Senior Developer Relations and Community Manager - Brave Search API

About the role

This role centers on increasing the adoption of the Brave Search API, which powers AI applications and agentic frameworks. The individual will be responsible for creating resources that simplify the onboarding process, from the initial API call to production use. This includes developing high-quality technical content such as tutorials, sample applications, and reference architectures, showcasing real-world use cases in LLM, RAG, and other AI workflows.

A key part of the position involves enhancing the developer experience by treating documentation as a core product component. The goal is to continuously improve clarity and completeness to reduce the time it takes for developers to successfully integrate the API. The role also requires expanding Brave's presence within the AI developer ecosystem by building and supporting integrations with major frameworks like LangChain and LlamaIndex, ensuring the Brave API is a preferred option in developer workflows.

Community engagement is crucial, involving interaction with developers across platforms like GitHub, X, Discord, and forums to answer questions and gather insights. The manager will also act as a liaison between developers and the product team, providing feedback on features, identifying gaps, and informing product development with market insights. This includes optimizing the developer funnel to improve conversion from signup to active usage.

The compensation for this role in the United States ranges from $98,000 to $162,000 annually, depending on experience.

Skills that matter here

• Python: This role requires comfort with reading and writing Python, likely for creating code samples, tutorials, or testing API requests.
• JavaScript: The ability to read and write JavaScript is necessary, potentially for developing interactive examples or testing the API in web contexts.
• AI/Search: Native fluency in AI and search concepts, such as RAG, lexical vs. semantic search, and context windows, is essential for understanding the product and communicating effectively with developers.
• Developer Empathy: This skill is critical for understanding developer pain points with APIs and documentation, enabling the creation of user-friendly resources and experiences.
• Proven Writing: Strong writing skills are needed to create clear, concise copy for both marketing landing pages and technical whitepapers.

Who this role suits

• This person has a background that bridges engineering and marketing, understanding how to present solutions to a technical audience.
• They possess a deep understanding of AI and search technologies, enabling them to speak credibly about the Brave Search API's capabilities.
• The ideal candidate is highly empathetic to developers' challenges, having experienced similar issues with APIs and documentation.
• They are a strong communicator, capable of producing both marketing-oriented and highly technical written content.

From the employer

Key Responsibilities

• Developer Adoption and Enablement: Drive developer adoption of the Brave Search API by making it easy to get started and succeed. Own onboarding resources that reduce friction from first API call to production use.
• Technical Content and Education: Create high-quality technical content including tutorials, sample applications, reference architectures, and interactive notebooks. Demonstrate real-world use cases across LLM, RAG, and agentic workflows.
• Documentation and Developer Experience: Treat documentation as a core product surface. Continuously improve clarity, usability, and completeness to optimize “time to first successful API call” and overall developer experience.
• Ecosystem and Integrations: Expand Brave’s presence across the AI developer ecosystem by building and supporting integrations with key frameworks and platforms (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, Vercel AI SDK). Ensure Brave is a first-class option in developer workflows.
• Community Engagement: Build and engage with the developer community across channels such as GitHub, X, Discord, and forums. Answer questions, surface use cases, and establish Brave as a trusted solution for AI builders.
• Product Feedback and Market Insight: Act as “Customer Zero” by testing new features, identifying gaps, and channeling direct developer feedback to Product and Engineering. Provide insights on developer needs, friction points, and competitive dynamics.
• Launch Support (Technical): Partner with Product Marketing to support launches by delivering the technical assets required for adoption, including demos, code samples, and documentation updates.
• Developer Funnel Optimization: Improve conversion from signup to active usage by identifying friction points in onboarding, SDK usage, and implementation. Use data and feedback to increase activation and retention.

Requirements and Qualifications

• You are T-Shaped: You are likely a former engineer turned marketer, or a PMM who learned to code. You understand that developers hate "marketing," but love solutions.
• Native Fluency in AI/Search: You know what RAG is. You understand the difference between lexical and semantic search. You know why context windows matter.
• Developer Empathy: You’ve wrestled with bad APIs, poor documentation, and rate limits.
• Proven Writing: You can write clear, concise copy for a landing page and technical copy for a whitepaper.
• Technical Chops: You are comfortable reading/writing Python or JavaScript. You can fire up a terminal to test a cURL request.

Bonus Points:

• Experience at "Developer Cult" companies (e.g., Vercel, Supabase, Stripe, HashiCorp, LangChain).
• Experience marketing data products or search infrastructure.
• An existing presence in the AI/LLM builder community.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to drive developer growth for a cutting-edge API product in a high-growth company.
• Remote flexibility with a collaborative, results-oriented culture.
• Competitive salary, benefits, and professional development opportunities.
• Compensation in the United States is $150,000.00 to $200,000.00 DOE.