Developer Relations Manager

Institute of Foundation Models•Sunnyvale, CA

5d•$150,000 - $250,000

About The Position

The Developer Relations Manager drives developer adoption of IFM’s large language models (LLMs), helping human and agent users understand model capabilities, evaluate suitability, and build applications. Based in Silicon Valley, the role supports developers throughout the journey from discovery and evaluation to integration and sustained use. It works closely with users, builders, researchers, engineers, Developer Experience (DevEx), Community, ecosystem partners, and open-source maintainers. This hands-on technical position requires practical experience building with LLMs and understanding their capabilities, limitations, and application in real-world products. Travel is required up to 25%. The position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience in developer relations, applied AI engineering, developer experience, or a comparable technical role, with a track record of helping developers adopt technical products.
Hands-on experience building, evaluating, and deploying applications with LLMs, with sound judgment about model capabilities, limitations, and trade-offs in quality, latency, and cost.
Strong Python skills and ability to independently build working examples, test integrations, and diagnose problems.
A portfolio of clear technical documentation, tutorials, demonstrations, or open-source contributions, supported by experience explaining complex concepts directly to developers.
Experience working closely with researchers and engineers, using reproducible evidence and clear reasoning to influence priorities without direct authority.
Familiarity with the LLM developer ecosystem, including inference tools, application frameworks, and agent workflows, and experience collaborating with technical users, partners, or maintainers.

Nice To Haves

Contributing to model launches, early-access programs, or open-source integrations.
Working with open-weight models, including fine-tuning or self-hosted deployment.
Developing guidance and examples that coding agents can use reliably, alongside supporting human developers.

Responsibilities

Build relationships with model users and builders, identify valuable use cases, and support adoption from discovery and evaluation through integration and sustained use.
Develop and maintain model guidance, documentation, and tested examples for human developers and coding agents, including tool calling, structured outputs, and multi-step workflows.
Represent IFM’s LLMs through technical demonstrations, talks, and workshops; explain model capabilities and limitations clearly and work with Community to reach relevant builders.
Work with ecosystem partners and open-source maintainers to enable reliable use of IFM’s models in relevant frameworks, inference tools, and agent environments.
Investigate adoption barriers and reproduce issues across model behavior, integration, and deployment; translate findings into evaluation cases and recommendations that influence research priorities.
Work with Developer Experience (DevEx) and model engineers to prioritize technical improvements, resolve issues, and validate results with users.
Engage early users before release, assess readiness for developer use, and track successful integrations, task outcomes, and sustained adoption after launch.