Director, Developer Relations

About the role

The Director of Developer Relations builds, engages, and grows a technical community around the CoreWeave SaaS offerings, including tools from Weights & Biases, OpenPipe, and Marimo. They act as the bridge between developers and internal teams by translating product capabilities into compelling technical narratives and channeling community feedback back into engineering and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the developer relations strategy to drive awareness and adoption of CoreWeave’s SaaS offerings among AI engineers, researchers, and developers.
• Act as a hands-on technical advocate, producing high-impact content including onboarding guides, tutorials, demos, reference architectures, blog posts, and code samples that accelerate time-to-first-value.
• Own and continuously improve the developer onboarding experience, identifying friction in documentation, APIs, SDKs, and workflows, and partnering with product and engineering to streamline adoption.
• Build and engage the developer community through events, workshops, hackathons, online forums, and ecosystem partnerships, serving as a credible voice in the AI community.
• Establish a strong feedback loop and measure impact, synthesizing community insights for internal teams and tracking metrics such as onboarding conversion, product adoption, engagement, and retention.

Requirements

We are looking for a candidate who thrives in a fast-paced environment and collaborates well across teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience
• Strong analytical skills to report on success of developer programs
• Self-driven and proactive to find ways to improve processes and collaborate with team members
• Experience leading a team of developer advocates and evangelists

Skills

• Deep domain expertise in AI/ML platforms and tooling, with the technical credibility to engage senior engineers and researchers
• Proven track record of building, scaling, and activating developer communities, driving measurable growth in adoption, engagement, and ecosystem expansion
• Exceptional technical storytelling skills, with the ability to distill complex AI concepts into clear, differentiated narratives that resonate with developers
• Experienced public-facing leader and industry voice, comfortable representing the company at conferences, webinars, executive briefings, and high-profile community events

Benefits

The base salary range for this role is $165,000 to $242,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).