Senior DevRel
About The Position
Cognee is building the memory engine + data plane for AI agents to plan, reason, and act. Our open-source Python SDK is in production at 70+ companies , hit GitHub Trending , and runs 550,000+ times per month . We’ve won early customers (including top-10 Pharma) and recently raised a large Seed . We are looking for a Senior Developer Relations Engineer to be the technical face of Cognee in the AI developer ecosystem. You’ll work at the intersection of engineering, product, and community , helping developers build production-grade AI agents with long-term memory. This is a senior, high-impact role based in San Francisco , with direct influence on product direction, developer adoption, and ecosystem growth.
Requirements
- Senior DevRel Experience Proven experience as a Senior Developer Relations Engineer , Developer Advocate, or similar role in a developer-first company.
- Strong Engineering Background Hands-on experience with Python and modern backend systems. You should be comfortable reading, writing, and reviewing production-quality code.
- AI / ML Ecosystem Fluency Deep familiarity with LLMs, AI agents, vector databases, and modern AI tooling. You’ve built or shipped real AI systems.
- Outstanding Communication Skills Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly—whether in writing, live demos, or on stage.
- Open-Source Mindset Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects and engaging with developer communities.
- Product Sense Strong intuition for developer experience, APIs, and what makes a tool delightful vs painful to use.
- Location Based in San Francisco (or willing to relocate). This is a high-collaboration, ecosystem-driven role.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with AI agent frameworks , vector databases, or graph systems
- Public speaking at conferences or meetups
- Existing audience or strong presence in the developer community
- Prior work at a developer-tool, infra, or open-source-first company
Responsibilities
- Developer Evangelism & Advocacy Represent Cognee in the AI developer community through talks, workshops, podcasts, and conferences (SF, US, and global).
- Technical Content at Depth Create high-quality technical content: tutorials, reference implementations, blog posts, videos, and example agents using the Cognee Python SDK.
- Open-Source Leadership Actively contribute to Cognee’s open-source repos: improving docs, examples, APIs, and developer experience based on real-world feedback.
- Community Building Grow and engage our developer community across GitHub, Discord, Twitter/X, and events. Turn power users into advocates.
- Product Feedback Loop Be the voice of developers internally: translate developer pain points into actionable product and API improvements.
- Integrations & Demos Build compelling demos and integrations with LLM frameworks, vector databases, and agent stacks to showcase what’s possible with Cognee.
- Enterprise Developer Enablement Support advanced customers and partners with architectural guidance, best practices, and reference deployments.
Benefits
- Up to $300,000 USD total compensation (base)
- Equity package Meaningful equity in a fast-growing AI infrastructure company
- Work directly with the founding team
- High autonomy and real ownership
- Top-tier developer conferences and event budget
- Shape the future of memory for AI agents
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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