Cognition

Developer Community Manager

San Francisco. Posted 7 months ago

The role

You will build and manage community programs to connect Cognition with the developer ecosystem. This includes running events, cultivating ambassadors, and bringing Devin to universities and developer communities.

What you will do

  • Scale the developer ambassador program by recruiting and supporting technical advocates
  • Plan and execute developer events like hackathons, meetups, and demo days
  • Build and manage university programs including campus ambassador networks and workshops
  • Create technical content such as tutorials, demo scripts, and workshop materials
  • Synthesize community feedback and surface product insights to engineering
  • Manage community platforms and channels to foster engagement
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams
  • Track and report on program metrics like ambassador activity and community growth

Required qualifications

  • Technical background with professional coding experience or a CS degree
  • Ability to discuss APIs, SDKs, and developer workflows
  • 2+ years of experience in developer relations, community management, technical evangelism, or a related role at a technology company
  • Demonstrated experience planning and executing technical events, workshops, or community programs
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • A builder mentality
  • Comfort operating autonomously in a fast-moving environment
  • A record of exceptional achievements and impact in any domain

Nice to have

  • Have built a developer community or ambassador program from scratch
  • Genuine passion for AI-powered developer tools
  • Known in developer communities through open source, talks, or content creation
  • Experience running programs at universities or with early-career developers
  • Thrive on the autonomy, intensity, and pace of an early-stage startup
  • A software engineering background

About the company

Cognition is an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents and the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer.

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