Comet is building the development platform for teams who want to ship robust, reliable, and responsible AI applications. Opik, our open source LLM evaluation framework, has quickly become one of the most popular tools in the space. Our experiment management platform is used by data scientists at companies like Uber, Netflix, and Etsy. Tens of thousands of researchers, engineers, academics, and hobbyists use Comet every day to build the future of AI.
Working at Comet will give you access to the most exciting work being done in all areas of machine learning. Some of the top researchers and companies working on self-driving cars, drug discovery, particle research, diffusion models, and LLMs use Comet every day. Your work has the potential to accelerate the development of some of the most impactful technology in the world, and you will be doing it alongside a team of passionate, caring individuals. If that sounds exciting, Comet is the right place for you.
Comet is backed by more than $63 million in venture capital funding and powers some of the best machine-learning teams in the world, including Netflix, Uber, Etsy, and Mobileye. We are a remote-first company with offices in New York City (USA) and Tel Aviv (Israel).
At Comet, we’re building Opik, the open-source platform for evaluating and improving LLM applications. In just a short time, Opik has become one of the fastest-growing products in the GenAI ecosystem, with thousands of developers using it to bring reliability and trust to their AI apps.
We’re hiring a Developer Relations Lead to join our team. This remote USA based role (West Coast preferred) will be key in driving Opik’s next phase of growth, scaling our community presence, shaping our technical voice, and turning advocacy into adoption.
About the Position:This is a player-coach position. You’ll lead a team of three Developer Advocates, set strategy and KPIs, and align advocacy to business outcomes. At the same time, you’ll stay hands-on: writing content, speaking at events, and building alongside the community.
Your mission: grow Opik’s adoption and engagement.
Responsibilities:Leadership & Management
- Manage, mentor, and grow a team of three Developer Advocates dedicated to Opik.
- Define advocacy KPIs alongside the VP of Marketing and CEO, tied directly to Opik’s success (installs, signups, GitHub stars, OSS adoption).
- Build clear career paths and ensure advocates thrive as technical leaders.
Align team priorities with Product and Marketing to maximize impact.
Player-Coach Contributions
- Actively create technical content (blog posts, tutorials, videos, conference talks, workshops).
- Represent Opik at key events, conferences, and meetups in the LLM/AI space.
- Engage daily with our community across GitHub, Slack, and forums.
- Partner with product engineering to channel user feedback into roadmap priorities.
Strategy & Growth
- Develop and execute an advocacy strategy that drives measurable Opik adoption.
- Launch scalable programs (hackathons, community contributions, partnerships, etc.).
- Measure and report on how advocacy contributes to Opik’s overall growth loops.
- Proven leadership experience running Developer Advocate, DevRel, or Community Engineering teams.
- A track record of hands-on advocacy, content creation, public speaking, and community engagement.
- Strong ability to set, track, and connect KPIs (e.g., GitHub stars, installs, signups) to real growth.
- Technical credibility with developers (background in LLMs (GenAI) and open source).
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across Product, Marketing, and Sales.
- A growth mindset and passion for building developer communities around open source.
- Impact: Own and scale developer advocacy for one of the fastest-growing open-source projects in AI.
- Visibility: Be the technical voice of Opik to thousands of developers worldwide.
- Leadership: Build and lead a high-performing advocacy team in a pivotal growth stage
- Competitive base salary of $220-280K based on proven experience, skills and location
- Competitive benefits package
- Flexible working hours and remote work options
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- A collaborative and innovative work environment
- The chance to work with cutting-edge technologies and projects
- This role will be located remotely in the USA (West Coast preferable), working with a global team (large presence in the US, Tel Aviv and Europe), some flexibility with work hours is required
Comet is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, uniform service member status, marital status, pregnancy, age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, genetic information/characteristics, and any other characteristic protected by State or Federal law.
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