Spice AI
Base pay range
$205,000.00/yr - $250,000.00/yr
Developer Relations Lead – Spice AI Building data‑driven AI applications and agents is complex, even for advanced developers. At Spice AI we simplify the journey by helping developers combine code, data, and AI to build truly intelligent, decision‑making systems. Our mission is to make this as easy as creating a modern web page.
Spice.ai OSS is a portable AI database written in Rust with a unified SQL interface to query, materialize, and accelerate data from any source, co‑located with machine learning models. By bringing compute, data, and models together, Spice OSS enables secure AI‑Feedback Loops for apps and agents to learn and adapt. We recently announced Spice.ai OSS 1.0‑stable.
We are also building the Spice.ai Cloud Platform, offering managed, cloud‑scale Spice.ai OSS along with tools for high‑performance SQL, machine learning training, and inference in an interconnected AI backend‑as‑a‑service.
We hire for merit, excellence, and intelligence. We are looking for exceptional, top‑tier engineers who are driven to solve hard problems and push the boundaries of what’s possible for AI.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as a public technical face of Spice AI, leading and executing developer relations and product marketing.
Create and share meaningful content such as samples, tutorials, documentation, and core pull‑requests.
Engage with developers through social media, blogs, and events, collecting feedback to influence product decisions.
Build a supportive and collaborative developer community around Spice AI and technologies such as Apache Arrow, DataFusion, Iceberg, and DuckDB.
Collaborate with the CEO to develop and execute the DevRel and Developer Marketing strategy.
Own Spice AI’s open‑source blog, documentation, and community channels.
Ideal Experience
4‑6 years of proven experience in developer relations, advocacy, product marketing, or a similar role.
Excellent communication and writing skills, comfortable with deep technical writing and conference presentations.
Experience managing social media platforms and creating engaging digital content.
Leadership skills with the ability to inspire and grow a technical community.
Experience in startups, open‑source projects, AI/ML, data platforms, and distributed systems.
First 90‑Days
Days 0‑30: Learn and use Spice.ai OSS and the Spice.ai data and AI platform, building at least one end‑to‑end demo and contributing written pieces.
Days 31‑60: Work with the CEO to develop Spice AI’s DevRel and Product Marketing strategy for 2025.
Days 61‑90: Take ownership of the execution and success of DevRel, Developer Marketing, and associated assets and channels.
About Spice AI Founded in June 2021 by Microsoft and GitHub alumni Luke Kim and Phillip LeBlanc, Spice AI creates technology to help developers build intelligent applications and agents that learn and adapt. Spice AI is backed by top industry angel investors and leaders.
Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Information Technology
Hospitality, Food and Beverage Services, and Retail
Spice AI offers competitive startup equity in addition to base salary. Equity range for this role 0.1%‑0.5%.
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Developer Relations Lead – Spice AI Building data‑driven AI applications and agents is complex, even for advanced developers. At Spice AI we simplify the journey by helping developers combine code, data, and AI to build truly intelligent, decision‑making systems. Our mission is to make this as easy as creating a modern web page.
Spice.ai OSS is a portable AI database written in Rust with a unified SQL interface to query, materialize, and accelerate data from any source, co‑located with machine learning models. By bringing compute, data, and models together, Spice OSS enables secure AI‑Feedback Loops for apps and agents to learn and adapt. We recently announced Spice.ai OSS 1.0‑stable.
We are also building the Spice.ai Cloud Platform, offering managed, cloud‑scale Spice.ai OSS along with tools for high‑performance SQL, machine learning training, and inference in an interconnected AI backend‑as‑a‑service.
We hire for merit, excellence, and intelligence. We are looking for exceptional, top‑tier engineers who are driven to solve hard problems and push the boundaries of what’s possible for AI.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as a public technical face of Spice AI, leading and executing developer relations and product marketing.
Create and share meaningful content such as samples, tutorials, documentation, and core pull‑requests.
Engage with developers through social media, blogs, and events, collecting feedback to influence product decisions.
Build a supportive and collaborative developer community around Spice AI and technologies such as Apache Arrow, DataFusion, Iceberg, and DuckDB.
Collaborate with the CEO to develop and execute the DevRel and Developer Marketing strategy.
Own Spice AI’s open‑source blog, documentation, and community channels.
Ideal Experience
4‑6 years of proven experience in developer relations, advocacy, product marketing, or a similar role.
Excellent communication and writing skills, comfortable with deep technical writing and conference presentations.
Experience managing social media platforms and creating engaging digital content.
Leadership skills with the ability to inspire and grow a technical community.
Experience in startups, open‑source projects, AI/ML, data platforms, and distributed systems.
First 90‑Days
Days 0‑30: Learn and use Spice.ai OSS and the Spice.ai data and AI platform, building at least one end‑to‑end demo and contributing written pieces.
Days 31‑60: Work with the CEO to develop Spice AI’s DevRel and Product Marketing strategy for 2025.
Days 61‑90: Take ownership of the execution and success of DevRel, Developer Marketing, and associated assets and channels.
About Spice AI Founded in June 2021 by Microsoft and GitHub alumni Luke Kim and Phillip LeBlanc, Spice AI creates technology to help developers build intelligent applications and agents that learn and adapt. Spice AI is backed by top industry angel investors and leaders.
Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Information Technology
Hospitality, Food and Beverage Services, and Retail
Spice AI offers competitive startup equity in addition to base salary. Equity range for this role 0.1%‑0.5%.
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