Head of DevRel
Cerebras· Product
Hybrid (Sunnyvale, CA), Hybrid (Remote (US))Full-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Head of Developer Relations responsible for defining DevRel vision, roadmap, and quality bar; leading a team to drive developer adoption of Cerebras platform through demos, education, programs, and storytelling. Hands-on technical leadership with collaboration across Product, Engineering, New Media, and Communications.
Responsibilities
- DevRel direction: Define the team’s vision, roadmap, and quality bar around clear developer audiences, use cases, and business goals. Make thoughtful choices about where to invest and what to decline.
- Technical building and education: Own demos, sample applications, notebooks, technical blogs, and workshops. Personally build, write, teach, present, and debug when needed, and help the team make complex ideas clear and useful.
- Developer programs and community: Develop events, community initiatives, and repeatable programs that help developers try Cerebras, build useful applications, and continue using the platform.
- Team leadership: Lead and develop DevRel contributors. Set clear expectations, give specific technical and editorial feedback, support growth, and hold the team accountable for quality and delivery.
- Technical launches and storytelling: Partner with Product and Engineering on technical accuracy and developer readiness, and with New Media and Communications on compelling stories and coordinated launches.
- Developer feedback: Turn questions, integration challenges, and community insights into actionable improvements to products, documentation, and the developer experience.
- Performance and experimentation: Measure developer activation, continued usage, and meaningful ecosystem engagement. Test new ideas, learn from results, and adjust priorities as evidence changes.
Qualifications
- A strong portfolio of technical demos, applications, tutorials, workshops, or developer programs, with clear examples of your personal technical contributions.
- Experience leading a DevRel function or technical developer program with demonstrated results in developer adoption.
- Experience directly managing and developing technical contributors, including setting expectations, giving actionable feedback, and addressing performance gaps.
- A track record of delivering technical launches or developer programs with Product, Engineering, and creative partners.
- Experience turning developer insights into improvements to products, documentation, or the developer experience.
- Strong hands-on engineering skills. You can use APIs, build useful demos, debug integrations, and explain technical decisions and limitations.
- Excellent technical writing, teaching, and presentation skills, with the ability to improve the clarity and accuracy of other people’s work.
- A distinct, informed point of view on modern DevRel and the AI developer ecosystem, including which audiences and use cases deserve attention.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and prioritization skills. You can build an achievable roadmap, explain tradeoffs, and adapt when constraints change.
Skills
Required:Technical demos and tutorialsDevRel leadershipPeople management and coachingTechnical launch planningProduct and documentation feedbackHands-on engineeringTechnical writing and teaching
Benefits
- (Not explicitly listed in the description)
Last updated Oct 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Cerebras
Cerebras is the go-to platform for fast and effortless AI training. Learn more at cerebras.ai.
Cerebras is the go-to platform for fast and effortless AI training.
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