About the role
About the company Braintrust is the AI observability platform. By connecting evals and observability in one workflow, Braintrust gives builders the visibility to understand how AI behaves in production and the tools to improve it. Teams at Notion, Stripe, Zapier, Vercel, and Ramp use Braintrust to compare models, test prompts, and catch regressions — turning production data into better AI with every release. About the role We’re hiring a DevRel Engineer to work directly with the startup ecosystem and developer community around AI. This role is for someone who spends time where builders actually are. X, Reddit, meetups, and the startup community events across San Francisco. You’ll help early-stage teams understand how to evaluate and improve their AI systems. That means building demos, answering questions, sharing experiments, and showing how Braintrust fits into real AI workflows. We want someone who is already active in developer communities and comfortable engaging directly with founders, AI engineers, and builders. You should like building in public, experimenting with new AI tools, and helping startups ship better AI products. SF only. What you'll do: Startup ecosystem presence Build relationships with AI founders and early-stage teams Spend time in the SF startup community, meetups, hackathons, and builder events Support startups building agents, AI apps, and developer tools Developer presence on X Share experiments, technical insights, and examples using Braintrust Engage in conversations about evals, agents, and production AI Build credibility with AI engineers and builders Reddit and developer communities Participate in relevant developer and AI communities Answer questions about evaluation, debugging, and AI quality Share technical insights in a helpful and authentic way Technical demos and example projects Build small projects that demonstrate how Braintrust works Create examples around multi-modal, RAG systems, etc Maintain example repos and reference implementations Developer education Write tutorials and technical walkthroughs Show how startups can add evals and observability to their AI workflows Help founders and engineers move from prototypes to production Community feedback loop Bring insights from developers and startups back to product and engineering Identify friction points and missing features Help improve documentation and developer experience What great looks like You’re already active in the developer or startup community You enjoy engaging with builders on X and in online communities You like building small projects that demonstrate how systems work You understand how AI apps, agents, and LLM workflows are built You are comfortable talking directly with founders and engineers You are curious about new AI tools and experiments You care about helping builders ship better products What you’ve done Built AI apps and agents Written technical threads or posts that resonated with developers Participated in online developer communities like X or Reddit Built demos, prototypes, or open-source projects Attended or spoken at hackathons, meetups, or technical events Helped developers adopt new tools or frameworks Worked at or closely with early-stage startups If you want to help startups build and ship better AI products while being deeply embedded in the developer ecosystem, this is the role. SF only. Benefits include Medical, dental, and vision insurance Daily lunch, snacks, and beverages Flexible time off Competitive salary and equity AI Stipend Equal opportunity Braintrust is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
