Founding DevRel Lead - USA (Mountain View)

About InworldInworld is a research lab of top researchers and engineers, building the world’s top-ranked realtime voice models.Today our models are the #1 ranked realtime voice models in the world. They are used to power the largest consumer-facing AI applications available, across categories like health, fitness, learning, therapy, companions, customer experience and media; representing 100s of millions of end users. Our work spans areas like research and development of state-of-the-art models, optimizing realtime inference, and creating best-in-class APIs and products that allow developers to engage their users.We’ve raised more than $125M from Lightspeed, Section 32, Kleiner Perkins, Microsoft’s M12 venture fund, Founders Fund, Meta and Stanford, among others. Our technology has powered experiences from companies such as NVIDIA, Microsoft Xbox, Niantic, Logitech Streamlabs, Wishroll, Little Umbrella and Bible Chat. We’ve also been recognized by CB Insights as one of the 100 most promising AI companies globally and have been named one of LinkedIn’s Top 10 Startups in the USA.Your ImpactThis is a founding role at a moment when realtime AI is becoming the default interface for the next wave of consumer applications, and Inworld is well-positioned to power it. You’ll shape how developers experience Inworld: build the content developers learn from, the examples they fork, and the communities that bring the next wave of builders in. Your work will turn Inworld's technical edge into developer trust, and become one of our most important distribution channels.What You'll DoOwn the developer relations strategy end to end to grow the awareness and adoption of Inworld by new developers, and ensure every developer on Inworld has an incredible experience.Collaborate with product and GTM to engage new and existing customers on best practices and integrations, synthesize learnings and develop our technical surfacesBuild and ship integration examples, reference architectures, and sample apps that demonstrate Inworld's TTS, STT, LLM Router, and Realtime API in real-world contextsCreate technical content that resonates with developers: tutorials, blog posts, video walkthroughs, conference talks, live demos, quickstarts and guidesRepresent Inworld as a public figure in online forums, events, and leadership meetings, while developing organic growth of developer communitiesRepresent Inworld at conferences, hackathons, and developer events including speaking, demoing, and running workshopsWork closely with GTM and Product to surface developer feedback and advocate for the developer experience inside the companyDefine and track meaningful metrics: community engagement, content performance, time-to-first-integration, and other indicators you define.What You'll Bring5+ years of experience in developer relations, developer advocacy, or a closely adjacent technical roleStrong hands-on coding ability, you write and ship real integration code, not just demosHands-on with AI native development. You build with coding agents and copilots, have opinions on which tools win for which tasksDeep familiarity with AI/ML APIs and the real workflows around LLMs, speech, and streamingExceptional technical communication skills: you can write a clear tutorial, give a compelling conference talk, and explain a latency tradeoff on a live streamBonus QualificationsExperience with voice AI, TTS, STT, or realtime audioPrior experience at a high-growth startup in a founding DevRel capacityActive presence in developer communities, open source contributions, a following, a newsletter, whatever form it takesThe US base salary range for this full-time position is $220,000 - $290,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.LocationMountain View, California, USAEmployment TypeFull timeDepartmentProduct