Head of Developer Relations

We are looking for a Head of Developer Relations to make Exa the search layer developers reach for by default. Community and evangelism sit at the center of this role, running memorable events and hackathons, and building a base of people who advocate for Exa because the product earned it. Alongside that, you own the ecosystem, getting Exa integrated into the frameworks, developer tools, and platforms our users already build on.

Responsibilities

Developer community and evangelism: Own how Exa shows up in the developer world, including community spaces, hackathons, meetups, conference talks, open source presence, and being useful to developers in public; Ecosystem and integration partnerships: Own technical partnerships that put Exa inside tools developers already use, including agent frameworks, orchestration libraries, IDEs and coding agents, and platform integrations; Developer awareness and advocacy: Own programs that turn users into advocates, including champions, ambassadors, community contributors, and amplifying developers who build on Exa; Developer education and demos: Own reference applications, demos, workshops, and technical talks; Team building: Hire, lead, and set the bar for a growing DevRel team; Product feedback loop: Own the channel that carries developer friction back to Product and Engineering

Requirements

6+ years across developer relations, developer marketing, or engineering with a substantial public presence, including time at a company selling an API or developer platform; Deep craft as a communicator to developers: talks, workshops, streams, or writing you can point to, and a live demo you are proud of; Engineering credibility with the AI stack. You build with LLMs, agents, and retrieval, and you can hold a technical conversation with engineers; A track record building community from an early stage; Experience driving ecosystem or integration partnerships to shipped code, working with partner engineering teams and getting your integration maintained rather than merged and abandoned; Experience hiring or mentoring DevRel talent, and a point of view on what separates good from great; Judgment about measurement: you can defend how DevRel creates value

Nice to have

Open source maintainer experience or meaningful contributions developers would recognize; Experience at a company that grew primarily through developer adoption; Existing presence in the AI and agent developer community; Experience running a hackathon or developer conference program at scale; Time as a professional software engineer before moving into DevRel

Benefits

Premium medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus a monthly wellness benefit and a monthly commuter benefit for our SF team; Fertility and family planning: Reimbursement for eligible egg freezing and related medical expenses up to a $15,000 lifetime maximum, plus 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents; Life at Exa: Lunch and dinner served daily, an office stocked with snacks, coffee, and health supplements, fresh bread from a local bakery every morning, weekly milk tea deliveries, monthly picnics, and parties; Visa sponsorship: We sponsor visas for exceptional candidates and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and locations