Head of Developer Relations

About the role

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, delivering training and inference speeds over 10 times faster than GPU-based cloud services. It is looking for a Head of Developer Relations to shape how developers discover, understand and build with Cerebras. The role defines the DevRel vision and roadmap, sets the technical quality bar and leads a team that earns developer trust through demos, teaching and original ideas. It is a hands-on technical leadership position reporting to the Head of Developer Experience, working closely with Product, Engineering, New Media and Communications.

Key responsibilities

• Define the team's vision, roadmap and quality bar around developer audiences, use cases and business goals, and decide where to invest and what to decline.
• Own demos, sample applications, notebooks, technical blogs and workshops, personally building, writing, teaching, presenting and debugging when needed.
• Develop events, community initiatives and repeatable programs that help developers try Cerebras and build applications.
• Lead and develop DevRel contributors, giving technical and editorial feedback and holding the team accountable for quality and delivery.
• Partner with Product and Engineering on technical accuracy and readiness, and with New Media and Communications on launches and stories.
• Turn developer questions and integration challenges into improvements to products, documentation and the developer experience.
• Measure developer activation, continued usage and ecosystem engagement, test new ideas and adjust priorities based on results.

Required profile

• A portfolio of technical demos, applications, tutorials, workshops or developer programs with clear examples of personal technical contribution.
• Experience leading a DevRel function or technical developer program with demonstrated results in developer adoption.
• Experience managing and developing technical contributors, including setting expectations and giving actionable feedback.
• Track record of delivering technical launches or developer programs with Product, Engineering and creative partners.
• Experience turning developer insights into improvements to products, documentation or the developer experience.
• Preferred: experience building AI applications or developer programs that show the practical value of inference speed.

Required skills

• Strong hands-on engineering skills: using APIs, building demos, debugging integrations and explaining technical decisions.
• Excellent technical writing, teaching and presentation skills.
• An informed point of view on modern DevRel and the AI developer ecosystem.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and prioritization skills.