h1Developer Relations Lead/h1pBuilding data-driven AI applications and agents is too complex, even for advanced developers. At Spice AI, were making it simpler by helping developers combine code, data, and AI to build truly intelligent, decision-making systems. Our mission is to make this as easy as creating a modern web page./ppWe created bSpice.ai OSS/b, a portable AI database written in Rust with a unified SQL interface to query, materialize, and accelerate data from any source, co-located with machine learning models. By bringing compute, data, and models together, Spice OSS enables secure AI-Feedback-Loops (AI-Fly-Wheels) for apps and agents to learn and adapt. We just announced the 1.0-stable release of Spice.ai OSS./ppFor a deeper dive into the vision, watch Lukes CMU Databases talk on Spice.ai OSS at a href=http://spice.ai/Spice.ai/a and read his Materialized View interview at a href=https://materializedview.io/p/building-a-cdn-for-databases-spice-aihttps://materializedview.io/p/building-a-cdn-for-databases-spice-ai/a./ppWere also building the bSpice.ai Cloud Platform/b, offering managed, cloud-scale Spice.ai OSS along with tools for high-performance SQL, machine learning training, and inference in an interconnected AI backend-as-a-service./ppAt Spice AI, we hire for MEI: Merit, Excellence, and Intelligence. Were looking for exceptional, top-tier engineers - A players - who are driven to solve hard problems and push the boundaries of whats possible for AI./ppThe Developer Relations Lead at Spice AI will be a key technical advocate for Spice.ai OSS and the Spice.ai data and AI platform. You will enjoy being one of the public technical faces of Spice AI, responsible for leading and executing developer relations and product marketing./ppAs the first DevRel hire, you will be creating and sharing meaningful content, like for the Spice.ai data and AI compute-engine, including samples and tutorials, documentation, or even core pull-requests when required. Youll directly engage with developers through social media, blogs, and at events, providing insights and support, and collecting feedback that youll use to directly influence what we build. Your work will directly contribute to building a supportive and collaborative developer community around Spice AI and technologies we use like Apache Arrow, DataFusion, Iceberg, and DuckDB./ppYouve done this before. Your participation in relevant projects will have previously earned you the respect of open-source and engineering communities. You have published excellent written content, marketing materials, and documentation./ppAlong with outstanding communication, marketing, and written skills, this role requires a solid technical background, especially in data and ML, and a genuine passion for helping other developers succeed./ph3Your new opportunity/h3ulliBe one of the technical faces of Spice AI./liliWork side-by-side with the CEO to develop, lead, and execute on all areas of Spice AIs DevRel and Developer Marketing strategy./liliBuild and grow an engaged technical community with industry-leading technical content including documentation, blogs, and thought leadership articles./liliDevelop and maintain sample applications and demos to showcase Spice AI capabilities./liliParticipate actively in developer forums, events, and conferences./liliOwn Spice AIs open-source blog and documentation./li/ulh3This role may be a great fit if/h3ulliYou are a proven, hands-on technical thought leader./liliYou have and enjoy building a developer audience in open-source and social communities./liliYou enjoy the process of writing and crafting high-quality written content./liliYou are a creative problem solver and approach solutions from different angles, focusing on possibility, rather than limitations./liliWhen faced with ambiguity, you are a guiding north star and provide clarity to the team./liliYou are passionate about high performance and have high standards./li/ulh3This experience is ideal/h3ulli4-6 years of proven experience in developer relations, advocacy, product marketing, or a similar role./liliA track record of excellent marketing and communication decisions./liliExcellent communication and writing skills, comfortable with deep technical writing and conference presentations, with a talent for distilling complex technical concepts into clear, accessible language./liliExperience managing social media platforms and creating engaging digital content./liliLeadership skills with the ability to inspire and grow a technical community./liliExperience in startups, open-source projects, AI/ML, data platforms, and distributed systems./li/ulh3Your first 90-days/h3ullibDays 0-30:/b Learn and use Spice.ai OSS and the Spice.ai data and AI platform, building at least one end-to-end demo and contributing written pieces to newsletters, blog.spice.ai, blog.spiceai.org, and X/LinkedIn./lilibDays 31-60:/b Work with the CEO to develop Spice AIs DevRel and Product Marketing strategy for 2025./lilibDays 61-90:/b Take ownership of the execution and success of DevRel, Developer Marketing, and associated assets and channels./li/ulp$185,000 - $225,000 a year. Spice AI offers competitive startup equity in addition to base salary. Equity range for this role 0.1%-0.5%./ppThis is a hands-on role. Expect to join the all team, including the CEO, in building, developing, and marketing the platform./ppAbout Spice AI/ppFounded in June 2021 by Microsoft and GitHub alumni Luke Kim and Phillip LeBlanc, Spice AI creates technology to help developers build intelligent applications and agents that learn and adapt./ppBefore co-founding Spice AI, Luke was the co-creator of Azure Incubations in the Office of the Azure CTO, where he led cross-functional engineering teams to create and develop technologies including Dapr and OAM./ppSpice AI is backed by some of the top industry angel investors and leaders, including Nat Friedman, Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure, and Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub, who is also on the board./ppSpice AI also has notable VC backing from Madrona Venture Group, Basis Set Ventures, Founders Co-op, and Picus Capital./ppLearn more:/pulliOn a href=https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/14/spice-ai-wants-to-help-developers-build-smarter-applications/TechCrunch/a and a href=https://www.geekwire.com/2021/execs-github-microsoft-azure-invest-new-ai-startup-helps-devs-build-intelligent-apps/GeekWire/a/liliAbout the team at a href=https://spice.ai/careersspice.ai/careers/a/liliThe Spice.ai general availability a href=https://blog.spice.ai/spice-ai-is-generally-available-d76c4289960cannouncement blog post/a/liliThe Spice.ai OSS project a href=https://blog.spiceai.org/posts/2024/03/28/adding-spice-the-next-generation-of-spice.ai-ossannouncement blog post/a/li/ulpApply for this job/p