Developer Community Manager
Cognition is hiring a Developer Community Manager in San Francisco, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Cognition.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this role is Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- The posting mentions Cursor, Windsurf and Devin among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a mid-level role.
- Cognition has 104 other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents.
We're the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer.
Our team is extremely talent-dense. Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro.
Building Devin is just the first step—our hardest challenges still lie ahead. If you’re excited to solve some of the world’s biggest problems and build AI that can reason on real-world tasks, apply to join us.
About the RoleDevin is reshaping how developers work, and we want to build a community around that transformation. As our Developer Community Manager, you’ll be the connective tissue between Cognition and the broader developer ecosystem: running events, cultivating ambassadors, and bringing Devin to universities and developer communities worldwide.
This isn’t a traditional community manager role. We’re looking for someone with genuine technical depth, ideally a developer or engineer by background, who can speak credibly to software engineers, demo Devin and Windsurf in real workflows, and design programs that resonate with a deeply technical audience. You’ll own the strategy and execution of our community programs from the ground up, building something that doesn’t yet exist at Cognition.
This role is perfect for someone who loves being at the intersection of engineering and community.
Core ResponsibilitiesScale Cognition’s developer ambassador program, recruiting, onboarding, and supporting technical advocates who champion Devin in their communities
Plan and execute developer events including hackathons, meetups, demo days, and conference activations that showcase Devin’s capabilities to engineering audiences
Build and manage university programs: campus ambassador networks, workshop series, and partnerships with CS departments and student engineering organizations
Create compelling technical content and resources including tutorials, demo scripts, and workshop materials that help developers understand and adopt Devin
Own the community feedback loop: synthesize what developers are saying, surface product insights to engineering, and close the loop with the community
Manage community platforms and channels, fostering authentic engagement and surfacing high-signal discussions
Collaborate with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to align community programs with company priorities and product launches
Track and report on program metrics including ambassador activity, event attendance, community growth, and product adoption from community channels, then iterate based on what’s working
Technical background: you’ve written code professionally or as part of a CS degree, and you can hold your own in a conversation about APIs, SDKs, and developer workflows
2+ years of experience in developer relations, community management, technical evangelism, or a related role at a technology company
Demonstrated experience planning and executing technical events, workshops, or community programs
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into approachable content
A builder mentality: you’d rather ship a scrappy v1 than wait for perfect conditions
Comfort operating autonomously in a fast-moving environment where priorities shift and ambiguity is the norm
A record of exceptional achievements and impact in any domain
Have built a developer community or ambassador program from scratch and can point to measurable results
Have a genuine passion for AI-powered developer tools and strong opinions about how they’ll change the way software is built
Are known in developer communities, whether through open source contributions, conference talks, content creation, or community leadership
Have experience running programs at universities or with early-career developers and understand what resonates with that audience
Thrive on the autonomy, intensity, and pace of an early-stage startup where your work directly shapes the company’s trajectory
Have a software engineering background and want to channel that technical credibility into a community-facing role with broader impact
Our Commitment
Equal Opportunity. Cognition is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the hiring process - please let us know if you need any. Cognition also considers applicants with criminal histories consistent with the SF Fair Chance Ordinance and similar local laws.
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How we rate this
Developer Community Manager at Cognition rates 73 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Questions you could be asked
- What's a project where you used Cursor hands-on?
- Walk me through how you've used Windsurf in your day-to-day work.
- What are the limits of Devin that you've run into, and how did you work around them?
- Describe a typical day in a role like this one: which parts run through AI directly?
- If you removed AI from this role, what would be left, and how do you decide what still needs a human?
Adapt your resume
- List these exact terms on your resume: Cursor, Windsurf, and Devin. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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