About the RoleThis is a ground-up, one-person US outpost role for an early-stage open-source MLOps infrastructure company. You'll own the entire San Francisco presence - community, events, technical evangelism, and pipeline - reporting directly to founding leadership. The goal is to make this company a household name in the SF AI-infra scene.
What You'll Do- Launch and run a recurring SF meetup series targeting the ML-infra community, growing it from zero into a must-attend event.
- Represent the company at AI/ML meetups, hackathons, and conferences across the Bay Area, building a visible personal brand and network.
- Act as the community connector - knowing everyone, making introductions, and turning relationships into momentum.
- Evangelize credibly through live demos, talks, blog posts, social content, and short demo videos tailored to technical audiences.
- Demo a Python-based open-source framework live in front of ML engineers, fielding real questions and engaging at a technical level.
- Instrument community and product signals (using tools like Mixpanel, GitHub, CRM, and enrichment platforms) into automated enrichment, scoring, and follow-up flows that turn every conversation into a traceable pipeline.
- Feed field intelligence - what teams are building, what frustrates them, who's evaluating what - directly back into product and GTM strategy.
What We're Looking For- 1-3+ years in DevRel, community building, growth, or developer-facing GTM roles, with demonstrated experience running events and converting engagement into measurable business outcomes.
- Ability to demo and explain Python frameworks live to technical audiences, read code, work with APIs, and communicate comfortably with ML engineers.
- Track record of building developer communities or technical event series from scratch, growing attendance and engagement over time.
- Proficiency with modern GTM tooling: CRM platforms, data enrichment tools (e.g. Clay or similar), API integrations, and basic automation workflows.
- Experience instrumenting community and event initiatives using product analytics, GitHub signals, and CRM data to track pipeline and ROI.
- Demonstrated ability to produce technical content - blog posts, demo videos, social posts - that resonates with developer audiences.
- Systems mindset: you can turn manual one-off hustle into repeatable, scalable, measurable workflows.
- Comfortable operating with high autonomy in an early-stage startup environment.
- Existing network in the SF AI/ML/infrastructure community is a strong plus.
- Familiarity with MLOps, LLMOps, or agent infrastructure landscapes is a strong plus.
- Experience with product-led growth (PLG) or usage-based GTM motions is a plus.
- Visible personal brand - public talks, conference appearances, or recognizable community presence - is a plus.
Compensation & BenefitsSalary range:
$120,000 - $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
LocationOn-site in
San Francisco, California, United States. This role requires a physical presence in SF and is not available remotely.
