content to each platform's voice and format.
• Coordinate with writers, designers, and SMEs to move content pipeline.
• Reply to comments/DMs, build relationships with developers and researchers.
• Tailor tone and substance for engineering/developer audiences.
• Identify trends and whitespace opportunities in social conversations.
• Moderate engagement daily with timely, credible responses.
• Nurture relationships with recurring engaged followers.
• Track audience composition and engagement with social listening tools.
• Monitor relevant conversations in real time and flag opportunities.
• Keep pulse on competitor/industry activity.

Skills

Community management

Social media strategy

Audience engagement

Content writing

Social listening

Tools

Hootsuite

Sprout Social

Brandwatch

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions

About the role

Physical AI is one of the most consequential technical shifts happening right now, and the people closest to it — the engineers building autonomy stacks, the researchers pushing simulation and foundation models forward — are talking about it in real time on X, LinkedIn, and beyond. We are looking for a Community Engagement Manager to build Applied Intuition's leading presence in that conversation — showing up every day, and making sure we're the voice developers and engineers actually want to hear from. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role. This person will work alongside our Social Media Marketing Manager, who owns content strategy and campaigns, with a focus on the daily engine that keeps our presence active, credible, and responsive to the technical audience specifically.

At Applied Intuition, you will:

• Own daily publishing execution across our owned social channels (X, LinkedIn, and others) — you're the one hitting publish, every day, on a consistent cadence.

• Keep the social calendar, content queue, and asset trackers organized and up to date so nothing gets missed or delayed.

• Adapt approved content and messaging to fit each platform's voice, format, and best practices before it goes out.

• Coordinate with our Social Media Marketing Manager, writers, designers, and subject matter experts to keep the content pipeline moving on schedule.

• Be the person in the comments and the DMs — replying to questions, acknowledging feedback, and building real relationships with the developers, researchers, and technical talent who follow our work.

• Understand what resonates with engineering and developer audiences specifically, and tailor tone, timing, and substance accordingly.

• Pinpoint topic trends and conversations across social to ensure we're staying up to date and identifying whitespace opportunities.

• Moderate and monitor engagement across our owned social channels daily, making sure our technical community gets a timely, credible response.

• Identify and nurture relationships with recurring engaged followers and community champions over time.

• Track audience composition and engagement patterns closely, using social listening tools to understand who's engaging with us and how that shifts over time.

• Monitor conversations relevant to Applied Intuition and physical AI as they happen, using listening tools to flag or act on moments worth engaging with in real time.

• Keep a pulse on competitor and industry activity.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• 2-4 years of experience in community management or community-facing social roles, ideally supporting a technical, developer, or AI-focused audience

• A genuine, demonstrable understanding of the developer and engineering community

• Experience engaging directly with online communities (Reddit, X, Discord, LinkedIn, or similar) and comfort being the "voice" behind day-to-day replies and moderation

• Hands‑on experience with social media listening or analytics tools, and comfort turning audience data into clear takeaways

• Strong execution instincts — reliable, consistent, and energized by daily hands‑on work rather than only high-level strategy

• Strong writing skills and an ear for tone

Nice to have:

• Experience supporting employer brand, talent, or recruiting-adjacent content.

• Familiarity with developer or open-source communities.

• Experience working at or marketing to a technical or engineering audience.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.

FOR US-BASED ROLES: Applied Intuition is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive application and interview experience to applicants who are disabled veterans and other applicants with disabilities or medical conditions. Reasonable accommodations are available, requesting an accommodation will not affect your candidacy in any way, and you are not required to disclose the nature of your disability or medical condition in order to make a request. If you require an accommodation please contact [e-mail]. We will work with you!