Senior Developer Advocate (Founding DevRel)
Promptfoo
Location
Bay Area Hybrid
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
Engineering
About Promptfoo
Promptfoo is an open-source framework for evaluating AI agents, red teaming, and AI application security. Over 200,000 developers use it to test LLMs, LLM-powered applications, and agent behavior across tools and models, and plug into CI/CD. Promptfoo is the most popular open-source AI red-teaming framework and is growing quickly. Promptfoo is backed by Insight Partners and Andreessen Horowitz and is based in San Mateo, CA (SF Bay Area).
Why This Role
Be the public face of Promptfoo for developers
Serve as the developer voice within the company
Build and lead the education engine
Grow a strong community
Help teams confidently ship safer AI features
What You Will Do
Content and Education
Manage the editorial calendar and publish every week
Create tutorials, deep dives, quick-start videos, and release explainers
Write step-by-step guides using real configs, datasets, and results
Record clear, 2 to 5 minute demo videos featuring simple diagrams and screenshots
Community and Channels
Be active in Discord, unblocking users and turning FAQs into documentation and examples
Share concise, practical tips on LinkedIn and X
Host webinars, office hours, and Bay Area workshops
Docs and Developer Experience
Improve documentation structure and reference pages
Keep examples up to date as providers and features evolve
Reduce friction in install, configuration, and CI setup
Demos and Integrations
Build small, well-documented sample apps
Demonstrate modern patterns for retrieval, agents, guardrails, and test data
Track new frameworks and model APIs, publishing examples quickly
Feedback Loop
Distill user feedback into clear issues and actionable proposals
Validate fixes directly with users and close the feedback loop publicly
What Success Looks Like in 90 Days
Become an expert in Promptfoo. Understand how to triage common issues from GitHub and Discord
Publish one code-backed post, guide, or video each week covering new models, AI agent frameworks, or how to use common and new features in Promptfoo
Tweak and make updates to the documentation based
Help circulate and promote new Promptfoo features to our existing users via our mailing list
Host a live workshop
Qualifications
5+ years in developer-facing roles: Developer Advocate, Software Engineer, Solutions or Field Engineer, or Technical Writer
Strong Python or TypeScript skills; able to build clean, minimal demos
Portfolio of guides, talks, videos, or documentation
Clear, concise communicator; comfortable live and on camera
High agency: you plan, ship weekly, and iterate from data
Proficiency using Promptfoo
Benefits
Competitive salary and meaningful equity
Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) plan
New hardware and a productivity budget
Travel to conferences and community events
Flexible time off