Developer Relations Engineer

Clera

• $160K — $220K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years in DevRel, community building, or growth at an early-stage company.
  • Proficient in Python for live demos and coding with engineering teams.
  • Experience organizing recurring community events with measurable success.
  • Knowledge of converting community engagement into leads or growth metrics.
  • Familiarity with modern GTM tools like CRM and automation platforms.
  • Strong systems thinking for building repeatable processes.
  • Self-directed and able to work independently in a startup environment.

Responsibilities

  • Launch and manage a San Francisco ML infrastructure meetup series.
  • Represent the company at AI meetups and conferences in the Bay Area.
  • Build relationships in the SF AI/ML ecosystem to foster partnerships.
  • Create technical content based on community feedback, including blogs and demo videos.
  • Demo a Python framework and troubleshoot code in front of technical audiences.
  • Automate workflows to track community engagement and product signals.
  • Report insights on community and builder needs to product and GTM teams.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape the US presence of a pioneering open-source company.
  • Direct reporting to leadership, influencing company strategy.
  • Engagement with a vibrant AI and ML community in San Francisco.
  • Potential for high impact through community-driven growth initiatives.
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is the founding US presence for an open-source MLOps and AI infrastructure company, reporting directly to leadership. You will own the San Francisco go-to-market motion end-to-end, sitting at the intersection of community building, technical evangelism, and growth. The role exists to turn community signals into pipeline and reputation into measurable outcomes.
What You'll Do
  • Launch and grow a recurring SF meetup series from scratch, targeting the ML infrastructure community.
  • Represent the company credibly at AI/infra meetups, hackathons, and conferences across the Bay Area.
  • Build and maintain relationships across the SF AI, ML, and infra ecosystem, connecting people and turning conversations into lasting partnerships.
  • Create and ship technical content including talks, blog posts, demo videos, and social posts grounded in real community feedback.
  • Demo a Python framework live in front of technical audiences, answer hard questions, and read production code without hiding behind slides.
  • Instrument events and wire product and community signals (CRM, GitHub, analytics, and enrichment tools) into automated workflows so every conversation becomes a traceable pipeline entry.
  • Feed product and GTM teams a steady stream of ground-level intelligence on what builders are making, what frustrates them, and who is evaluating what.
What We're Looking For
  • 2 or more years in DevRel, community building, growth, or developer-facing GTM, preferably at an early-stage or resource-constrained company rather than a large enterprise.
  • Proficient enough in Python to demo a framework live, read production code, work with APIs, and troubleshoot in front of engineering audiences.
  • Proven track record designing, executing, and growing recurring community events with documented attendance and engagement metrics.
  • Experience converting community or product-usage activity (open-source signals, GitHub activity, product telemetry) into leads or measurable growth outcomes.
  • Comfortable with the modern GTM stack: CRM, enrichment platforms, light automation, and LLM-based workflows.
  • Strong systems thinking, turning one-off hustles into repeatable, measurable motions.
  • Self-directed and comfortable running solo without heavy oversight.
  • Existing network in the SF AI, ML, or infrastructure community and a visible personal brand (talks, events, or following).
  • Familiarity with open-source community dynamics, MLOps, LLMOps, or agent-infrastructure landscapes is a strong plus.
  • Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate.
Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $160,000 to $220,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Location

On-site in San Francisco, CA, USA. In-person presence is core to this role; remote arrangements are not available.

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