Developer Advocate

The role

You will build reference apps, demos, and integrations to show what the Exa API unlocks. You will also present these through talks, streams, workshops, and repos to developers.

What you will do

• Own a library of working code including reference agents, integration examples, and demos.
• Be a teacher through in-person and video talks, meetups, workshops, hackathons, and streams.
• Answer questions and unblock developers in public forums.
• Build and maintain integrations with developer frameworks and tools.
• Carry developer friction back to Product and Engineering.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years as a software engineer, developer advocate, or a mix, with code you can show.
• Real fluency in the AI stack.
• Built with LLMs, agents, and retrieval.
• Public artifacts such as repos, talks, streams, tutorials, or side projects.
• Strong live communication.
• Enthusiasm for helping other developers.
• Comfort working in public and taking technical criticism.
• AI-native working habits using AI tooling daily.

Nice to have

• Open source contributions developers would recognize.
• Experience at an API-first or developer tools company.
• A following or reputation in the AI developer community.
• Experience running workshops or hackathon mentoring.
• Video, writing, or design skills.

Benefits

• Premium medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Monthly wellness benefit
• Monthly commuter benefit for SF team
• Reimbursement for eligible egg freezing and related medical expenses up to $15,000 lifetime maximum
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Lunch and dinner served daily
• Office stocked with snacks, coffee, and health supplements
• Fresh bread from a local bakery every morning
• Weekly milk tea deliveries
• Monthly picnics
• Parties to celebrate wins

Before you apply

• We sponsor visas for exceptional candidates

About the company

Exa is building a search engine for the AI era. The team is largely SF-based and has raised a $250M Series C.