Developer Community Manager

Back to jobsNewDeveloper Community ManagerSan Francisco, CA (Hybrid)About UsAt You.com, we are building the AI Search Infrastructure that powers modern AI systems. Our goal is to create the trusted knowledge layer that agents, applications, and enterprises rely on to retrieve real-time, accurate, and citation-backed information.Our platform combines proprietary vertical indexes with LLM-optimized retrieval systems to power AI agents, applications, and enterprise workflows. We are solving hard problems across search, large language models, and large-scale infrastructure to make AI systems more reliable, transparent, and useful.Our team includes engineers, researchers, product builders, and operators who care about solving meaningful problems and delivering real-world impact. Whether you are improving core infrastructure, shaping product experiences, or helping bring new AI capabilities to market, your work will help define how modern AI finds and uses knowledge.About The RoleIn this role, you will create meaningful reasons for developers to engage with You.com and with each other — through events, workshops, hackathons, partnerships, online communities, and ongoing programming. You will build strong local communities in San Francisco and New York while helping turn those relationships into product adoption, advocacy, and long-term affinity for You.com.You will work closely with DevRel, Product, Marketing, Partnerships, and Sales to connect our developer community directly to the products we are building and the problems developers are trying to solve.This role is for someone who genuinely enjoys being part of technical communities, knows how to bring the right people together, and understands that a great developer community isn't measured by how many people show up — it's measured by what they build, whether they come back, and whether they bring others with them.ResponsibilitiesOwn You.com's developer community strategy and programming in San Francisco and New York City, establishing a consistent presence in two of the world's most important AI ecosystemsBuild relationships with AI engineers, founders, researchers, technical leaders, developer groups, startups, universities, and other influential members of the local developer ecosystemDevelop a regular cadence of high-quality community programming, including meetups, technical workshops, hackathons, builder dinners, office hours, and other formats that developers genuinely want to attendTurn You.com's SF and NYC hubs into destinations for the AI builder community, creating recurring opportunities for developers to learn, build, and connectPartner with DevRel and Product to create hands-on experiences that get developers building with You.com's APIs, reducing the distance between attending a community event and making a first API callIdentify and cultivate community champions and power users who can become advocates, contributors, speakers, and long-term partners for You.comBuild relationships with complementary developer platforms, AI communities, accelerators, open-source projects, and ecosystem partners to expand our reachMaintain an authentic presence in the online communities where AI developers spend their time, including X, LinkedIn, GitHub, Discord, Hacker News, and emerging communitiesCreate feedback loops between the developer community and our Product and Engineering teams, surfacing recurring questions, friction points, use cases, and product opportunitiesPartner with Marketing to amplify the people, projects, demos, and stories emerging from our communityDevelop scalable community programs that allow You.com to support builders beyond individual eventsEstablish clear goals and measurement across community growth, event participation, API signups, activation, product usage, advocacy, and community-sourced pipelineRepresent You.com at developer conferences, meetups, hackathons, and other technical community eventsQualificationsExperience building or managing a developer, technical, startup, or AI communityStrong existing relationships within the AI and developer ecosystem, particularly in San Francisco and/or New YorkDemonstrated ability to create events and programs that technical audiences choose to participate in repeatedlyStrong understanding of how developers discover, evaluate, adopt, and advocate for developer tools and APIsTechnically fluent enough to have credible conversations with engineers about APIs, AI agents, LLMs, developer infrastructure, and modern AI application developmentComfortable getting hands-on with developer products and learning enough to demonstrate and discuss them authenticallyStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage developers without sounding like traditional corporate marketingExperience collaborating across DevRel, Product, Marketing, Partnerships, and SalesHighly proactive and comfortable building programs from scratch rather than inheriting an established community playbookData-driven approach to community building, with an understanding of how community engagement can translate into product adoption, retention, advocacy, and pipelineExperience in AI infrastructure, developer tools, APIs, or open-source communities strongly preferredActive participation in developer or AI communities is a plusOur salary bands are structured based on a combination of geographic tiers and internal leveling. Compensation is determined by multiple factors assessed during the interview process, with the final offer reflecting these considerations.Salary Band$180,000 - $220,000 USDCompany PerksHubs in San Francisco and New York City offering regular in-person gatherings and co-working sessionsFlexible PTO with U.S. holidays observed and a week shutdown in December to rest and recharge*A competitive health insurance plan covers 100% of the policyholder and 75% for dependents*12 weeks of paid parental leave in the US*401k program, 3% match - vested immediately!*$500 work-from-home stipend to be used up to a year of your start date*$600 technology stipend to support a portion of our hybrid/remote team's cell phone and internet expenses*$1,200 per year Health & Wellness Allowance to support your personal goals*The chance to collaborate with a team at the forefront of AI researchCertain perks and benefits are limited to full-time employees onlyYou.com participates in E-Verify. 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