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# Developer Relations Lead

- **Company:** Dexmate Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Open Source Technology, Free and Open-Source Software
- **Published:** May 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ec2af2af9ee6cd09

## About the Role

* Technical depth in robotics or adjacent systems - control, planning, simulation, edge compute, physical AI, etc.
 * Real code you can point to: SDK integrations, sample apps, open-source contributions in robotics or AI
 * 5+ years in developer relations, solutions engineering, or technical advocacy - with time actually building a community, not adjacent to one
 * Strong writer. You know the difference between a tutorial and a reference doc and you care about both.
 * Builder mentality. No playbook exists. You'll write it.
 * Based in or willing to relocate to the Bay Area - robots are physical, you need to be on-site.

Strong bonus:

 * Prior 0-to-1 community build
 * Open-source project with real traction
 * Physical AI or embodied AI background
 * Conference speaker
 * University research network

## Description

You'll be our Developer Relations hire and the architect of everything community. This is a senior IC role with a mandate to build a team.

What you'll do

 * Set the vision and execute the community strategy - programs, channels, metrics, and rituals that attract robotics developers, AI researchers, students, etc.
 * Write and publish technical content: tutorials, integration guides, architecture teardowns. Ship real code. Publish under your name.
 * Be the developer's voice inside the company - own the feedback loop from community friction to product roadmap.
 * Design and run hackathons, workshops, developer days, etc.
 * Hire and grow the DevRel team starting with a Developer Advocate in Month 4


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