Developer Community Manager at Cognition, an applied AI lab building Devin (AI software engineer) and Windsurf (AI-native IDE). Build ambassador programs, run developer events, and cultivate university partnerships to grow adoption among engineering communities.
We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents.
We’re the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer, and Windsurf, the AI-native IDE. Together, they represent our vision for collaborative AI teammates that enable engineers to focus on more interesting problems and empower teams to strive for more ambitious goals.
Our team is small and talent-dense. Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro.
Building Devin and Windsurf is just the first step—our hardest challenges still lie ahead. If you’re excited to solve some of the world’s biggest problems and build AI that can reason on real-world tasks, apply to join us.
Devin is reshaping how developers work, and we want to build a community around that transformation. As our Developer Community Manager, you’ll be the connective tissue between Cognition and the broader developer ecosystem: running events, cultivating ambassadors, and bringing Devin to universities and developer communities worldwide.
This isn’t a traditional community manager role. We’re looking for someone with genuine technical depth, ideally a developer or engineer by background, who can speak credibly to software engineers, demo Devin and Windsurf in real workflows, and design programs that resonate with a deeply technical audience. You’ll own the strategy and execution of our community programs from the ground up, building something that doesn’t yet exist at Cognition.
This role is perfect for someone who loves being at the intersection of engineering and community.
Scale Cognition’s developer ambassador program, recruiting, onboarding, and supporting technical advocates who champion Devin in their communities
Plan and execute developer events including hackathons, meetups, demo days, and conference activations that showcase Devin’s capabilities to engineering audiences
Build and manage university programs: campus ambassador networks, workshop series, and partnerships with CS departments and student engineering organizations
Create compelling technical content and resources including tutorials, demo scripts, and workshop materials that help developers understand and adopt Devin
Own the community feedback loop: synthesize what developers are saying, surface product insights to engineering, and close the loop with the community
Manage community platforms and channels, fostering authentic engagement and surfacing high-signal discussions
Collaborate with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to align community programs with company priorities and product launches
Track and report on program metrics including ambassador activity, event attendance, community growth, and product adoption from community channels, then iterate based on what’s working
Technical background: you’ve written code professionally or as part of a CS degree, and you can hold your own in a conversation about APIs, SDKs, and developer workflows
2+ years of experience in developer relations, community management, technical evangelism, or a related role at a technology company
Demonstrated experience planning and executing technical events, workshops, or community programs
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into approachable content
A builder mentality: you’d rather ship a scrappy v1 than wait for perfect conditions
Comfort operating autonomously in a fast-moving environment where priorities shift and ambiguity is the norm
A record of exceptional achievements and impact in any domain
Have built a developer community or ambassador program from scratch and can point to measurable results
Have a genuine passion for AI-powered developer tools and strong opinions about how they’ll change the way software is built
Are known in developer communities, whether through open source contributions, conference talks, content creation, or community leadership
Have experience running programs at universities or with early-career developers and understand what resonates with that audience
Thrive on the autonomy, intensity, and pace of an early-stage startup where your work directly shapes the company’s trajectory
Have a software engineering background and want to channel that technical credibility into a community-facing role with broader impact
Cognition is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the hiring process - please let us know if you need any.