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Founding Developer Relations Lead
Location
United States
Posted
4 days ago
Salary
$134.2K - $298.9K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Founding Developer Relations Lead
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
• Own developer activation end-to-end across APIs, SDKs, CLIs, MCP servers, wallets, and emerging agent interfaces • Drive adoption metrics that matter: API usage, SDK installs, production integrations, GitHub engagement, and agent retrievals • Build quickstarts, reference implementations, SDKs, CLIs, MCP servers, and developer tooling that make Payward easy to integrate with • Partner directly with Product and Engineering to ensure every launch is developer-ready and agent-friendly on day one • Help define how developers and AI agents discover, understand, and interact with Payward infrastructure • Create technical narratives, launch content, demos, and documentation that establish Payward as a leading developer platform • Carry keynotes, live demos, and technical presentations at industry events and developer conferences • Represent developers internally by identifying friction, surfacing ecosystem needs, and influencing product direction • Help build the long-term DNA, processes, and culture of a world-class Developer & Agent Interface organization
Job Requirements
- Built and scaled developer adoption at a top-tier developer platform company such as Stripe, Vercel, Cloudflare, Anthropic, GitHub, OpenAI, Twilio, Stainless, or equivalent
- Strong technical credibility - you can read OpenAPI specifications, ship code, review integrations, and engage engineers as a peer
- Proven track record of owning measurable adoption outcomes, not just awareness or engagement metrics
- Exceptional storyteller capable of writing launch posts, delivering keynotes, creating demos, and making complex products feel intuitive
- Builder mentality with a bias toward shipping and experimentation
- Deep understanding of modern developer ecosystems and workflows
- Agent-era literacy - you’ve worked with MCP servers, agent tooling, structured retrieval, or AI-native developer experiences and understand where retrieval beats SEO
- Experience working closely with engineering and product teams to shape the developer experience itself, not just the messaging around it.
Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Offers Bonus
- Wellness allowance
- Health insurance
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