Community Lead, Developer Relations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take full ownership and manage the OpenRouter Discord channel from start to finish.

• Conceptualize and execute Discord-specific events, giveaways, and challenges.

• Develop and expand programs for recognizing contributors and helpers.

• Recruit, onboard, and provide support for community moderators.

• Create non-monetary recognition and benefits for moderators.

• Monitor community sentiment regarding OpenRouter, its models, and the wider AI landscape.

• Continuously report on community feedback to the team.

• Build and sustain automations that highlight community sentiment, trends, and signals.

• Collaborate with the events team to develop scalable playbooks, resources, and support for community-driven events.

• Enhance community presence on Twitter/X, Reddit, and other social media platforms.

• Translate community feedback, bug reports, and sentiment into actionable insights for engineering, product, and design teams.

• Close the feedback loop regarding product issues with the community.

• Work alongside marketing and DevRel on community-focused campaigns, launches, and content.

• Establish a consistent schedule of Discord events, challenges, and giveaways.

• Cultivate a robust moderator team with defined roles, recognition, and benefits.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in community management, developer community engagement, or a similar field.

• Proven experience managing Discord communities (or similar platforms) at a significant scale, including events, programs, and moderation.

• Practical experience with building and utilizing LLMs and their APIs; familiarity with shipping projects using them; capable of writing sample code and discussing model trade-offs, harnesses, and techniques with developers.

• Personable, humble, and easily approachable.

• Awareness of environments where AI developers congregate and current community trends.

• Excellent written communication skills across Discord, Twitter/X, and Reddit.

• Background in designing contributor, ambassador, or moderator programs.

• Experience organizing online events, hackathons, giveaways, or community challenges.

• A 1:n mindset focused on scalable programs and systems.

• Self-motivated and entrepreneurial; capable of identifying problems, finding leverage, and executing independently.

• Comfortable being publicly visible as a representative of OpenRouter.

• The ideal candidate should be based in the Bay Area or willing to travel regularly for events.

• Experience with building automations or lightweight tools for community listening and sentiment tracking is a plus.

• Experience in organizing or scaling in-person community events and meetups across different cities or regions is a plus.

• Familiarity with OpenRouter as a user is a plus.

• Experience creating light content for developer audiences is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including base salary and equity.

• Equity opportunities.

• Fully remote team environment.

• A culture that promotes autonomy and trust.

• High levels of ownership and independence.

• Opportunity to influence a foundational function at a rapidly growing company.