Community Lead

San Francisco, CA (Unknown)

$94K/yr – $180K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the community development motion focused on senior AI leaders, organizing events, and shaping outreach to convert relationships into qualified pipeline while collaborating with the CEO and GTM team.

  • Build and nurture relationships with senior engineering and AI leaders
  • Organize technical events and coordinate GTM-aligned outreach

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain high-trust relationships with the ICP: Directors of Engineering and Heads of AI at seed-to-Series D AI companies
  • Organize and host technical events and meetups in San Francisco and other key AI markets
  • Represent the company at conferences and AI community events
  • Convert warm relationships into qualified first meetings for the sales team
  • Develop community programming that makes the company the name engineers associate with graph infrastructure for AI
  • Collaborate with the CEO and GTM team on outreach strategy

Requirements

  • Based in San Francisco, CA (or willing to relocate within an acceptable timeframe)
  • Natural connector — you remember people, follow up proactively, and bring genuine energy to every room
  • Proven track record of building communities or networks with measurable business outcomes (not just follower counts)
  • Experience organizing and hosting technical events, conferences, or meetups end-to-end
  • Demonstrated ability to convert warm relationships into qualified pipeline and contribute to GTM strategy
  • Strong communication skills and ability to build trust with senior technical leaders (Directors of Engineering, Heads of AI)
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building a function from scratch
  • Willingness to travel for conferences and events

Preferred

  • Prior experience in developer relations, community, or field marketing at a technical company
  • Existing relationships in the AI/ML engineering community
  • Familiarity with basic technical concepts in AI infrastructure (coding not required)

Benefits

  • Meaningful equity — the company wants builders to own a real piece of what they create
  • Flexible PTO
  • Learning budget (books, courses, conferences, compute)
  • Wellness programs and top-tier gear & software
  • Periodic team offsites
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Founded in 2025
San Francisco, California, USA
8 employees (1 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
32K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$874
Traffic Source Mix
Search
21.7%
Direct
59%
Referral
4.9%
Social
12.7%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~8

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (13% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Last Raise
Grant, 12 months ago