Developer Community Manager

Responsibilities

• Own You.com's developer community strategy and programming in San Francisco and New York City, establishing a consistent presence in two of the world's most important AI ecosystems
• Build relationships with AI engineers, founders, researchers, technical leaders, developer groups, startups, universities, and other influential members of the local developer ecosystem
• Develop a regular cadence of high-quality community programming, including meetups, technical workshops, hackathons, builder dinners, office hours, and other formats that developers genuinely want to attend
• Turn You.com's SF and NYC hubs into destinations for the AI builder community, creating recurring opportunities for developers to learn, build, and connect
• Partner with DevRel and Product to create hands-on experiences that get developers building with You.com's APIs, reducing the distance between attending a community event and making a first API call
• Identify and cultivate community champions and power users who can become advocates, contributors, speakers, and long-term partners for You.com
• Build relationships with complementary developer platforms, AI communities, accelerators, open-source projects, and ecosystem partners to expand our reach
• Maintain an authentic presence in the online communities where AI developers spend their time, including X, LinkedIn, GitHub, Discord, Hacker News, and emerging communities
• Create feedback loops between the developer community and our Product and Engineering teams, surfacing recurring questions, friction points, use cases, and product opportunities
• Partner with Marketing to amplify the people, projects, demos, and stories emerging from our community

Requirements

• Experience building or managing a developer, technical, startup, or AI community
• Strong existing relationships within the AI and developer ecosystem, particularly in San Francisco and/or New York
• Demonstrated ability to create events and programs that technical audiences choose to participate in repeatedly
• Strong understanding of how developers discover, evaluate, adopt, and advocate for developer tools and APIs
• Technically fluent enough to have credible conversations with engineers about APIs, AI agents, LLMs, developer infrastructure, and modern AI application development
• Comfortable getting hands-on with developer products and learning enough to demonstrate and discuss them authentically
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage developers without sounding like traditional corporate marketing
• Experience collaborating across DevRel, Product, Marketing, Partnerships, and Sales
• Highly proactive and comfortable building programs from scratch rather than inheriting an established community playbook
• Data-driven approach to community building, with an understanding of how community engagement can translate into product adoption, retention, advocacy, and pipeline

Preferred

• Active participation in developer or AI communities is a plus

Benefits

• Hubs in San Francisco and New York City offering regular in-person gatherings and co-working sessions
• Flexible PTO with U.S. holidays observed and a week shutdown in December to rest and recharge*
• A competitive health insurance plan covers 100% of the policyholder and 75% for dependents*
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave in the US*
• 401k program, 3% match - vested immediately!*
• $500 work-from-home stipend to be used up to a year of your start date*
• $600 technology stipend to support a portion of our hybrid/remote team's cell phone and internet expenses*
• $1,200 per year Health & Wellness Allowance to support your personal goals*
• The chance to collaborate with a team at the forefront of AI research