Founding Developer Experience

Role Overview

• Design and ship proof-of-concept integrations, reference implementations, and sample apps that demonstrate what's possible with Adaption's platform
• Own the end-to-end developer documentation experience—from API references to conceptual guides—writing content that is clear, accurate, and genuinely delightful to read
• Run rapid experiments to discover what resonates with developers: new content formats, onboarding flows, tooling improvements, and community initiatives
• Identify friction in the developer journey and partner with product and engineering to remove it, whether that's improving SDKs, error messages, or first-run experiences
• Create a steady stream of technical content
• blog posts, video tutorials, live coding sessions, podcast appearances
• that helps developers learn, build, and succeed with Adaption
• Craft compelling onboarding sequences, quick-start guides, and interactive demos that reduce time-to-first-value for new developers
• Track and report on developer community health metrics
• activation, engagement, retention, NPS
• and use data to continuously improve programs
• Serve as the internal voice for developer needs, translating community feedback into concrete product requirements and influencing the roadmap
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and marketing to ensure the developer perspective is represented in every major decision
• Help establish the developer relations function from scratch—building playbooks, processes, and a culture of developer empathy across the company

Requirements

• 2–3+ years of experience in Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy, Developer Experience, or a closely related technical community role
• Strong AI fundamentals and hands-on experience working with AI tools, APIs, and frameworks
• you understand the ecosystem developers are building in today
• A portfolio of technical content you're proud of: blog posts, video tutorials, open source contributions, conference talks, or community-building initiatives (share your GitHub!)
• Full-stack ownership mindset: you're comfortable taking large, ambiguous initiatives from zero to one with minimal guidance and a strong bias toward action
• Clear, compelling communicator for technical audiences—you can explain a complex API concept to a beginner and debate architectural tradeoffs with a senior engineer
• Genuine enthusiasm for developer tools, developer experience best practices, and the craft of making technical products a pleasure to use
• Proficiency in Python and comfort reading and writing production-quality code
• you can build the demos you talk about.

Tech Stack

• Open Source
• Python

Benefits

• Flexible work: In-person collaboration in the Bay Area, a distributed global-first team, and quarterly offsites.
• Adaption Passport: Annual travel stipend to explore a country you've never visited. We're building intelligence that evolves alongside you, so we encourage you to keep expanding your horizons.
• Lunch Stipend: Weekly meal allowance for take-out or grocery delivery.
• Well-Being: Comprehensive medical benefits and generous paid time off.