About the RoleThis is a ground-up, one-person US outpost role for an open-source ML/AI infrastructure platform, sitting directly alongside the founding team. You will own the company's entire San Francisco presence, turning community relationships and technical evangelism into a measurable, repeatable growth pipeline.
What You'll Do- Launch and run a bi-weekly SF meetup series targeting the ML infrastructure crowd, growing it from zero to 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, introducing people to each other and turning relationships into sustained community momentum.
- Evangelize the platform through talks, blog posts, social content, and short demo videos grounded in real community insights.
- Demo a Python-based framework live in front of technical audiences and hold your own with ML engineers on technical questions.
- Instrument community and product signals (using tools like Mixpanel, GitHub, CRM, and data enrichment platforms) into automated enrichment, scoring, and follow-up workflows so every conversation becomes a traceable pipeline.
- Feed market intelligence back to the product and GTM teams: what engineers are building, what frustrates them, and who is evaluating what.
What We're Looking For- 1 to 3 or more years in DevRel, community building, growth, or developer-facing GTM roles, with a track record of hosting events and converting engagement into business outcomes.
- Comfortable demoing and explaining Python frameworks live, reading code, working with APIs, and communicating technical concepts to ML engineers.
- Demonstrated experience building developer communities or technical event series from scratch, with measurable growth in attendance and engagement.
- GTM or growth-systems orientation, not a purely marketing-focused background.
- Proficiency with modern GTM stack tools: CRM platforms, data enrichment tools, API integrations, and basic automation workflows.
- Experience using product analytics, GitHub signals, and CRM data to measure community and event ROI and track pipeline.
- Proven ability to create technical content (blog posts, demo videos, social posts) that resonates with developer audiences.
- Track record of turning manual, one-off community activities into repeatable, scalable systems.
- Self-directed and comfortable running a solo outpost with direct access to leadership for strategy and direction.
- Experience in early-stage or startup environments rather than large enterprises.
- Existing network in the SF AI, ML, or infrastructure community is a strong plus.
- Familiarity with MLOps, LLMOps, or agent infrastructure landscapes is a plus.
- Experience with open-source communities, product-led growth, or usage-based GTM motions is a plus.
Compensation & BenefitsSalary range:
$120,000 to $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
LocationOn-site in
San Francisco, California, United States. This role requires being based in San Francisco and does not work remotely.
