Marketing Manager

Developer Relations & Community Lead — Bay Area

About the Company

We’re supporting a fast‑growing frontier AI company in the Bay Area. The team is building some of the most advanced multimodal and large‑model capabilities in the industry. They move quickly, value deep technical thinking, and operate with the ambition to build globally impactful AI infrastructure.

As the company expands into North America, they are investing heavily in developer ecosystem growth, community presence, and academic collaborations — especially in the Bay Area.

If you’re excited about working close to cutting‑edge model innovation and enjoy collaborating with top developers, researchers, and creators, this environment will be a great fit.

Role: Developer Relations & Community Lead

Community‑Led Growth

• Develop and maintain trust-based relationships with key technical communities across North America, including independent developers, open‑source maintainers, technical bloggers, AI researchers, and startup builders
• Engage and support technical KOCs to drive early adoption and organic word‑of‑mouth growth
• Represent the company across developer groups, AI forums, and technical meetups

API Adoption & Product GTM

• Drive API usage by helping developers understand model capabilities, best practices, integration patterns, and real use cases
• Analyze the activation funnel and identify opportunities to improve onboarding, retention, and expansion
• Work closely with product teams to enhance developer experience (documentation, sample apps, onboarding flows)

Community Operations & Content

• Manage English‑language social channels including X, Reddit, Discord, and LinkedIn
• Publish compelling technical content and participate in community discussions
• Build scalable community programs such as onboarding sequences, incentive programs, and developer advocacy tracks

Offline Events & University Engagement

• Plan and execute developer events in the Bay Area, such as Hackathons, Workshops, AMAs, and Meetups
• Build relationships with top AI academic labs and student organizations
• Support presence at major AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, CVPR)

Insights & Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Gather developer feedback and share insights with product, engineering, and GTM teams
• Support employer brand visibility and talent attraction efforts in the US market

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or above; Computer Science or AI‑related background preferred
• Genuine understanding of LLMs, multimodal AI, and developer workflows
• Fluency in English and Chinese, with strong writing, presentation, and community‑facing communication skills
• Experience in GTM, Developer Relations, developer community operations, open‑source ecosystems, or API‑driven products
• Highly social, self‑driven, and comfortable operating in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments
• Must be based in the Bay Area