Developer Relations Lead

Runlayer


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 4 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Runlayer

AI is transforming how every company operates but most enterprises are stuck. They want to move fast with AI Agents tools and workflows but they cant do it safely. Were fixing that.

Our team built AI Actions for OpenAI shipped Zapier Agents to millions of users and launched the first remote MCP server with Anthropic. We helped establish the protocol and now were building the platform enterprises need to actually put MCP to work.

Runlayer is one platform for MCPs Skills and Agents: purpose-built security fine-grained governance and complete observability so organizations can go all-in on AI across the entire company without the risk. We just raised a $30M Series A led by Felicis with participation from Khosla Ventures bringing our total raised to $42M. Already trusted by Gusto Instacart Opendoor dbt Labs Cursor and Decagon.

Were a team of 35 mostly engineers shipping fast. Agent operators on Runlayer grew 5x in four weeks while human operators stayed flat. The shift to agentic work is already showing up in our own usage.

About the Role

As our Developer Relations Lead youll own Runlayers physical presence in the developer and enterprise AI communities. Youll manage our sponsorships and booth presence at major conferences while building a community that our customers want to be part of.

Why Youll Thrive Here

  • Impact: Own how Runlayer shows up at every conference that matters in the AI and enterprise infrastructure space

  • Excellence: Work with a team that treats end user love & events as a core GTM motion

  • Ownership: Own conference strategy DevRel programming and community presence end-to-end

What Youll Do

  • Own major conference presence: AWS re:Invent AI Engineer Worlds Fair MCP Dev Summit RSA and others

  • Run DevRel events: meetups hackathons dinners and technical workshops for MCP developers and platform engineers

  • Manage booth strategy speaking slots side events and customer dinners at conferences

  • Build and nurture the technical community around Runlayer and the MCP ecosystem

  • Create technical content and demos that can travel to events

  • Partner with engineering and product to bring technical credibility to every event

  • Drive partner co-marketing activations at events (Cursor 1Password Anthropic etc.)

What Were Looking For

  • 5 years in developer relations technical community or technical events at B2B SaaS infra or AI companies

  • Technical background. You can hold your own in a room with senior engineers and have written code at some point in your career.

  • Proven experience running major conference sponsorships and booth operations end-to-end

  • Strong taste for what makes events memorable vs forgettable (Vercel Stripe Linear as reference points)

  • Comfortable on stage and in front of technical audiences; able to deliver demos and talks when needed

  • Network in the developer AI or infrastructure communities

Bonus Qualifications

  • Direct experience with MCP AI agents or LLM tooling

  • Background as an engineer before moving into DevRel

  • Track record of building technical communities from scratch

  • Experience running hackathons or technical workshops

What We Offer

We provide a competitive package designed to attract and retain top talent who can work effectively with enterprise customers.

  • Competitive salary and equity compensation that reflects your expertise and customer-facing responsibilities.

  • Paid time off paid vacation paid sick leave and paid parental leave.

  • Professional development budget for conferences courses and certifications in AI enterprise software and customer success.

  • Top-tier equipment your choice of laptop and accessories to create your ideal work environment.

  • Health benefits comprehensive health dental and vision coverage.

  • Customer interaction opportunities work directly with innovative companies and see the immediate impact of your work.

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About Runlayer AI is transforming how every company operates but most enterprises are stuck. They want to move fast with AI Agents tools and workflows but they cant do it safely. Were fixing that.Our team built AI Actions for OpenAI shipped Zapier Agents to millions of users and launched the first r...